Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

"The Ultimate Nightmare Documentary"

2010

4h 0m

7.8(163 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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99 members

Acting

Heather Langenkamp

Self

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Robert Englund

Self

Directing

Wes Craven

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Production

Robert Shaye

Self

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Lisa Wilcox

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John Saxon

Self

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Clu Gulager

Self

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Alice Cooper

Self

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Monica Keena

Self

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Renny Harlin

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Chuck Russell

Self

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Kane Hodder

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Tuesday Knight

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Mark Patton

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Amanda Wyss

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Sandra Peabody

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Ronny Yu

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Jack Sholder

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Robert Rusler

Self

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Rachel Talalay

Self

Production

Sean S. Cunningham

Self

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Jason Mewes

Self

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Stacey Alden

Self

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Erika Anderson

Self

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Marshall Bell

Self

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Fran Bennett

Self

Costume & Make-Up

Howard Berger

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Sound

Charles Bernstein

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Visual Effects

Doug Beswick

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R. Christopher Biggs

Self

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Beatrice Boepple

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Leslie Bohem

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Brannon Braga

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John Carl Buechler

Self

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Brooke Bundy

Self

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Lou Carlucci

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David Chaskin

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Lezlie Deane

Self

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Don Dokken

Self

Visual Effects

Jim Doyle

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Rodney Eastman

Self

Camera

Steven Fierberg

Self

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Charles Fleischer

Self

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Brendan Fletcher

Self

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Cassandra Rachel Friel

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Jsu Garcia

Self

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Mick Garris

Self

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Shon Greenblatt

Self

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Don Hannah

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Danny Hassel

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Ira Heiden

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Whit Hertford

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Leslie Hoffman

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Miko Hughes

Self

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Mark Irwin

Self

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Andras Jones

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Jeff Katz

Self

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Louis Lazzara

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Rick Lazzarini

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Ricky Dean Logan

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Editing

Patrick Lussier

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William Malone

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Kool Marder

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Tom McLoughlin

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Nicholas Mele

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Tracy Middendorf

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David B. Miller

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Kelly Jo Minter

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Bart Mixon

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Kim Myers

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Toy Newkirk

Self

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David Newsom

Self

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Mark Ordesky

Self

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Priscilla Pointer

Self

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Ethan Reiff

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Sara Risher

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Jennifer Rubin

Self

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Ken Sagoes

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David J. Schow

Self

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Joe Seely

Self

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Tobe Sexton

Self

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Lin Shaye

Self

Costume & Make-Up

Mark Shostrom

Self

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John Skipp

Self

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Michael Bailey Smith

Self

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Joel Soisson

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Art

C.J. Strawn

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Penelope Sudrow

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Mark Swift

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Brooke Theiss

Self

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Mark Verheiden

Self

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Cyrus Voris

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Roy H. Wagner

Self

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Sydney Walsh

Self

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Zack Ward

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JoAnn Willette

Self

Costume & Make-Up

Kevin Yagher

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Lisa Zane

Self

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Jacques Haitkin

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