Great, Genre Defining Horror Movie

Rating: 10/10 (3 September 2005)

A Nightmare On Elm Street, directed by Wes Craven (Scream, Last House On The Left, Red Eye), is a great horror movie that added to the genre.
The story follows Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) and her three friends Glen (Johnny Depp), Tina (Amanda Wyss) and Rod (Jsu Garcia). They are experiencing nightmares where they are being stalked by Fred Krueger (Robert Englund). As her friends start to fall to Krueger's blades, Nancy sets out to learn about Fred and his past and how to kill him once and for all.
Tobe Hooper, John Carpenter and George A. Romero made movies that changed the horror genre in the 70's. In the the 80's it was definitely Craven's new concept of being killed in your dreams that changed the genre a little more.
This film is great. The acting is OK for a horror, the storyline interesting and the chills are all there. This film doesn't contain a lot of gore but it still maintains it's constant shocks. The finale is a little silly but apart from that Craven has done a great job.
5/5.