9, 10 Never Sleep Again!!!

Rating: 9/10 (24 March 2020)

A Nightmare on Elm Street, the iconic horror classic that spawned several sequels and even a remake, but this remains arguably the best of the bunch, and in Freddie Kruger still remains one of the most memorable horror antagonists of all time.
A classic set in my favourite decade, the 1980s, a group of 4 students (including a young Johnny Depp) seem to plagued by mysterious nightmares, Tina Gray in particular seems to bear brunt of these vicious nightmares involving a strange burned man in a hat and red and black sweater, with knives for fingernails (Freddie Kruger).
As the nightmares become more real, and even more vicious, tragedy strikes Tina and her wild boyfriend Rod Lane is wrongly accused and Tina's friend Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is determined to prove his innocence, only her father Police chief Donald (John Saxon) isn't convinced.
When Nancy's dreams intensify, her mother takes her to a dream specialist, and when she inexplicably brings something out of her nightmare, her parents are forced to tell her the truth about notorious child murderer Fred Kruger, killed by an angry mob of parents, it seems he has taken his revenge by haunting the dreams of the children of the parents of Elm Street.
Nancy is determined to bring his murderous rampage to an end, by falling asleep and attempting one final battle, perhaps even bringing him out of her nightmare into the real world.
An iconic horror which screams the 1980s, influenced by films earlier in the decade and even the 70s, this took on a life of its own, a monster which invades ones dreams (nightmares) is a very formidable foe, for everyone has to fall asleep at some point, right? This is a must see for any horror fans and those that love B-Movies (while not listed as such it does have many elements of B-Movies, and I say that as a good thing).
And the cast was good here too, great selection and directing by Wes Craven.
A party horror film if you like, this is a great film to watch with a group of friends on a beer filled evening, so order the beers and a pizza, put your feet up and enjoy, a horror classic.
8.5(rounded to 9)/10