My personal opinion on the Nightmare series

Rating: 10/10 (19 October 2011)

I first saw a Nightmare film when I was approximately nine years old - that was the fourth one. Keen to see more, I got hold of the first three. Out of all 7 original Nightmares, 1,3,and 7 are my faves - due to Nancy (Heather Langenkamp - who I admire as an actress not because she is a 'Scream Queen' but she works to make money on the side, it is not her life). The first NOES is much darker, scarier, and I recently watched the 're-imaging' and the original, and although I love the remake, this is one movie that stands out of the entire series.
Even though the kill count is not high, the terror, suspense and horror is. He is a killer than cannot be stopped, getting us in the safest place - our dreams. I will not give away plot points but I will say this movie is a benchmark for many movies that followed, also spanning a pop - culture franchise that, to this day is still massively popular. Freddy was his scariest in the first, the killings were more thought out and more gruesome. In a way, it is a shame that Robert Shaye has more control over the series than Wes Craven. Four 'Scream' movies and I want more. Wes is the horror king, and I also want to thank Langenkamp for returning twice, and Englund for doing eight movies. He is the ultimate Krueger. The sequels were all good but none beat the original. Guess it comes down to Sidney (Neve) in S4 saying, "Don't f*** with the original!". THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVE MOVIES - IN ANY GENRE.