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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.
  • 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

  • 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

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

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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