The scariest movie I have watched.

Rating: 8/10 (23 October 2004)

The first part of the long-running Elm Street series is by far the scariest of them all, even if I liked parts 3 and 7 more. But here we have the introduction of the possibly most evil villain in cinema - Freddy Krueger. The story is not very complicated - a hideous spirit of a burned child murderer is torturing the dreams of inncoent teens - but the film is cleverly shot and with some very interesting ideas about mixing dreams and reality. I also like very much the personality of Freddy, I think that he is much more interesting than ordinary slashers like Jason Voorhes and more clever and sinister even than Hannibal Leckter. The special effects in the movie are old now, but still, they are well-made and impressive. The only thing I didn't like is the ending, I think that it was too nasty. But overall, a good movie.