A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Quotes

The Dangers of Falling Asleep

Taglines: Whatever you do, don't fall asleep...or you'll meet the terrifying Freddy.

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The Power of a Disturbing Scream

Taglines: A scream that wakes you up, might be your own...

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First Word in Terror from a Horror Master

Taglines: The first word in terror from the creator of Scream

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The Consequences of Ignoring Nightmares

Taglines: If Nancy Doesn't Wake Up Screaming, She Won't Wake Up At All...

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One can stop the nightmare's terror.

Taglines: She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives.

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The Danger of Sleep

Taglines: Sleep Kills.

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Confrontation Between Nancy and Freddy Krueger

Nancy: I know you're there, Krueger.

Freddy: You think you was gonna get away from me?

Nancy: I know you too well now, Freddy.

Freddy: And now you die.

Nancy: It's too late, Krueger. I know the secret now. This is just a dream. You're not alive. This whole thing is just a dream. I want my mother and friends again.

Freddy: You what?

Nancy: I take back every bit of energy I ever gave you. You're nothing. You're shit.

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Confronting the Truth of a Tragic Death

Nancy: [on the phone, about Glen] Hi, Daddy. I know what happened.

Lt. Thompson: I haven't been upstairs yet.

Nancy: Yeah, but you know he's dead, right?

Lt. Thompson: Yeah, apparently he's dead.

Nancy: Listen, Daddy, I've got a proposition for you. Listen very carefully, please.

Lt. Thompson: Nancy.

Nancy: I'm going to go and get the guy who did it, and I want you to be there to arrest him when I bring him out. Okay?

Lt. Thompson: Just tell me who did it. I'll go get him, baby.

Nancy: Fred Krueger did it, Daddy, and only I can get him. It's my nightmare he comes to.

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The Truth About Fred Krueger Revealed

Nancy: Mother! What's with the bars?

Marge: Security.

Nancy: Security? Security from what?

Marge: Not from what - from whom. Come down to the cellar. You want to know who Fred Krueger was? He was a filthy child murder who killed at least twenty kids in the neighborhood. Kids we all knew.

Nancy: Oh mom.

Marge: It drove us crazy when we didn't know who was doing it, but it was even worse after they caught him.

Nancy: Did they put him away?

Nancy: What did you do, mother?

Nancy: Go on.

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Dreams vs. Reality in Crisis

Nancy: What I learned in the dream clinic. That's what I'm trying to prove, Mother. Rod didn't kill Tina and he didn't hang himself. There's this guy; he's after us in our dreams.

Marge: But that's just not reality, Nancy.

Nancy: [pulling Krueger's hat out of a drawer] It's real, Momma. Feel it.

Marge: Give me that damn thing!

Nancy: It even has his name written in it. Fred Krueger, mom. Fred Krueger! Do you know who that is, Mother? Because if you do, you better tell me cause he's after me now.

Marge: Nancy, trust your mother for once, please. You'll feel better when you get some sleep.

Nancy: Feeling better?! You call this feeling better?! Or maybe I should grab that bottle and veg out with you. Avoid everything happening to me by just getting good and loaded.

Marge: Fred Krueger can't come after you, Nancy. He's dead! Believe me, I know.

Nancy: You knew about him all this time, and you've been acting like he was someone I made up!

Marge: You're sick, Nancy. You're imagining things. You'll feel better when you sleep, (picks up a bottle of gin) It's as simple as that.

Nancy: [throws bottle of gin onto floor] Screw sleep!

Marge: Nancy! It's only a nightmare!

Nancy: That's enough!

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Facing Fears in Dreams and Consequences

Nancy: [about the Balinese way of dreaming] But what if they meet a monster in their dreams? Then what?

Glen: They turn their back on it. Take away its energy and it disappears.

Nancy: But what happens if they don't do that?

Glen: Well, I guess those people don't wake up to tell what happens.

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Witnessing a Violent Encounter

Nancy: [about Krueger] What'd he look like? You get a look at him?

Rod: No.

Nancy: Well then how can you say somebody else was there?

Rod: Because somebody cut her. While I watched.

Nancy: And you didn't get a look at the guy?

Rod: I couldn't see the fucker. You could just see the cuts happening, all at once.

Nancy: What do you mean all at once?

Rod: [looking down at his hand] I mean it was as if there were four knives cutting at the same time. But invisible ones. I probably could've saved her if I'd moved sooner. But I thought it was just another nightmare, like the one I had the night before. There was this guy who had knives for fingers.

Divine Encounter in a Nightmare

Tina: Please God...

Freddy: [revealing his knives] This... is God.

Discussion of a Dream and Fingernails

Nancy: Fingernails? That's amazing, you saying that. It made me remember the dream I had last night.

Tina: What'd you dream?

Nancy: I dreamed about this guy in a dirty red and green sweater.

Tina: But what about the fingernails?

Nancy: [imitates screeching sound] He scraped his fingernails along things. Actually, they were more like finger-knives or something, like he'd made them himself. Anyway, they made this horrible sound.

Tina: Nancy. You dreamed about the same creep I did.

Glen: That's impossible.

Freddy's Haunting Rhyme for Children

Children: [singing] One, two, Freddy's coming for you.Three, four, better lock your door.Five, six, grab your crucifix.Seven, eight, gonna stay up late.Nine, ten, never sleep again.