Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
- fire
- dreams
- nightmare
- sadism
- kidnapping
- psychopath
- movie business
- supernatural
- earthquake
- insomnia
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Heather Langenkamp
Heather Langenkamp / Nancy Thompson
Robert Englund
Robert Englund / Freddy Krueger
Miko Hughes
Dylan Porter
Wes Craven
Wes Craven
- David Newsom — Chase Porter
- Tracy Middendorf — Julie
- Fran Bennett — Dr. Christine Heffner
- John Saxon — John Saxon / Lt. Donald Thompson
- JF Davis — Freddy's Hand Double
- Matt Winston — Chuck Wilson
- Rob LaBelle — Terry Feinstein
- Marianne Maddalena — Marianne Maddalena
- Gretchen Oehler — Script Supervisor
- Cully Fredricksen — Limo Driver
- Bodhi Elfman — TV Studio P.A.
- Directed
- Wes Craven
- Written
- Wes Craven
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 1,644 ratings
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
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
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 · You’re here
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 · 1985
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
The closest of them.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
movie · 1988Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
movie · 1991
Nightbreed
movie · 1990
Freddy's Nightmares
tv · 1988
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
movie · 2010
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
movie · 2016
Five Nights at Freddy's
movie · 2023