Warner Brothers Home Entertainment is celebrating the 40th anniversary of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” by bringing the film to 4K Ultra HD for the very first time. Wes Craven’s 1984 horror classic was a hallmark of its decade and the movie’s iconic antagonist, Freddy Krueger found a permanent place in pop culture. This critically acclaimed supernatural slasher spawned a franchise of nine feature films and a television series along with several comic books and novels.

This killer new 4K Ultra HD edition of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” includes a digital copy of the film and will be available to purchase on October 15th. See below for a full synopsis and release information including special features.

About the Film:

Year: 1984

Runtime: 91 Minutes

Directors: Wes Craven

Screenwriters: Wes Craven

Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, Leslie Hoffman, Joseph Whipp, Charles Fleischer, Lin Shaye

Rating: R

Can your nightmares be fatal? In this classic of the horror film genre that launched a movie franchise, a hideously scarred man who was murdered by a lynch mob returns years later in the terrifying nightmares of his killer’s teenage children… and the dreaming teenagers are starting to die in their sleep.

Special Features:

“A Nightmare on Elm Street” Digital release and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc contain the following previously released special features:

• Ready Freddy Focus Points
• Commentary with Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Ronnie Blakely, Robert Shaye, and Sara Risher.
• Commentary with Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, and Jacques Haitkin.
• Alternate endings
• The House that Freddy Built: The Legacy of New Line Horror
• Never Sleep Again: A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven’s Nightmares