Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
A Nightmare on Elm Street has generally received very positive reviews.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street was released in 1984 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 859 reviews, giving A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 86%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 78%.
With a score of 78%, A Nightmare on Elm Street is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1984, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1984 with similar scores include films like Ghostbusters and The Killing Fields.
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