A Nightmare on Elm Street (also known as: Nightmare; Nightmare in the Deep of the Night; Endless Nightmare) is a 1984 American horror film, produced and distributed by New Line Cinema, written and directed by Wes Craven and starring Heather Langenkamp.
Synopsis[]
Several young people from a small town have nightmares in which they are chased by a man with burned skin and who wears a glove ending in sharp blades. Some of them begin to be killed while they sleep by this being, who turns out to be a murderer that the parents of these young people burned alive years ago, upon discovering that he had murdered several children.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Original actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fred Krueger | Robert Englund | Pedro D'Aguillón Jr. |
|
Nancy Thompson | Heather Langenkamp | Patricia Acevedo |
|
Marge Thompson | Ronee Blakley | Talía Marcela |
|
Lieutenant Donald Thompson | John Saxon | Carlos Becerril |
|
Tina Gray | Amanda Wyss | Gaby Willer |
|
Rod Lane | Jsu Garcia | Sergio Gutiérrez Coto |
|
Glen Lantz | Johnny Depp | Jesús Barrero |
|
Doc King | Charles Fleischer | Salvador Delgado |
|
John | Don Hannah | |
|
Sergeant Parker | Joseph Whipp | Herman López |
|
Teacher | Lin Shaye | Liza Willert |
|
Sergeant Garcia | Joe Unger | Herman López |
| Arturo Mercado (first dialogue) | |||
|
Priest | Jack Shea | José Luis Orozco |
|
Tina's Mother's Boyfriend | Paul Grenier | |
|
Tina's Mother | Donna Woodrum | Mónica Manjarrez |
|
Prefect in Corridor | Leslie Hoffman | |
|
Mr. Lantz | Ed Call | Jorge Roig |
|
Mrs. Lantz | Sandy Lipton | Alma Nuri |
|
Presentation | N/A | Carlos Magaña |
| ¿? (redoubled insert) | |||
|
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Inserts | Talía Marcela |
Additional Voices[]
| Character | Voice actor |
|---|---|
| Girls Jumping Rope | Gaby Willer |
| Patricia Acevedo | |
| Police Officer #1 | José Luis Orozco |
| Police Officer #2 | Salvador Delgado |
| Police Officer #3 | Abel Rocha |
| Paramedic in Ambulance | |
| Police Officer #4 | Humberto Solórzano |
| Television Reporter |
Trivia[]
- The dubbing of this film is not available on any physical home formats such as VHS, DVD and Blu-ray. A remastered version was previously found on Netflix. Currently, the film is available with dubbing on the iTunes and Amazon Prime Video platforms.
- When the movie was on Netflix, it had the introduction of the movie redoubled by an unknown actor, being called A Nightmare on Hell Street. The rest of the footage was preserved intact.
- Exactly until minute 3:40 no part of the film is dubbed. Only the presentation and inserts of the cast are mentioned.
- The radio played an instant before Glenn dies is not dubbed and is left mute.
- The voice of Nancy's watch on her wrist was not dubbed, only the sound of the numbers changing is heard.
- On the TCM channel the film was broadcast without dubbing, although it has recently been broadcast with dubbing as well as on the Space channel.
- In some TCM channel promotionals, the characters' dialogues are dubbed, but Freddy's laugh is entirely in English.
- Like Spain, it was thought to leave shouts and gestures in their original language. Despite that, all the gestures and shouts of the dubbing were added to the product, with the difference in Spain that were left intact.
See also[]
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- Freddy vs. Jason
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Freddy's Nightmares