SIFF & CFC Present A Nightmare on Elm Street with DJ NicFit
May 12, 2026
A group of suburban teenagers learn to never sleep again when they discover they’re being targeted by a vicious serial killer who can slaughter you in your dreams. This time, Seattle’s own DJ NicFit will create a live soundtrack to accompany Wes Craven’s original, paradigm-shifting supernatural chiller.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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Are you ready for Freddy? You might think you are, as the horror franchise includes nine entries (including one Platinum Dunes remake) and spawned multiple novels and comic book series, two underrated video game tie-ins, a television show, an instantly recognizable Halloween costume, and two of the greatest closing credit songs of all time (all glory to Dokken and the Fat Boys).
But Wes Craven's OG frightener from 1984 is still a nasty little piece of work, as the infamous, disfigured, and very dead child murderer gets gruesome revenge on the unassuming populace of Springwood, Ohio by stalking and killing them in their dreams. And you've never seen the movie like this: with a live-mixed soundtrack from Seattle's own DJ NicFit. NicFit, who's been aurally remixing movies all over town with his recurring Cross-Faded Cinema events.
"I love doing this film because of all the music about dreams that I got to put in it," NicFit told SIFF. "There's a hardcore punk song I use called 'Dreams Come True' during Freddy's first kill. It's super intense with the screaming, the blood, and a loud hardcore song about dreams coming true, and 'no hope' is blasting in the speakers."
He's still leaving plenty of surprises in store, but here's just one more morsel: "On the opposite end of music I use 'Losing my Religion' by R.E.M. that comes into a scene and gets a really good laugh from the audience. It's important to point out the band is named after a dream state singing about it being 'just a dream.' Everything is intentional." One to the two, Freddy's coming for you. Three to the four, you should lock your damn door.
—Marcus Gorman
This year, Cross-Faded Cinema (curated by Seattle's own DJ NicFit) returns to the Festival to provide an all-new soundtrack to Wes Craven's iconic horror film, promising a trippy, ultra-sensory time done live on two turntables. Previous SIFF appearances include the all-Flaming Lips soundtrack to Fantastic Planet (1973) and infusing 1996's The Craft with a seance full of emo/new wave tunes. What will DJ NicFit deem worthy of A Nightmare on Elm Street for this one-of-a-kind music and film hybrid event?
- Director: Wes Craven
- Principal Cast: Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley
- Country: USA
- Year: 1984
- Running Time: 91 min.
- Producer: Robert Shaye
- Screenplay: Wes Craven
- Cinematographers: Jacques Haitkin
- Editors: Patrick McMahon, Rick Shaine
- Music: Charles Bernstein
- Filmography: Scream 4 (2011), My Soul to Take (2010), Red Eye (1996), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994), The People Under the Stairs (1991), Shocker (1989), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Deadly Friend (1986), The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Swamp Thing (1982), Deadly Blessing (1981), Stranger in Our House (1978), The Hills Have Eyes (1977), The Fireworks Woman (1975), The Last House on the Left (1972)
- Language: English
- US Distributor: Warner Bros