cool film

Rating: 7/10 (3 October 2005)

I first watched this film when I was 12 and it scared me rigid. The bit with the moving bodybag scared me so much I stopped watching it and went to play a computer game to take my mind off it.
I watched it a few months ago and now aged 27 I don't find it very scary at all which is quite disappointing. Heather Langenkamp looks great. She looks cute when she's bathing and running around in her translucent white pyjamas. I've always thought horror and erotic are two genres that really go well together. The scene between Depp and Langenkamp where Depp displays wariness about Langenkamp making sexual requests of him is kind of cute. It's kind of a sweet teenage love story until Depp ends up us as a swirling fountain of blood.
The idea of a killer who gets you in your sleep is very powerful. The film is very effective in applying dreamy experiences to its horror sequences. When Nancy finds the stairs turn to glue and she can't climb up them many of us are probably reminded of dreams we have had ourselves were we feel we are trying to run but can only move in slow motion.