Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

"The Ultimate Nightmare Documentary"

2010

4h 0m

7.8(162 votes)

Documentary

Overview

For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.

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Cast & Crew

106 members

Acting

Heather Langenkamp

Self

Acting

Robert Englund

Self

Directing

Wes Craven

Self

Production

Robert Shaye

Self

Acting

Lisa Wilcox

Self

Acting

John Saxon

Self

Acting

Clu Gulager

Self

Acting

Alice Cooper

Self

Acting

Monica Keena

Self

Directing

Renny Harlin

Self

Directing

Chuck Russell

Self

Acting

Kane Hodder

Self

Acting

Tuesday Knight

Self

Acting

Mark Patton

Self

Acting

Amanda Wyss

Self

Acting

Sandra Peabody

Self

Directing

Ronny Yu

Self

Directing

Jack Sholder

Self

Acting

Robert Rusler

Self

Directing

Rachel Talalay

Self

Production

Sean S. Cunningham

Self

Acting

Jason Mewes

Self

Acting

Johnny Depp

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Stacey Alden

Self

Acting

Erika Anderson

Self

Acting

Marshall Bell

Self

Acting

Fran Bennett

Self

Costume & Make-Up

Howard Berger

Self

Sound

Charles Bernstein

Self

Visual Effects

Doug Beswick

Self

Costume & Make-Up

R. Christopher Biggs

Self

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Acting

Beatrice Boepple

Self

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Writing

Leslie Bohem

Self

Production

Brannon Braga

Self

Crew

John Carl Buechler

Self

Acting

Brooke Bundy

Self

Crew

Lou Carlucci

Self

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Writing

David Chaskin

Self

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Acting

Lezlie Deane

Self

Acting

Don Dokken

Self

Visual Effects

Jim Doyle

Self

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Acting

Rodney Eastman

Self

Camera

Steven Fierberg

Self

Acting

Charles Fleischer

Self

Acting

Brendan Fletcher

Self

Acting

Cassandra Rachel Friel

Self

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Acting

Jsu Garcia

Self

Directing

Mick Garris

Self

Acting

Shon Greenblatt

Self

Acting

Don Hannah

Self

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Acting

Danny Hassel

Self

Acting

Ira Heiden

Self

Acting

Whit Hertford

Self

Crew

Leslie Hoffman

Self

No Image

Acting

Miko Hughes

Self

Camera

Mark Irwin

Self

Acting

Andras Jones

Self

Production

Jeff Katz

Self

Costume & Make-Up

Louis Lazzara

Self

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Crew

Rick Lazzarini

Self

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Acting

Ricky Dean Logan

Self

Editing

Patrick Lussier

Self

Directing

William Malone

Self

Production

Kool Marder

Self

No Image

Directing

Tom McLoughlin

Self

Acting

Nicholas Mele

Self

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Acting

Tracy Middendorf

Self

Costume & Make-Up

David B. Miller

Self

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Kelly Jo Minter

Self

Costume & Make-Up

Bart Mixon

Self

Acting

Kim Myers

Self

Acting

Toy Newkirk

Self

Acting

David Newsom

Self

Production

Mark Ordesky

Self

Acting

Priscilla Pointer

Self

Writing

Ethan Reiff

Self

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Production

Sara Risher

Self

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Acting

Jennifer Rubin

Self

Acting

Ken Sagoes

Self

Writing

David J. Schow

Self

Acting

Joe Seely

Self

Production

Tobe Sexton

Self

Acting

Lin Shaye

Self

Costume & Make-Up

Mark Shostrom

Self

Writing

John Skipp

Self

No Image

Acting

Michael Bailey Smith

Self

Writing

Joel Soisson

Self

Art

C.J. Strawn

Self

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Acting

Penelope Sudrow

Self

Writing

Mark Swift

Self

No Image

Acting

Brooke Theiss

Self

Writing

Mark Verheiden

Self

Writing

Cyrus Voris

Self

No Image

Camera

Roy H. Wagner

Self

No Image

Acting

Sydney Walsh

Self

Acting

Zack Ward

Self

Acting

JoAnn Willette

Self

Costume & Make-Up

Kevin Yagher

Self

Acting

Lisa Zane

Self

Camera

Jacques Haitkin

Self

No Image

Crew

Screaming Mad George

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Directing

Danny Mulheron

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Linnea Quigley

Self (archive footage)

Writing

Craig Spector

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Costume & Make-Up

Todd Masters

Self (archive footage)

Crew

David LeRoy Anderson

Self (archive footage)

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