Good start to the series

Rating: 8/10 (19 February 2008)

Upon watching this movie for the first time, I knew this series would be different than Friday the 13th. And it was. This was a movie that actually had me on my seat at times. THe characters in this movie were more...well...human than Friday the 13th. At times, you actually wanted to cheer them on and were sad when they died. Heather Langenkamp was very good as Nancy. John Saxon played a very good cop. Johnny Depp was very good as Glenn, people don't appreciate big name actors for the little movies they were in, like Johnny Depp in this film. I personally think this was one of his better movies, and he did very well for his first movie. Freddy shows his true roots from the start here, he shows how he likes to torture his victims and does it well. I give this a 7/10