Terrified Me As A Child ---> Classic

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2016)

This Nightmare on Elm Street was by far the best out of all the series, with number three coming in at a close second. This particular film in the series actually scared you. It was dark and hellish. Freddy wasn't this laughing moron, acting like an idiot all the time, like in the other films. Nothing bad against them. In fact, I like just about all of them. This one actually gives you a different connection with Freddy though. He looks and acts more like a dream demon, and a maniac, more so in the original than all the others.
There was some really creepy scenes that gave me nightmares when I was little. There was the introduction to the child murders (creepy kids jump-roping) and talking murdered people all cut up in body bags. This one isn't so goofy far fetched as the rest of them. Also, everyone knows it's Johnny Depp's first movie. He gets killed by getting sucked into the waterbed. This movie had pretty good acting for its time as well.
I would definitely recommend this movie if someone started out with the Nightmare series with another title, other than the original. An icon of a movie. No one can replace Robert Englund as Freddy. So I wish they'd stop trying to remake the series. Why mess with perfection?