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| Nightmare On Elm Street Release date: November 9, 1984 Running time: 91 minutes Tagline: If Nancy Doesn't Wake Up Screaming, She Won't Wake Up At All Revenue Grossed: approx. $26 Million Cast: John Saxon (Lt. Donald Thompson) Ronee Blakely (Marge Thompson) Heather Langenkamp (Nancy Thompson) Amamda Wyss (Tina Gray) Nick Corri (Rod Lane) Johnny Depp (Glen Lantz) Robert Englund (Fred Krueger) Charles Fleischer (Dr. King) Joseph Whipp (Sgt. Parker) Lin Shaye (Teacher) Joe Unger (Sgt. Garcia) Mimi Meyer-Craven (Nurse) Jack Shea (Minister) Ed Call (Mr. Lantz) Sandy Lipton (Mrs. Lantz) Produced by Robert Shaye Edited by Rich Shaine Special makeup effects by David Miller Written and Directed by Wes Craven Nancy Thompson, a teenage girl whose dreams are being plagued (and whose friends are being killed) by a hideous creature known as Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). Turns out Freddy was a child killer acquitted on a technicality, and roasted alive in his boiler room by a mob of irate parents. He's back and visiting the sins of the parents on the children, read Nancy and her friends, including her boyfriend, Glen (Johnny Depp in his first role). Nancy learns how to get rid of Freddy and succeeds, but not before he kills three of her friends and her mother (Ronee Blakley) through their dreams. "tingling...one of the best of it's kind...Nightmare delivers" Chicago Sun-Times ------------------------ Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge Release date: November 1, 1985 Running time: 85 minutes Tagline: Someone is coming back to Elm Street Revenue grossed: approx. $29 Million Cast: Mark Patton (Jesse Walsh) Kim Myers (Lisa Poletti) Robert Rusler (Ron Grady) Clu Gulager (Mr. Walsh) Hope Lange (Mrs. Walsh) Marshall Bell (Coach Schneider) Melinda O. Fee (Mrs. Poletti) Thom McFadden (Mr. Poletti) Sydney Walsh (Kerry) Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) Edward Blackoff (Biology Teacher) Christie Clark (Angela Walsh) Lyman Ward (Mr. Grady) Donna Bruce (Mrs. Grady) Hart Sprager Produced by Robert Shaye Edited by Bob Brady Special makeup effects by Kevin Yagher Written by David Chaskin Directed by Jack Sholder Freddy (Robert Englund) is back and he's recruiting help. Mark Patton plays Jesse Walsh, a young man who's not worried for his life, but for his soul and sanity. Freddy's in his dreams trying to take Jesse's body for his own. Jesse doesn't have a clue what's going on "A Stylish Scare-'em-up!" The Hollywood Reporter ------------------------ Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Release date: February 27, 1987 Running time: 96 minutes Tagline: If You Think You'll Get Out Alive, You Must Be Dreaming Revenue grossed: approx. $44 Million Cast: Heather Langenkamp (Nancy Thompson) Patricia Arquette (Kristen Parker) Larry Fishburne (Max) Priscilla Pointer (Dr. Elizabeth Simms) Craig Wasson (Dr. Neil Gordon) Brooke Bundy (Elaine Parker) Bradley Gregg (Phillip) Rodney Eastman (Joey) Ira Heiden (Will) Nan Martin (Nun) Jennifer Rubin (Taryn) Ken Sagoes (Kincaid) Penelope Sudrow (Jennifer) John Saxon (Donald Thompson) Dick Cavett (Himself) Zsa Zsa Gabor (Herself) Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) Clayton Landey (Lorenzo) Kristen Clayton (Little Girl) Sally Piper, Rozlyn Sorrell (Nurses) Stacey Alden (Marcie) Produced by Robert Shaye Edited by Terry Stokes Special makeup effects by Kevin Yagher Written by Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Chuck Russell, and Frank Darabont Directed by Chuck Russell Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp of Nightmare 1) is a young grad student in Psychology, returning to put an end to Freddy's evil and train the young inmates in the use of their "dream powers," special talents they can only use in their dreams. But Freddy, as always, has other plans. "A carnival ride full of terrors!" L.A. Weekly ------------------------ Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master Release date: August 19, 1988 Running time: 93 minutes Tagline: Terror Beyond Your Wildest Dreams Revenue grossed: approx $49 Million Cast: Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) Rodney Eastman (Joey) Danny Hassel (Danny) Andras Jones (Rick) Tuesday Knight (Kristen) Toy Newkirk (Sheila) Ken Sagoes (Kincaid) Brooke Theiss (Debbie) Lisa Wilcox (Alice) Brooke Bundy (Elaine) Jeff Levine (Paramedic) Nicholas Mele (Johnson) John Beckman (Coach) Hope Marie Charlton (Waterbed bunny) Kristen Clayton (Little Girl) Linnea Quigley (soul in Freddy's chest) Produced by Robert Shaye Edited by Michael Knue, Chuck Weiss, Jack Tucker, and Charley Coleman Special makeup effects by Kevin Yagher Written by Brian Helgeland and Scott Pierce Directed by Renny Harlin Freddy (as always, Robert Englund) is back (again). He quickly dispatches the three survivors of Nightmare 3. It seems that Alice (Lisa Wilcox), a friend of one of the Nightmare 3 survivors, Kristen (Patricia Arquette in 3, Tuesday Knight in 4), has the ability to absorb people's dream powers when they die. Freddy starts using Alice to get to her friends until Alice finally blasts him out of the water with her accumulated dream abilities. "A superior horror picture that balances wit and gore..." Newsweek ------------------------ Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child Release date: August 11, 1989 Running time: 89 minutes Tagline: Freddy Delivers Revenue grossed: approx. $22 Million Cast: Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) Lisa Wilcox (Alice) Kelly Jo Minter (Yvonne) Danny Hassel (Danny) Erika Anderson (Greta) Nick Mele (Johnson) Whitby Hertford (Jacob) Beatrice Boepple (Amanda Krueger) Joe Seely (Mark) Valorie Armstrong (Mrs. Jordan) Burr DeBenning (Mr. Jordan) Clarence Felder (Mr. Gray) Michael Ashton (Orderly) Matt Borlenghi (Jock) Pat Surges (Racine Gibson) Beth Depatie (Ann) Don Maxwell (Coach Ostrow) Produced by Robert Shaye Edited by Chuck Weiss and Brent Schoenfield Special makeup effects by David Miller Written by Leslie Bohem, John Skipp, and Craig Spector Directed by Stephen Hopkins Alice is pregnant by Dan (Danny Hassel), her co survivor of Nighmare 4. Dan dies at the hands of Freddy early in the movie, leaving Alice to deal with the demonic dream master and save her friends from his clutches. As her friends die, Alice realizes that Freddy is somehow using her child to get his claws on people. Alice must save her child and herself and most of all, Freddy must not win. "Freddy's 5th is a symphony of screams" USA Today ------------------------ Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Release date: September 13, 1991 Running time: 96 minutes Tagline: They Saved The Best For Last Revenue grossed: approx. $34 Million Cast: Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) Lisa Zane (Maggie) Shon Greenblatt (John) Lezlie Deane (Tracy) Ricky Dean Logan (Carlos) Breckin Meyer (Spencer) Yaphet Kotto (Doc) Roseanne Arnold (Childless Woman) Tom Arnold (Childless Man) Elinor Donahue (Orphanage woman) Oprah Noodlemantra (teen on TV) Cassandra Friel (Maggie) David Dunard (Kelly) Marilyn Rockafellow (Maggie's Mother) Virginia Peters (Woman on Plane) Stella Hall (Stewardess) Lyndsey Fields (Loretta Krueger) Angelina Estrada (Carlos' Mother) Peter Spellos (Tracy's Father) Toby Sexton (Teen Freddy) Chason Schirmer (Young Freddy) Alice Cooper (Freddy's Stepfather) Produced by Robert Shaye Edited by Janice Hampton Special makeup effects by David Miller Written by Mike DeLuca and Rachel Talalay Directed by Rachel Talalay In part six of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, dream monster Freddy Krueger has finally killed all the children of his hometown, and seeks to escape its confines to hunt fresh prey. To this end, he recruits the aid of his (previously unmentioned) daughter. However, she discovers the demonic origin of her father's powers and meets Dad head-on in a final showdown. "Ghoulishly ingenious!" The New York Times ------------------------ Wes Craven's New Nightmare Release date: October 14, 1994 Running time: 114 minutes Tagline: This Time Staying Awake Won't Save You Revenue grossed: approx. $22 Million Cast: Robert Englund (Himself) Heather Langenkamp (Herself) David Newsom (Chase Porter) Miko Hughes (Dylan) Tracy Middendorf (Julie) Matt Winston (Chuck) Tina Vail (Nurse Abbott) Lou Thornton (ICU Nurse No 2) Robert Shaye (Himself) Lin Shaye (Nurse with Pills) Sara Risher (Herself) Gretchen Oehler (Script Supervisor) Diane Nadeau (Counter Nurse) Beans Morocco (Graveyard Worker) Tamara Mark (Patrice Englund) Marianne Maddalena (Herself) Sandra Ellis Lafferty (Senior Nurse with Needle) Rob LaBelle (Terry) Freddy Krueger (Himself) Tuesday Knight (Herself) Deborah Zara Kobylt (Newscaster) Claudia Haro (New Line Receptionist) Michael Hagiwara (Coroner) Cindy Guidry (Kim at New Line) Ray Glanzmann (Highway Patrolman) Cully Fredrickson (Limo Driver) Bodhi Elfman (TV Studio Production Assistant) Yonda Davis (Highway Patrolwoman) Jeffrey John Davis ("Freddy's" Hand Double) Nick Corri (Himself) Jessica Craven (Junior Nurse with Needle) Wes Craven (Himself) Thomas G Burt (Security Officer) W Earl Brown (Morgue Attendant) Fran Bennett (Dr Heffner) Star-Shemah (ICU Nurse No 1) Sam Rubin (Himself) Kenneth Zanchi (Minister) Cynthia Savage (ICU Nurse No 3) John Saxon (Himself) Produced by Robert Shaye and Marianne Madalenna Edited by John Bloom Special makeup effects by David Miller Written and Directed by Wes Craven Freddy in the real world, threatening Heather Langenkamp and her family and friends, as well as those that helped in the creation of the Nightmare on Elm Street series. This time the terror doesn't stop at the screen, as Heather must battle a much different and more evil Freddy to prevent the evil creature from escaping into our world, and to save her own son. "...will care the daylights out of you!" New York Daily News |
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