Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 
If Nancy Doesn't Wake Up Screaming She Won't Wake Up At All...

Directed by: Wes Craven 
Writing credits: Wes Craven 

John Saxon - Lieutenant Donald Thompson 
Ronee Blakley - Marge Thompson 
Heather Langenkamp - Nancy Thompson 
Amanda Wyss - Tina Gray 
Jsu Garcia - Rod Lane 
Johnny Depp - Glen Lantz 
Charles Fleischer - Dr. King 
Joseph Whipp - Sergeant Parker 
Robert Englund - Fred Krueger 
Lin Shaye - Teacher 
Joe Unger - Sergeant Garcia 
Mimi Craven - Nurse 
Jack Shea (II) - Minister 
Ed Call - Mr. Lantz 
Sandy Lipton - Mrs. Lantz 

Runtime: 91 
Country: USA 
Language: English 
Color: Color (DeLuxe) 
Sound Mix: Mono 

This is the first movie in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series of movies. The main character Nancy Thompson, a teenage girl, is having nightmares about a monster known as Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). Krueger (as he is refered to on various occasions) is not only invading the dreams of the teenagers of Spingwood, he is also killing them. Nancy learns that Krueger was a child killer acquitted on a technicality, and was burned alive by the angry parents. Through some demonic chain of events he is back and terrorizing the children of the parents that killed him, mostly 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. 

Bodycount: 4 (Tina, Rod, Glenn, Marge)