Years ago a child murderer named Fred Krueger was released from his charges because of a police technicality. The parents of Elm Street decided to take matters into their own hands and killed Freddy themselves. Now, years after Freddy Krueger was murdered by the parents of Elm Street, he has found a new way to extend his terror, and that is through the dreams of the children on Elm Street. With his main target being Nancy Thompson, she must find a way to either stay awake or stop Freddy once and for all, because if these kids die in their dreams, there will be no waking up.
Tina wakes up from a horrible dream, once in which she sees a horribly burned man attacking her. The next day, she meets up with her friends Nancy, Rod, and Glen. As it turns out, the four of them had the same dream last night of the burned man in the red sweater. The four friends decide to stay the night at Tina's house, and that night as they fall asleep, Tina has another dream of this nightmare man. She wakes up everyone in the house as she screams, everyone except her that is. ...