A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street

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A Nightmare on Elm Street

Amanda Wyss, Charles Fleischer, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Johnny Depp

A group of teenagers are terrorized by "Freddy Krueger," an evil being from another world who gets to his victims by entering their dreams and killing them with gloves that have knife blades attache...( read more  read more... )d to each finger.

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  • October 31, 2009
    Freddy Kruger is a far superior Horror Icon to others from the 80's Horror films. Still an enjoyable watch today, of course it has it?s cornyness, what Horror film doesn?t? It still provides tense moments and is a little less predictable than most of the 80?s Horrors.

    Let?s ...( read more)not forget the ?Introducing Johnny Depp? the film that launched the career of the star we know today.
  • September 15, 2009
    A horror movie classic but not the best of the Freddie films! Its a shame the end death scene was messed up (See DVD extras to understand what I mean)
  • March 7, 2009
    Just as Jaws made you afraid to go into the water A Nightmare on Elm Street makes you afraid to fall asleep. Wes Craven has created the modern day bogeyman that can only get to you in your most vulnerable place-your unconscious.

    In the town of Springwood a group of four friends ...( read more)(which includes Johnny Depp) begin to have nightmares about a razor fingered man in a red sweater and old brown hat: Freddy Krueger. Things go from bad to worse as the group is picked off one by one in their dreams by Freddy until it's down to the lone heroine (Heather Langenkamp) going militia on Freddy.

    Wes Craven's creation was probably one of the most frightening images of 1980's horror cinema. That is until a long line of sequels that slowly turned him into a Don Rickles from hell, throwing off one liners as he dealt with the never ending supply of Elm Street children. But in the original film (and to a lesser degree the second one) Kruger (played by Robert Englund) is the embodiment of fear. Craven uses those weird dreamlike qualities to give those sleep sequences the feel of a dream: an example is the arms when they reach between two buildings in the alley. Your safest place is in your bed and even that is shattered in this film.

    This is a horror masterpiece. It's one of those films that defined itself and didn't allow itself to become defined by its genre. The problem is the sequels that followed it, each becoming more and more camp as the numbers grew higher. Leave the first one as a standalone film and it's a great achievement on Craven's part. take it as part of the never ending series and it becomes diluted in the crazy scenarios and one liners of the following films.
  • January 29, 2009
    Every kid from the 80's remembers being scared tdeath of Freddy Kreuger. The idea of a psychpathic monster killing you in a dream is scary enough, but to show it on film was something else. Everyone expects this to be a slasher flick but this actually has a really nice blend of s...( read more)upernatural in it, this film uses dreamscapes to make the audience feel uncomfortable. Really you should check it out.
  • July 2, 2008
    Freddie Rocks!
  • December 10, 2009
    Will definately be watching this when I get it, and the rest of the films, for Christmas.
  • December 8, 2009
    This movie got me hooked on scary movies! Its a classic!
  • December 7, 2009
    i seen it when i was little so i dont remember alot
  • December 6, 2009
    I only watched this movie to see if I could spot johnny depp. I don't think I did. Boring as shit.
  • December 4, 2009
    *watching it this second*

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