Ngemuva kwempumelelo yokwenziwa kabusha kwe- NgoLwesihlanu umhla ziyi-13, izifundo INew Line Cinema isheshisa izinqubo zokuqala ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka inguqulo yesimanjemanje yolunye uhlobo olwesabekayo lwaseNyakatho Melika: I-Nightmare ku-Elm Street.
Ifilimu yasekuqaleni yango-1984, eyayine-movie eyethusayo eyake yaba yisithombe esisodwa, UFreddy Krueger, yenziwa nguJohnny Depp osemncane kakhulu. Ekwenzeni kabusha imali, indawo kaDepp kuzohlala umlingisi UKyle Gallner, okunezela ngale ndlela UJackie Earle Haley, okuzoba nguye ofaka iglavu lephupho elibi uFreddy.
Kubikwa ukuthi UGallner uzodlala iQuentin, osemusha we-indie ophethe uhlelo lomsakazo ebusuku kakhulu ozohlukunyezwa UKrueger.
Le filimu izohanjiswa nguSamuel Bayer kanti kuzoba ngeyesigungu esiphezulu esenziwa nguMichael Bay, Andrew Form noBrad Fuller. Iskripthi sizophatha uWesley Strick. Namanje idethi yokuqala ukuqoshwa ayaziwa, yize konke kukhombisa ukuthi kuzoba kulo nyaka.