A Nightmare on Elm Street

Heather Langenkamp ("A Nightmare on Elm Street")

If you're not a big horror fanatic or a child of the '80s, you may be wondering who Heather Langenkamp is and why she's here. If that's the case, then you really need to get to your local video store or hop onto Netflix and order... more up "A Nightmare on Elm Street." In the classic horror film, Langenkamp plays a teenager who's being plagued by a recurring nightmare in which she's chased by a menacing, scarred man who also wields a razor-bladed glove. Johnny Depp plays her boyfriend, who dies in one of the most disgusting scenes put to celluloid. The killer, Freddy Krueger, would go on to become a movie monster icon and star in six sequels. Langenkamp returned for the third movie, "Dream Warriors," and made a final appearance in "New Nightmare," which featured the actress playing herself in the "real world" (but trouble arises when it appears that Freddy is haunting those involved with the making of the original film). Incidentally, a new version of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" featuring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy will hit theaters next year.

('A Nightmare on Elm Street'/New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection)