My favourite horror film of all time.

Rating: 10/10 (31 August 2015)

This film is not only the late Wes Craven's best film he has made but it's also my favourite horror film ever. Supposedly based slightly on the story of some tribesman who suffered from the same horrific nightmares but also on an old man that Wes Craven himself found truly terrifying. The concept of this idea is definitely the most original in horror history. The sets are some of the creepiest I have seen and the music adds to the tense atmosphere created by Craven. For me Robert Englund is the only Freddy Krueger and this is also the film that brought Johnny Depp to the worlds attention. I first watched this as a 14 year old teenager and i'm not ashamed to admit that I was petrified from the very first moment. It's a shame that Wes Craven wasn't involved with many of the sequels as his influence was greatly missed in my opinion. Definitely a benchmark for future slasher films and for me the best horror film ever made. BRILLIANT!!!