Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.
- high school
- fire
- dreams
- nightmare
- sadism
- psychopath
- transformation
- supernatural
- diary
- haunted house
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Clu Gulager — Ken Walsh
- Hope Lange — Cheryl Walsh
- Marshall Bell — Coach Schneider
- Melinda O. Fee — Mrs. Webber
- Tom McFadden — Mr. Webber
- Sydney Walsh — Kerry
- Edward Blackoff — Biology Teacher
- Christie Clark — Angela Walsh
- Lyman Ward — Mr. Grady
- Donna Bruce — Mrs. Grady
- Hart Sprager — Teacher
- Directed
- Jack Sholder
- Written
- David Chaskin
Production
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 · 2,160 ratings
- Studio
- New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Heron Communications, Media Home Entertainment
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1984A Nightmare on Elm Street
Where it starts.
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985 · You’re here
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1988
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
1989
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
- movie · 1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The closest of them.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
movie · 1994Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
movie · 1991
Friday the 13th Part 2
movie · 1981
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
movie · 2010
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
movie · 1987
Freddy vs. Jason
movie · 2003
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
movie · 1995