A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)Stream and Watch Online

Want to watch 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' on your TV or mobile device at home? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Wes Craven-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' right now, here are some particulars about the New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Media Home Entertainment, Cinema 84, The Elm Street Venture horror flick.

Released November 9th, 1984, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a user score of 73 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 4,863 top users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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..."

'A Nightmare on Elm Street' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Netflix, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, and AMC on Demand .