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That although Heather Langenkamp has acted in other projects before she landed the role of Nancy but this film made her a name and fans will always remember her in it.

She had a bit part in Wes Craven's other flick Shocker as he tried to invent a new Freddy Krueger but failed to do so.

There was also a rumour Heather was engaged to Robert ("Freddy Krueger") Englund one time but apparently it wasn't true as they were just good friends.

A Nightmare On Elm Street was Johnny Depp's first acting gig which would be a huge stepping stone to a long lived acting career mainly in movies but was also a big name in the TV series 21 Jump Street. He had a cameo in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Tuesday Knight, Andras Jones from part 4 and Rodney Eastmand (part 3 and 4) are all musicians as well as actors.

Lisa Wilcox and Tuesday Knight from part 4 are best friends and both work at a footwear jewelry together.

Laurence Fishburne had a part in Part 3 and later on had a success in many black films like Boyz N the Hood and Hoodlum

During the late 80's was a time for lots of comedic moments in horror films and A Nightmare On Elm Street was best noted for it's dark comedy as well as it's horror since in Part 3 in 1987. Alot of films imitated the Nightmare sequels such as Slumber Party Massacre 2, Child's Play, Slaughterhouse and Sleepaway Camp 2 & 3
The Nightmare movies became so big that there were short-lived young adult novels called Freddy Krueger's Tales of Terror by David Bergantino and a TV series Freddy's Nightmare's which Robert Englund directed and hosted playing his Freddy Krueger character. Also due to Englund's fame as Krueger he was cast as the title role in the film The Phantom of the Opera in 1990.

Wes Craven tried to make a new Nightmare On Elm Street type film with the movie Shocker but the film was a flop and sequels never saw the light of day.

 

Although there was a film called Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, part 5 was the true last Nightmare film trilogy as Krueger's mother took Krueger away so he'd stop killing people in their dreams and Freddy's Dead was just a film for the fans as well as the other sequels after it.

Shock rocker Alice Cooper had a cameo in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare as Freddy's foster parent but Alice was uncredited.

It took 10 years till they finally made Freddy Vs. Jason as the project was discussed for a long time but never filmed it till 2002 due to production values, budgeting etc.

Both John Carpenter's Halloween and A Nightmare On Elm Street were both filmed in the same neighborhood.