Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Unfortunately the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Wes Craven | Director |
| Production | Stanley Dudelson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Joseph Wolf | Executive Producer |
| Art | Gregg Fonseca | Production Design |
| Production | Robert Shaye | Producer |
| Production | Sara Risher | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dana Lyman | Costume Design |
| Production | John Burrows | Producer |
| Camera | Jacques Haitkin | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Charles Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Anne H. Ahrens | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Patrick McMahon | Editor |
| Editing | Rick Shaine | Editor |
| Production | Annette Benson | Casting |
| Directing | Nicholas Batchelor | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Anne S. Coffey | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | John H. Burrows | Production Manager |
| Production | Rachel Talalay | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Amy Rabins | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Kathryn Weygand | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Kara Lindstrom | Assistant Property Master |
| Production | Craig Pointes | Location Manager |
| Camera | Nelson Elwell | Grip |
| Art | Don Diers | Art Department Assistant |
| Production | Stephen Abramson | Production Executive |
| Camera | Joyce Rudolph | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Scott Buttfield | Gaffer |
| Art | John Stadelman | Property Master |
| Art | Timaree McCormick | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Jensen | Costume Supervisor |
| Crew | Brian Delahanty | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Chuck Clarke | Transportation Coordinator |
| Production | Lisa C. Cook | Production Coordinator |
| Art | John Krenz Reinhart Jr. | Construction Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | RaMona Fleetwood | Hairstylist |
| Art | Dorree Cooper | Set Dresser |
| Crew | David B. Householter | Set Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terence McCorry | Costumer |
| Sound | James LaRue | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Abe Nejad | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jess Soraci | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Jim Picciolo | Animal Wrangler |
| Directing | Peter C. Graupner | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Paul Shaver | Stunts |
| Crew | Kerrie Cullen | Stunts |
| Crew | Bruce Carson | Stunts |
| Crew | Larry Lapointe | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Charles Belardinelli | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Cindy Wills | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeff Habberstad | Stunts |
| Sound | Jack Cooley | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Anthony Cecere | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Lou Carlucci | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Tassilo Baur | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Anthony Cecere | Stunts |
| Crew | Don Pike | Stunts |
| Crew | Leslie Hoffman | Stunts |
| Crew | Debby Porter | Stunts |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Writing | Wes Craven | Writer |
