When her best friend Tina is brutally murdered, teenager Nancy suspects the killer isn't Tina's boyfriend but rather a much more horrifying figure from her dreams. Convinced that this vicious murderer is stalking her friends and killing them as they sleep, Nancy enters a desperate race against time to bring him out of her dream world and stop the bloodbath...before she falls asleep and becomes his next victim.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1984. Special features: "All access pass": Optional feature audio commentary with Wes Craven, production crew and cast; Optional original archival audio commentary with Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon and cinematographer Jacques Haitkin; "Select a scene" with pop-up prompts and production history and trivia; "Beyond the movie fact track" subtitles featuring production history and trivia.