The movie that makes you terrified of falling asleep

Rating: 9/10 (2 February 2019)

It's been over a decade since and when I saw Jason X and Freddy vs Jason. As a kid then, I was more pulled with the action and violence rather than the story. So of these two slasher villains, it's been Jason I was fond of. I grew up. Watched many movies. It was recent that I decided to get back to my roots, to know more of these villains. So I watched all the Friday the 13th movies first. And recently, the first of A Nightmare on Elm Street, and wow. ANoES is one of the best horror movies I've ever seen. Immersive. Very atmospheric. The story is focused. The imagery nightmare material. The score relentlessly terrifying. A slasher movie done right, I didn't feel annoyed by the characters at all, partly because of the screenplay itself but the acting did it for me too. I do not want to spoil things for people yet to discover the movie so I would say this vague: the scene where the blood gushed profusely, and rather in an exaggerated way from the hole in the bed to the ceiling just added to the overall darkness of the tone of the film. Usually, exaggeration is off-putting when exaggeration is not the name of the game, but not that. And it was only now that I appreciated Wes Craven and only now that I learned I've watched some of his movies already - Scream and Scream 2 which are both very good too. I just don't think that ANoES can be topped by any of its sequels. But I will still watch them. I crave for more.
I also noticed Heather Langenkamp who played Nancy in the movie really looked like Lily James. Lily James has played several period movie characters. Nice.
I am more of 21st century movie guy but this one has aged so well the movie still holds up to this day. This is one of the movies that make me want to watch movies older than me.
I wish I could have watched this as a kid so I would have gotten more terrified by nightmares then. I'm an adult now. I will just make sure to have it watched by the kids in the family. They like scary movies and I'm sure this will spook them up.
One, two Freddy's coming for you / Three, four Better lock your door / Five, six Grab your crucifix / Seven, eight Gonna stay up late / Nine, ten Never sleep again