Wes Craven had this "Nightmare" while eating some undercooked beans and then falling asleep.

Rating: 8/10 (8 December 2010)

Not a masterpiece by any rate. But it comes close to it.
Craven produced A Nightmare on Elm Street on an estimated budget of just $1.8 million, a sum the film earned back during its first week. An instant commercial success, the film's total United States box office gross is $25.5 million.
The film is credited with carrying on many clichés found in low-budget horror films of the 1970s and 1980s, originating in John Carpenter's 1978 horror film Halloween, including the morality play that revolves around sexual promiscuity in teenagers resulting in their eventual (usually graphic) death, leading to the term "slasher film".
Critics and film historians argue that the film's premise is the question of the distinction between dreams and reality, which is manifested in the film through the teenagers' dreams and their realities. Critics today praise the film's ability to transgress "the boundaries between the imaginary and real", toying with audience perceptions.
Plot(for kids only): Krueger is a child murderer who killed at least twenty children over a decade before the film takes place. Furious, vengeful parents burned him alive in his boiler room hideout when he was released from prison on a technicality. Now, it appears he is manipulating the dreams of their children to exact his revenge from beyond the grave. (Are you scared now kids ?!)
Meet the kids: Nancy Thompson(Heather Langenkamp), Glen Lantz (Johnny Depp) Tina Gray (Amanda Wyss) and Rod Lane (Nick Corri).
Of the four only Nancy apparently survives the battle with Freddy. However Nancy dies in the 3rd installment of the film A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 3: The Dream Warriors.
Gore review: just about enough to fill your tummy halfway. Where's the rest?! Apparently its in the hands of Wes Craven. Come on! Dish it out Wes!
Those of you left unsatisfied with this film can watch The Exorcist 1,2,3 and then if still unsatisfied can jump from a 100ft. building screaming "I can fly! I can fly....oh sh*t....I can't fly!!! What the hell ?! Arrrrgh!!!" Splatt!!!
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