A Nightmare on Elm Street: Presented by Play It By Fear
- Sun, Aug 16
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Wes Craven Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 1984
Starring: Amanda Wyss, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund
If you think it’s safe to go to sleep, think again.
Wes Craven’s A Nightmare On Elm Street is the first event in our Sunday Scaries lineup for August, presented by Play It By Fear!
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…
Nearly four decades later, ANOES remains as unsettling and wildly entertaining as ever. Just based on its premise alone, the movie still shocks audiences on a primal level, and dare we say it’s become actually a bit underrated as years have gone by. Come see one of the all time greats on the big screen with a crowd of fellow Freddy lovers!