During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends her to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens.

• DirectorChuck Russell
• Release27 February 1987
• Genre
  Horror / Thriller
• Duration1h 36m
• Budget$4,450,000
• Revenue$44,793,222
• Rate
  

  6.667
  1844 reviews
• Productions

  New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Heron Communications