The scare sheet

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  2. Minor
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  3. Minor
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  4. Minor
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  5. Minor
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  8. Minor
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  10. Major
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  11. Major
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Start it with the film — full-screen warning a minute before every scare, sound at ten seconds.

Warning subtitles

Or let your own player warn you — a .SRT that flashes a heads-up five seconds before each scare.

How it works
  • — Warnings appear 5 seconds before each jumpscare
  • — Works with any video player that supports .SRT files
  • — Labels each scare Major or Minor
  • — Or drop it next to the video file with the same name to auto-load
Film notes

When are the jumpscares in A Nightmare on Elm Street?

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) has 11 jumpscares 2 major and 9 minor. The first happens at 00:03:34 and the last at 01:28:52. Every time code is community-contributed and reviewed.

Synopsis

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

Release year
1984
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Horror
Scary rating
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All timestamps as text+

The complete list of jumpscare timestamps in A Nightmare on Elm Street is: 00:03:34 (minor), 00:09:17 (minor), 00:16:21 (minor), 00:25:23 (minor), 00:40:33 (minor), 00:41:25 (minor), 01:07:20 (minor), 01:08:18 (minor), 01:20:12 (minor), 01:21:12 (major), 01:28:52 (major).

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