Need to watch 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' on your TV or mobile device at home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Wes Craven-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.
We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' right now, here are some particulars about the New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Media Home Entertainment, Cinema 84, The Elm Street Venture horror flick.
Released November 16th, 1984, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' stars Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, John Saxon The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a user score of 73 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 5,226 knowledgeable users.
Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, Apple TV, Amazon Video, YouTube, Google Play Movies, and Spectrum On Demand .
'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on November 16th, 1984
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A slasher film series revolving around people who are stalked and killed in their dreams by Freddy Krueger.
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