One, Two, Freddy's coming for you...

Rating: 9/10 (18 May 2019)

Wes Craven's A Nightmare On Elm Street has become one of the most famous and scariest franchises in all of horror, mainly thanks to the pop culture icon, Freddy Krueger. Freddy Krueger has become one of the most recognisable figures in all of pop culture and he's the burned, sadistic, slasher in this movie, wielding his iconic razor fingers and haunting teenagers in their dreams. A Nightmare On Elm Street was the first film in the long running franchise and follows a young group of teens, who are being troubled in their dreams by a scarred man, with razor fingers, the teens include Heather Langenkamp as the main survivor, Nancy Thompson and a young Johnny Depp playing Glen, Nancy's boyfriend. Nobody believes the teenagers so it's up to them to find a way to stop Freddy Krueger before he kills them all. For an 80s movie, it still holds up to this day the effects look more real than any horror movie today, the cinematography is well executed and the movie overall gives off an eerie feeling, just waiting for the main attraction to pop up on screen again. The acting is good although there are at times parts where you can see the young actors smirking but that's nitpicking and isn't that much of importance. The main star of the movie is Freddy Krueger played to perfection by Robert Englund who defined the character, his movements, sounds etc. And the movie's soundtrack is great at setting that eerie feeling and sound cues let you know when Freddy is near. A Nightmare On Elm Street is one of the greatest horror movies of all time and will leave you unsettled after watching, it is a genre-defining classic and anyone who has not seen it I would encourage you to. Although the series went downhill as time went on, this is the one movie that you can watch and be guaranteed to be creeped out over and over again. 8/10