"A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world."
Robert Englund
as Freddy Krueger
Mark Patton
as Jesse Walsh
Kim Myers
as Lisa Webber
Robert Rusler
as Ron Grady
Clu Gulager
as Ken Walsh
Hope Lange
as Cheryl Walsh
Marshall Bell
as Coach Schneider
Melinda O. Fee
as Mrs. Webber
Tom McFadden
as Mr. Webber
Sydney Walsh
as Kerry
Edward Blackoff
as Biology Teacher
Christie Clark
as Angela Walsh
Lyman Ward
as Mr. Grady
Donna Bruce
as Mrs. Grady
Hart Sprager
as Teacher
Allison Barron
as Girl on Bus
JoAnn Willette
Steve Eastin
as Policeman
Brian Wimmer
as Do-Gooder
Robert Chaskin
as Bar-B-Que Boy
Kerry Remsen
as Girlfriend
Kimberly Lynn
as Patty
Steven Smith
as Victim
Jonathan Hart
as Spike
Tom Tangen
as Victim (uncredited)
Robert Shaye
as Bartender (uncredited)
Stephen Diener
Executive Producer
Jacques Haitkin
Director of Photography
Stanley Dudelson
Christopher Young
Original Music Composer
Producer
Wes Craven
Characters
Jack Sholder
Director
Bob Brady
Editor
Hana Cannon
Production Coordinator
Matia Karrell
First Assistant Director
Whitney R. Hunter
Second Assistant Director
Adrienne Hamalian-Mangine
Script Supervisor
Rachel Talalay
Production Manager
Amy Rabins
Production Supervisor
Cathy Mickel Gibson
Accountant
Donald Elmblad
Leadman
Barbara Benz
Property Master
Ed White
Sound Mixer
Nelson Elwell
Best Boy Grip
Daniel Marc
Makeup Artist
Peter Mercurio
Second Assistant Camera
Ian Cramer
Set Dresser
Karen I. Stern
Assistant Editor
Pamela B. Warner
Set Decoration
Wendy Hogan
Assistant Makeup Artist
Robin L. Neal
Hairstylist
Anne S. Coffey
First Assistant Camera
Larry Alexander
Transportation Coordinator
Jack Cooley
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Joel Soisson
Second Unit Director
Neil Eric Wenger
Roger Jans
Still Photographer
Claudia Santiago
Extras Casting
Abe Nejad
Sound Editor
Mary Santiago
Jess Soraci
Annette Benson
Casting
Gail Viola
Costume Design
Sara Risher
Line Producer
Dan Bradley
Stunt Coordinator
Ray Lykins
Stunts
Denney Pierce
Paul Boyington
Special Effects
Christopher Doyle
Marneen Fields
Lane Leavitt
Scott Alan Cook
Gregg Fonseca
Production Design
Ray Shaffer
Michael S. Murphey
Maggie Martin
Art Direction
C.J. McBeath
Ron Nary
Kevin Yagher
Co-Producer
Frank Lloyd
Christopher Tufty
Second Unit Director of Photography
David Chaskin
Writer
Arline Garson
Supervising Editor
The Reds
Songs