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Sex & Nudity

  • Freddy makes a suggestive gesture with his tongue towards a woman.
  • A teenage couple overhears another teenage couple have sex. Loud sexual noises are heard. Couple is shown in bed afterwards with their bare shoulders above the covers.
  • A character says, "I had a hard on last night," to which another character makes a crass joke about.
  • Tina is wearing panties and an oversized shirt when Freddy is chasing her. Her legs and thighs are seen the whole time.
  • Nancy is shown in the bath non sexual, no nudity.
  • When Tina's mother walks into her room in the start of the movie, her boyfriend comes in and tells her to come back to bed, heavily implying that they were or were going to have sex. Her mom is also wearing nothing but a robe.
  • A woman's back is shown through her nightgown.

Violence & Gore

  • A woman is slashed across the chest, we see some fake looking blood.
  • A body bag is shown, it is said that one of the victims is in it.
  • This movie is quite bloody, the end is almost as well can scare viewers (see frightening and intense scenes for more)
  • A than is pulled into his bed by Freddy. Seconds later, the hole spews out copious amounts of blood, similar to a geyser. This is very cartoonish.
  • Freddy sliced up a girl in her dream.
  • Not suitable for everyone. Many people though have seen this in the age of 6-10 years without getting traumatized.
  • Slimy, goo-like images shown, very brief.
  • In a dream sequence, a character accidentally tears Freddy's face off. His muscles and skull are seen, although it's presented in a slightly cartoonish way.
  • Freddy causes a teenage boy's bedsheets to come to life and strangle him to death. Very brief.
  • In a dream sequence, a woman turns into an ashy skeleton.
  • Freddy smashes his clawed hand through a door's window and pulls a woman through it, where her implied death occurs afterwards. However, it's worth noting that the effect looks hilariously fake.

Profanity

  • D**khead is said.
  • At least 4 F words, a few uses of "shit;" "ass," "damn," and "hell" are used; as well as other crude language.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Nancy takes several pills of caffeine to stay awake and avoid confrontation with Freddy.
  • Nancy's mother is an alcoholic, and is seen drinking in several scenes. She is also seen smoking cigarettes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The film compared to horror films now is pretty mild. There's a cartoonish amount of blood shown, but the film is more just "spooky" than anything. It doesn't ever feel disturbing.
  • Freddy's appearance is the scariest thing in the movie with his burnt face and his glove with finger knives.
  • The film's primary sources of terror are from the disturbing imagery found in the dream sequences, as well as the unknown, mysterious figure of Freddy.
  • The ending is very creepy and unsettling, especially since it comes out of nowhere.
  • Several jump scares throughout the film.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • While fighting a woman's shirt is cut, no nudity, not sexual.

Violence & Gore

  • In the climax of the film, Nancy sets several traps to attack Freddy. These include a sledgehammer that comes down from the ceiling and hits his groin, as well as a tripwire that turns on a lightbulb filled with gunpowder, causing it to explode and injure him.
  • In the opening scene, freddy grabs a person but the person wakes up and nothing happens .

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Glen's death is very graphic and gruesome.

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