Welcome To Where Your Nightmares Become Reality

Rating: 7/10 (7 June 2014)

Well, now - Here's a perfect bedtime story that's sure to slash & slice its way right into the darkest depths of your dreams once those R.E.M.s have accelerated into high gear.
With panic and fright as its prime motive, A Nightmare On Elm Street somehow still manages (30 years after its initial release) to retain a substantial scare-factor in its story as it continues to pack a considerable-sized wallop of honest-to-goodness terror.
Here is a well-paced fright flick that doesn't falter, wimp-out or lose its grip, even in the inevitable aftermath of many years being followed by numerous sequels and copy-catting.
Yes. This film's story may be somewhat far-fetched, to say the least. But, nonetheless, it still clearly remains an effective slice of twisted horror that has quite rightly earned for itself its status as a bona-fide cult classic.
Director Wes Craven certainly did create an enduring character when he gleefully introduced Freddie Krueger (with his charred, red face & scraping metal fingernails) to all the ravenous fans devoted to the art of brutal slasher cinema.
All-in-all - Here's a tale of terror that truly is a "Scream!".