A Nightmare on Elm Street

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film horror film slasher film

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a landmark 1984 American slasher film that introduced the iconic dream-stalking killer Freddy Krueger and became one of the most influential horror movies of its era.

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Label	Occurrences
A Nightmare on Elm Street canonical	13
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film)	6
A Nightmare on Elm Street film series	6
A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise	2
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)	1
A Nightmare on Elm Street universe	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ horror film ⓘ slasher film ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossUSD	25000000 ⓘ
budgetUSD	1800000 ⓘ
characterRole	Freddy Krueger is a dream-stalking serial killer ⓘ Nancy Thompson is a teenage girl targeted by Freddy Krueger ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Jacques Haitkin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Wes Craven ⓘ
distributor	New Line Cinema ⓘ
distributorRegion	United States theatrical release ⓘ
editedBy	Rick Shaine ⓘ
featuresFilmDebutOf	Johnny Depp ⓘ
filmingLocation	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California
genre	slasher ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ
hasFranchise	A Nightmare on Elm Street self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: A Nightmare on Elm Street film series
hasSequel	A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge ⓘ
hasTheme	blurred line between dreams and reality ⓘ teenagers punished for parents' past sins ⓘ vigilantism and revenge ⓘ
influenced	later slasher and supernatural horror films ⓘ
mainCharacter	Donald Thompson ⓘ Freddy Krueger ⓘ Glen Lantz ⓘ Marge Thompson ⓘ Nancy Thompson ⓘ
musicBy	Charles Bernstein ⓘ
nicknamed	The House that Freddy Built ⓘ surface form: The house that Freddy built (in reference to New Line Cinema)
notableFor	blending supernatural elements with slasher conventions ⓘ introducing the character Freddy Krueger ⓘ its inventive dream-based death sequences ⓘ revitalizing New Line Cinema financially ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	American slasher film canon ⓘ
plotSummary	A group of teenagers are stalked and killed in their dreams by the vengeful spirit Freddy Krueger, causing their deaths in real life ⓘ
producer	Robert Shaye ⓘ
productionCompany	New Line Cinema ⓘ
ratingMPAA	R ⓘ
releaseDate	1984-11-09 ⓘ
releaseYear	1984 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	91 ⓘ
setIn	Springwood, Ohio ⓘ
starring	Heather Langenkamp ⓘ John Saxon ⓘ Johnny Depp ⓘ Robert Englund ⓘ Ronee Blakley ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	1980s ⓘ
writer	Wes Craven ⓘ

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