During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends her to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens.
Patricia Arquette
as Kristen Parker
Heather Langenkamp
as Nancy Thompson
Craig Wasson
as Neil Gordon
Robert Englund
as Freddy Krueger
Ken Sagoes
as Kincaid
Rodney Eastman
as Joey
Jennifer Rubin
as Taryn
Bradley Gregg
as Phillip
Ira Heiden
as Will
Laurence Fishburne
as Max
Penelope Sudrow
as Jennifer
John Saxon
as Donald Thompson
