A Nightmare on Elm Street
Summary: Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in rea...
Runtime: 1 h 31 min
MPAA: R
Movie budget: $ 1,800,000
Domestic: $ 25,624,448
International: $ 60,686
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