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
A Nightmare on Elm Street (comics) Chaos Comics founder, Brian Pulido and published by Avatar Press in association with New Line Cinema's "House of Horror" licensing division. Events from the "A Nightmare On Elm Street Special" would carry over into the "A Nightmare On Elm Street: Paranoid" three issue mini-series, published later that same year. Due to Avatar's erratic publishing schedule, the second and third issues of the series were not released until summer, 2006. The mini-series was followed by a stand-alone issue titled "Fearbook" before Avatar lost the New Line "House of Horror" license. In 2006, WildStorm Productions, a publishing imprint of DC Comics, acquired