‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ 40th Anniversary 4K Includes Uncut Version
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Wes Craven horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, and to celebrate, the film is coming 4K for the first time this Halloween, including an Uncut version. Read on for today’s full press release and the official trailer for this special edition release.
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the supernatural slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street, which spawned a franchise and introduced audiences to the iconic horror villain Freddy Krueger, from New Line Cinema and renowned horror director Wes Craven, the 1984 film will be available for purchase Digitally in 4K Ultra HD and on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray this October.
The new 4K UHD remaster of A Nightmare on Elm Street includes both the 1984 theatrical version of the film and an uncut version of the film that includes 8 seconds of additional unrated footage.
In the film: 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.
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.
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
A Nightmare on Elm Street will be available for purchase Digitally in 4K Ultra HD on October 1 and on 4K UHD Blu-ray in limited edition Steelbook on October 15, from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
You can watch the new 4K trailer and see the cover art below.
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