flawed classic.

Rating: 8/10 (7 February 2012)

Wes Craven's A nightmare on elm street is a seminal film. It ranks right up their with his other best films, Last house on the left and Scream. The film is about a group of teens that are stalked and killed in their dreams. Ten years before the story begins we find out that a child killer was freed on a botched search warrant, and the parents took the law into their own hands by burning him to death. The killer's name is Freddy Krueger. After his death he is granted the ability to exact revenge by entering the dreams of the children that killed him. A nightmare on elm street is a great film. One of it's strengths of the film is that it's open to interpretation. I believe that towards the end of the film the lead character Nancy is tricked into thinking that she pulled Freddy into reality. But the whole time she is still dreaming,i actually believe that the entire third act is a dream. The good about the film is it has an intriuging premise, and has mostly good music. Robert England is excellent as Freddy, John Saxon does a superb job as Nancy's cop/father, also look for a young Johnny Depp in his first movie role. A nightmare on elm street also does a good job blending dreams with reality. So you're probably wandering why i called this a flawed classic, so here's the bad. Some of the music and definitely the sound effects are terribly dated. Also the acting is left to be desired in some spots, not to mention the film features a pretty weak ending. But overall you are looking at a definitive horror classic.