Directed by Jack Sholder Written by David Chaskin   Wes Craven   Cast Mark Patton ... Jesse Walsh Kim Myers ... Lisa Webber Robert Rusler ... Ron Grady Clu Gulager ... Mr. Walsh Hope Lange ... Mrs. Walsh Marshall Bell ... Coach Schneider Melinda O. Fee ... Mrs. Webber Tom McFadden ... Mr. Webber (as Thom McFadden) Sydney Walsh ... Kerry Robert Englund ... Freddy Krueger Edward Blackoff ... Biology Teacher Christie Clark ... Angela Walsh Lyman Ward ... Mr. Grady Donna Bruce ... Mrs. Grady Hart Sprager ... Teacher Allison Barron ... Girl on Bus JoAnn Willette ... Girl on Bus Steve Eastin ... Policeman Brian Wimmer ... Do-Gooder Robert Chaskin ... Bar-B-Que Boy Kerry Remsen ... Girlfriend Kimberly Lynn ... Patty Steven Smith ... Victim Jonathan Hart ... Spike Uncredited Cast Charles Gallant ... Pool Party Guest Robert Shaye ... Bartender Tom Tangen ... Victim Produced by Stephen Diener   Stanley Dudelson   Michael S. Murphey   Sara Risher   Robert Shaye   Joel Soisson   Original Music by Christopher Young

Additional Info Premiere: November 01, 1985 DVD Release: August 22, 2000 Blu-ray Release: September 27, 2011 Country: Distributor: New Line Studios Websites: Production Companies New Line Cinema Heron Communications Smart Egg Pictures Second Elm Street Venture (copyright owner) Media Home Entertainment (uncredited) Distributors New Line Cinema   (1985) (USA) (theatrical) Media Home Entertainment   (1986) (USA) (VHS) USA Network   (1987) (USA) (TV) (cable television) Video Treasures   (1990) (USA) (VHS) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (1996) (USA) (VHS) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Home Box Office (HBO)   (1987) (USA) (TV) Image Entertainment   (1986) (USA) (video) (Laserdisc) New Line Home Entertainment   (2003) (USA) (DVD) New Line Home Video   (1997) (USA) (VHS) New Line Home Video   (1999) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.2 / 10 Our Rating 5.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.8 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #1,950 / 20,736 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 3 total ratings Almost Perfect 3 total ratings Average 4 total ratings Mediocre 5 total ratings Crap 2 total ratings Site Ranking #1,946 A Haunting In Venice (2023) #1,947 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) #1,948 High Tension (2003) #1,949 Sicko (2007) #1,950 A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) #1,951 The Black Dahlia (2006) #1,952 Fallout: Season 1 (2024) #1,953 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) #1,954 M*A*S*H (1970)