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A Nightmare on Elm Street

Wes Craven, 1984

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The Nightmares on Elm Street: The Continuing Story
Jeffrey Cooper, 1987

NOVELIZATION

The Nightmares on Elm Street: The Continuing Story is a movie novelization written by Jeffrey Cooper in 1987 and based on the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street, directed by Wes Craven in 1984. The movie features Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, Lin Shaye, Joe Unger, and others.

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“The movie is better than the book”

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RATING

7.5

/ 10

Movie Poster: A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)

7.5

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Book Cover: The Nightmares on Elm Street: The Continuing Story (Jeffrey Cooper, 1987)

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Storyline

In March 1981, Tina Gray awakens from a nightmare where she is attacked by a disfigured man wearing a blade-fixed glove in a boiler room. The following morning, Tina is consoled by her best friend Nancy Thompson and Nancy’s boyfriend Glen Lantz. When Tina falls asleep, she dreams of being chased by the disfigured man.

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Movie vs Book

Poster of A Nightmare on Elm Street, the 1984 movie by Wes Craven

Year

1984

Minutes

91

Movie Rate

7.50

Source: IMDb

Movie

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Country: USA

Year: 1984

Length: 1h31m

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Cover of The Nightmares on Elm Street: The Continuing Story, the 1987 book by Jeffrey Cooper

Year

1987

Pages

216

Book Rate

7.56

S: Goodreads

Book

The Nightmares on Elm Street: The Continuing Story

Country: USA

First published in: 1987

Length: 216 pages

Genre: Fiction

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