A HORROR CLASSIC!

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2004)

I've been a fan of the elm st. films for many years. I grew up on them for god sakes. They were a staple of my childhood. I'm 25 now and with my box set DVD I still view them. As a kid the films terrified me, it was'nt until I got a little older that I realized the fun and humorous appeal they held. But this one was the start of Freddy. And he was in rare form here. Humorless, scary and nightmare inducing. Before all the one liners there was the original guy that nightmares were made of. The film centers around a group of friends most notably Johnny Depp and Heather Lagenkamp. One at a couple sleepover their friend Tina explains thats she had trouble sleeping because of horribly brutal nightmares. They all admit to having similar dreams as well. And from than on one by one their staked and murdered in their sleep. Creative death sequences and genuine suspense turned this ordinary slasher film into a horror classic. Including the general creativity of finding how a new way that a slasher/homicidal maniac can kill you. Looking back on this film now I still considerate great. But all compliments said the acting is a little off and some of the spfx and dialogue are marginably laughable. But it's a horror flick and even though I hold them to very high standards. It just wouldn't be one if it didn't have the slightest campy factor about it. All things said rush out and see A staple of the horror community. A nightmare on Elm st. the horror classic! 8/10