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Where was A Nightmare on Elm Street filmed?

1985 film, directed by Wes Craven.

  • Los Angeles

The story is set in Ohio, about 2,001 miles (3,220 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Ohio
Filmed in
Los Angeles
Distance
About 2,001 miles (3,220 km) between Ohio and the nearest filming location.
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About A Nightmare on Elm Street

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Released
1985
Director
Wes Craven
Cast
Heather LangenkampAmanda WyssJohnny DeppJohn SaxonCharles FleischerRonee BlakleyJoseph WhippRobert EnglundJsu GarciaJoe Unger
Genre
HorrorTeenSlasherSupernatural HorrorThriller

Teenager Tina Gray awakens from a terrifying nightmare in which a disfigured man wearing a bladed glove attacks her in a boiler room.

When Tina falls asleep, she dreams of the disfigured man attacking her, while Rod sees her fatally slashed by an unseen force, causing him to flee.

Nancy visits Rod at the police station, where he describes Tina's death along with his own recent nightmares about the same man.

Famous lines from A Nightmare on Elm Street

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Please God..Tina
  • This.. is God.Freddy
  • What'd you dream?Tina
  • That's impossible.Glen
  • What do you mean all at once?Nancy

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