One of the five best horror films of all time

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 2007)

A Nightmare on Elm Street is about a girl named Tina who(along with her friends) has been having nightmares about a burnt man who tries to kill her. After the man (The demented dream killer Freddy Kruger) kills her in a dream, it is up for her friend Nacny to try to stop Kruger from killing her friends.
This film is one of the most original horror films of all time, the concept of somebody killing people in their dreams is as shocking and original today as it was in 1984. Unlike pretty much every other horror film outside the series you don't know what could happen next. The characters are not just pieces of cardboard waiting to be slaughterd andFreddy Kruger is the greatest of all the modern horror movie monsters.Freddy is not a retarded mute killing machine but a actual person who has a personality.
This is by far the best film Wes Craven has ever made in every way possible. The characters, the cinematography, the settings, the music score, and despite it's not the ending he wanted he wanted, the ending is great as well. This film is a classic and should be one of the 100 films you should watch before you die.