Where to Watch A Nightmare on Elm Street Online

Want to watch 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' in the comfort of your own home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Wes Craven-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' right now, here are some details 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 5,163 top users.

Curious to know 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 Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Store, and Amazon Video .