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