A Nightmare on Elm Street is heading back to cinemas with a new 4K remastered edition

Collector’s Edition with Steelbook 4K UHD RRP: £45 Discs: 4K UHD + Blu-Ray Retailers: Zavvi, Amazon, HMV, WB Shop, Other Specialist Retailers

Celebrating the 40^th anniversary of the supernatural slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street from New Line Cinema and renowned horror director Wes Craven, the 1984 film will be available for purchase Digitally in 4K Ultra HD on September 31 and on 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc on October 14. It will also be re-released in select cinemas from 25 October. 

A Nightmare on Elm Street, which spawned a franchise and introduced audiences to iconic horror villain Freddy Krueger, will be available on Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc online and in-store at major retailers and Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, and more. 

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The 4K UHD remaster of A Nightmare on Elm Street includes the 1984 theatrical version and an uncut version of the film that includes 8 seconds of additional unrated footage. 

Directed by Wes Craven (Scream) from his own screenplay, the film stars John Saxon, Ronee Blakely, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, Johnny Depp, and Robert Englund.  The film is produced by Robert Shaye. 

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.

 A Nightmare on Elm Street Digital release and 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

Standard 4K UHD
RRP: £20
Discs: 4K UHD
Retailers: Tradewide

Solus Steelbook 4K UHD
RRP: £30
Discs: 4K UHD + Blu-Ray
Retailers: Zavvi Exclusive