A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- Documented locations
- 16
- Year
- 1984
- Directed by
- Wes CRAVEN
- Cities
- Los Angeles
1428 North Genesee Avenue (Hollywood)
Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States
Nancy's House in A Nightmare on Elm Street, completely renovated in 2008.
The scene : This is where Nancy Thompson lives with her mother Marge, and where Freddy comes to haunt her nights: the facade is from the film, and a room on the upper floor served as Nancy's bedroom.
1419 North Genesee Avenue (Hollywood)
Los Angeles, United States
The scene : Right across from Nancy's house, is the home of Glen Lantz, her boyfriend, who will end up literally liquefied by Freddy.
620 Milwood Avenue (Venice)
Los Angeles, United States
The scene : Tina Gray's house, the first victim of Freddy: interiors and exteriors were filmed there, and it is right into her garden that Freddy chases her from the alley.
Los Angeles, United States
The scene : In the alley that runs along the back of the house, Tina comes face to face with Freddy at the heart of her nightmare and tries to escape him.
John Marshall High School (Los Feliz)
Los Angeles, United States
Los Feliz Public High School, a recurring cinema set. It was founded in 1931.
The scene : The exterior of Springwood High School was filmed outside this establishment in Los Feliz.
Old Lincoln Heights Jail
Los Angeles, United States
Former municipal prison of Lincoln Heights, opened in 1931 and decommissioned since the 1960s; it has become a recurring filming location. It is designated as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
The scene : The corridors and the sinister boiler room where Freddy waits for his prey were filmed in this old prison, starting from the opening where Tina runs down a corridor behind a lamb.
Cahuenga Branch Library
Los Angeles, United States
Neighborhood library inaugurated in 1916, at the corner of North Madison Avenue, closed then renovated and registered as a Historic-Cultural Monument of Los Angeles.
The scene : The facade of the library becomes that of the 5th district police station, where Lieutenant Thompson, Nancy's father, works, and where Rod is locked up; Nancy is mysteriously drawn there in the middle of the night.
Burroughs Middle School
Los Angeles, United States
The scene : This college provided the interiors for the high school and the police station: the main office becomes the police station, the principal's office is Lieutenant Thompson's office, room 104 is Nancy's classroom, and it's in the staircase that Nancy follows a trail of blood past a "No students allowed" sign.
Los Angeles, United States
Cemetery founded in 1877 in the Boyle Heights neighborhood.
The scene : The funeral of Rod Lane, and his grave, were filmed in this cemetery in Boyle Heights.
Los Angeles, United States
The scene : During Rod's funeral, it is the Ivy chapel that is seen behind Nancy, sitting on the steps.
15600 Mulholland Drive (Bel Air)
Los Angeles, United States
Campus of the American Jewish University, built in 1977 at the edge of Mulholland Drive, at the corner of Casiano Road, near the San Diego freeway.
The scene : The campus serves as the Katja Institute, where Nancy is taken for sleep tests: she emerges not healed, but with a hat on her head.
Los Angeles, United States
The brick arched entrance of the house is now partially bricked up.
The scene : On the way to school, Nancy stops in front of the arched brick entrance of this house and turns to a man in a suit who is watching her.
Los Angeles, United States
The scene : Rod runs down Glyndon Avenue and gets caught by the police at the intersection of Morningside Way.
Los Angeles, United States
The canals of Venice were dug in 1905 by Abbot Kinney, who was inspired by Venice.
The scene : It is on the central bridge of Eastern Canal, in the midst of the canals of Venice, that Nancy and Glen have a discussion during their last date.
Los Angeles, United States
The scene : IMDb lists North Hollywood among the filming locations of the film, without specifying which scene was filmed there.
Los Angeles, United States
Hollywood studio opened in 1915, which became Desilu Studios after its acquisition by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in the early 1950s — I Love Lucy was filmed there — before becoming Ren-Mar Studios, and later taking the name Red Studios Hollywood.
The scene : The studio-built sets, including Tina's room that spins around, were filmed on the stages of this old Desilu lot on Cahuenga Boulevard.