SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Films: A Nightmare on Elm Street

»A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American supernatural slasher media franchise consisting of nine films, a television series, novels, comic books, and various other media.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and produced by Robert Shaye. It is the first installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, and Johnny Depp in his film debut. The film's plot concerns a group of teenagers who are targeted by Krueger, an undead child killer who murders teenagers through their dreams, as retribution against their parents who burned him alive. Craven loosely based the screenplay off of a series of news stories about Asian refugees dying in the middle of nightmares.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Foletto Lucas, Bruna. »“I’m your boyfriend now”: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Wes Craven and the Rape-Revenge Film.« Australian Feminist Studies (June 4, 2026).

II. Speaker Index

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 2010 American slasher film directed by Samuel Bayer (in his feature directorial debut), written by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer, and starring Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker, and Kellan Lutz. Produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes, it is a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 film of the same name, as well as the ninth overall installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film is set in the fictional town of Springwood, Ohio and centers on a group of teenagers living on one street who are stalked and murdered in their dreams by a disfigured man named Freddy Krueger. The teenagers discover that they all share a common link from their childhood that makes them targets for Krueger.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Foletto Lucas, Bruna. »“I’m your boyfriend now”: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Wes Craven and the Rape-Revenge Film.« Australian Feminist Studies (June 4, 2026).

II. Speaker Index