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Released
1989 · FILM

The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'

The Making of a Nightmare!

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Runtime
60 min
Documentary

Synopsis

This box office hit showcases the behind-the-scenes techniques and gruesome special effects that define the film. The slasher saga is explored through the process of brilliant direction from concept to actual filming, including special make-up techniques and the mechanical devices used to create the film's terrifying nightmares. The film stars Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 11

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Tony Cacioppo

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