Great for 1984

Rating: 8/10 (25 July 1999)

I just saw the original for the first time in a long time, and I remembered it being a lot better! It really set the stage for the rest of the movies in the saga, so I guess it was okay. It being 1999, and seeing movies like Scream, it can be hard to watch a classic like Nightmare-1, because the acting, film, camera angles and effects are so much worse. It's a must see for those that want to know how it all started. I think the saga peaked "dreamatically" at 3 and 4, and went back down hill again.