Episode 181: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

This month at The Film Club we’re focusing on the career of Johnny Depp! And this week we’re kicking off Johnny Depp Month with a guest episode featuring first time guest Dyllan discussing Depp’s first film, A Nightmare on Elm Street. The film follows a group teens who are being tormented in their dreams by a sinister man. One of the girls in the group Tina, has a terrible dream about this mystery man and pleads her friends to spend the night at her house so she doesn’t feel alone in her empty home. Nancy and Glen are Tina’s friends and agree to sleep over because they’re concerned but Nancy has also dreamed about this man. The night of the sleepover Tina’s on again off again boyfriend shows up at her house to hang out with the gang and reveals he’s dreamt of this man too but as the night falls they must go sleep. Tina encounters the dream man first and it’s a fight for survival that wakes up the entire household, but can her friends save her from something they can’t see? Join us as we dive into the world of A Nightmare on Elm Street.