A Nightmare on Elm Street
Glen Lantz
1984
Directed by: Wes Craven
Cast: John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Johnny Depp, Charles Fleischer,
Joseph Whipp, Robert Englund
Nancy is having nightmares, violent nightmares about a mysterious badly burned man with a razor fingered
glove on his right hand that calls himself Freddy Krueger. When she realizes that her friends are having the same
nightmares and that one by one they are being brutaly murdered in their sleep she turns to her father who does
not believe her and thinks her to be crazy. After she finds out the horrible truth behind Freddy's rampage she decides
to take action and bring this dream murderer out of dreamland and into the real world where she can send him straight
to where he belongs.
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YEAR
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AWARD
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CATEGORY/RECIPIENT
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RESULT
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| 1985 |
Saturn Award |
Best Horror Film |
Nominated |
| 1985 |
Saturn Award |
Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Jsu Garcia |
Nominated |
| 1985 |
Critics Award |
Wes Craven |
Won |
