A Nightmare on Elm Street returning to the series in a cameo role. A Nightmare on Elm Street A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and produced by Robert Shaye. It stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, and Johnny Depp in his film debut. The plot focuses on four teenagers, living on one street in a fictitious town of Ohio, whose dreams are invaded by a burnt killer with a bladed glove. In the dreams, the teenagers are killed, but they also die in reality. The teenagers do
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street) the first movie, Nancy dismisses any attacks on her sanity—as she knows that Freddy Krueger is real. With regard to "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors", Heather Langenkamp stated her viewpoints about Nancy Thompson's characterization: In his book "Horror films of the 1980s", John Kenneth Muir references Nancy Thompson, stating the following: In his book "Horror Movie Freak", Don Sumner (2010) also notes how Nancy was a different "final girl" despite following the rules of avoiding sex, drugs, and juvenile behavior. He mentions that "the stereotypes of the victimized female screaming in terror and hiding in the closet