What is A Nightmare on Elm Street?
{{italictitle|A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film)}}'''''A Nightmare on Elm Street''''' is a 1984 [[United States|American]] [[slasher movie]]. It was [[movie director|directed]] by [[Wes Craven]] and released to [[movie theater]]s by [[Warner Bros.]] It is about five [[teenager]]s who are followed in their [[dream]]s by the [[ghost]] of [[serial killer]] [[Freddy Krueger]], played by [[Robert Englund]]. It also stars [[John Saxon]] as Lt. Donald Thompson. Actor [[Johnny Depp]] had his first movie role in ''A Nightmare on Elm Street''.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/od/deppjohnny/p/johnny-depp-bio.htm |title=Johnny Depp Biography |access-date=2008-12-24 |work=Hollywood Movies, About.com |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305193600/http://movies.about.com/od/deppjohnny/p/johnny-depp-bio.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the first in the ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|A Nightmare on Elm Street movie series]]''. The next movie in the series is ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge]]''. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == *{{imdb title|0087800}} {{A Nightmare on Elm Street}} {{movie-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nightmare on Elm Street, A}} [[Category:1984 horror movies]] [[Category:1980s ghost movies]] [[Category:1980s serial killer movies]] [[Category:1980s teen movies]] [[Category:A Nightmare on Elm Street movies]] [[Category:American ghost movies]] [[Category:American serial killer movies]] [[Category:American teen horror movies]] [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:Movies about suburbia]] [[Category:Movies about child abuse]] [[Category:Movies about nightmares]] [[Category:Slasher movies]] [[Category:Supernatural horror movies]] [[Category:American independent movies]] [[Category:Movies directed by Wes Craven]] [[Category:Movies set in Ohio]]