a classic

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2015)

A classic in the genre. I've been watching all of Wes Craven's films and this is clearly his best. After seeing stuff like People under the Stairs, and Shocker, this film is clearly in a league of its own. The fact that it's starting to show it's age, only adds to the mystic and charm of the film. The effects are getting old. but that's also charming. It's practical, it's real and it exists rather then someone making it up on their computer. They treated the Freddy character with respect, and keep him as a scary character and not some sort of comic relief with one liners. The reboot didn't work, and the new reboot again will probably fail since it's unlikely to capture the charm of the original i.e. the old vintage film look and the aging special effects :)