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 | Robert Shaye | Producer |
| Production | John Burrows | Producer |
| Production | Stanley Dudelson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Joseph Wolf | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sara Risher | Producer |
| Sound | Charles Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jacques Haitkin | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Patrick McMahon | Editor |
| Editing | Rick Shaine | Editor |
| Production | Annette Benson | Casting |
| Art | Gregg Fonseca | Production Design |
| Art | Anne H. Ahrens | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dana Lyman | Costume Design |
| Production | John H. Burrows | Production Manager |
| Production | Amy Rabins | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Rachel Talalay | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Stephen Abramson | Production Executive |
| Directing | Nicholas Batchelor | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kathryn Weygand | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Anne S. Coffey | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Joyce Rudolph | Still Photographer |
| Production | Lisa C. Cook | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Craig Pointes | Location Manager |
| Lighting | Scott Buttfield | Gaffer |
| Camera | Nelson Elwell | Grip |
| Art | Dorree Cooper | Set Dresser |
| Art | Don Diers | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | John Krenz Reinhart Jr. | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | John Stadelman | Property Master |
| Art | Kara Lindstrom | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Timaree McCormick | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Jensen | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terence McCorry | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | RaMona Fleetwood | Hairstylist |
| Sound | James LaRue | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Chuck Clarke | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Brian Delahanty | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | David B. Householter | Set Production Assistant |
| Directing | Peter C. Graupner | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Jim Picciolo | Animal Wrangler |
| Sound | Jess Soraci | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Abe Nejad | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jack Cooley | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Anthony Cecere | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Jeff Habberstad | Stunts |
| Crew | Leslie Hoffman | Stunts |
| Crew | Paul Shaver | Stunts |
| Crew | Kerrie Cullen | Stunts |
| Crew | Bruce Carson | Stunts |
| Crew | Cindy Wills | Stunts |
| Crew | Don Pike | Stunts |
| Crew | Anthony Cecere | Stunts |
| Crew | Lou Carlucci | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Larry Lapointe | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Charles Belardinelli | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Tassilo Baur | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Debby Porter | Stunts |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Writing | Wes Craven | Writer |
