A Nightmare On Elm Street

Rating: 10/10 (15 October 2008)

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
"I'm gonna kill you slow"
In the event of my death, please cease all life support systems that may be even biologically or genetically in place.
Why?
"This Is God!"
I was young when I first saw Freddy in a dream, probably in my early teenage years. He was sitting in a greenish-yellow hued, dark room with nothing aside from a disappearing window that bleakly shown the light of a black moon through a white sky.
Have I gone crazy since the night of that particular dream? Definitely.
Have I recovered and became readjusted to the side of dreams that are more lucid and easier to mentally digest? Yes and no. It was in reality one of many nightmares that I had in my youth that I could not control, so it will always be my self-employed job to control myself during sleep.
Am I still concerned that the dream may reoccur? Indefinitely. A quote, not from the original Nightmare on Elm Street, that I'll use here, is the one sentence spoke by the monster of my own unconscious creation, after a long night of staring dreadfully at the shrouded face of Freddy Kreuger. At the end of the dream he merely said this before hopping out the window.
"I'll be back"
A year before I was born, the masterwork of infamous director Wes Craven was released worldwide. It was unquestionably the most original work of horror in history.
" Count myself a king of infinite space"
The lucidity of the dreamer's is questionable. Is Freddy in charge of the dreams, or is he merely an invasive force that beckons them deeper into lucidity? It becomes apparent that the fearlessness of the heroes is partially an effect of the dreams, as we become acquainted with the characters whose fears of sleep become dangerously unhealthy. It's only when they fall asleep that their irrefutable anxiety becomes pure angst that lashes out at the filmviewer's conscience.
Scream "Stop!" Scream "Don't go down the stairs!" "Don't fall asleep!"
But they will. They are superheroes within the dreams that they are victims of having.
This brings to mind all of the intricacies of dreaming and the completely repellent hoax of rapid eye movement. The mind's eye is working, in our dreams, this is for sure The eyelids which quiver beneath the pillow's lulling are more likely merely a lullaby to the soul.
I have never seen a movie that has been more overlooked as well as underlooked in it's effect on popular culture. Either your looking at it as the greatest film of all time, for the wrong reasons Or your looking at it as another campy 80's concept flick For again, the wrong reasons.
In truth, this is one of the top ten films of all time. It preys on self-esteems of everyone that can watch it from beginning to end in one sitting. I watched it myself, for about the fifth time before writing this review. I was still jumping out of the chair at certain points. I am not someone who scares easily, especially from movies.
So why is a movie that is so difficult to understand worthy of such praise? It's not how you watch it, why you watch it, where or when, or even who watches it. It's what your watching. It's the same every time, and it will always be funny, as well as scary. But I've heard that laughter is the sincerest form of insanity known to exist within the physical spectrum of emotion.
Fear the night, but if you do Don't forget who's watching behind the other sides of your eyes.
Goodnight, folks til next time
"Whatever you do Don't fall asleep"
By the way his glove is missing from the face of the planet. Wonder if I still got it? I definitely have the hat to match
A Nightmare On Elm Street 10/10