Cameo: [Johnny Depp] in a TV commercial. Depp played a character in A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) who was killed when he fell asleep watching TV.
Cameo: [Alice Cooper] Freddy's abusive pimp father.
Cameo: [Bob Shaye] [producer] selling bus tickets in a booth.
Cameo: [Rosanne and Tom Arnold] the childless couple.
In the last portion of the movie, from the point at which the lead female puts on the special glasses, to the time at which she takes them off, was originally filmed entirely in 3-D. The effect was removed for video release.
On 12 September 1991 a day before the U.S. release of the movie, Los Angeles declared it Freddy Krueger Day.
Peter Jackson was originally hired to write the screenplay for this film. He wrote a draft, but it wasn't used.
Breckin Meyer's first theatrical role.
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