Awesome. One of the coolest horror movies ever made.

Rating: Null/10 (5 January 2004)

I think Freddy Kreuger is a truly unique character. Other horror kings,
like Jason and Michael and Leatherface, use masks to hide their
identity. The fear dwell on what unforseen horrors could lie under the
masks eminating "pure evil". Freddy is much different because his burned
distorted face is what makes him him. And it is damn creepy too. While
all of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies were actually really good,
(alot better that "Jason goes to Hell" ha ha ha ha ha) I think the
original has to take the cake as the best of the series. I definitely
consider myself a horror fan, and I don't really put movies above other
movies in a list of my favorite. My fave is Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but
Friday the 13th, Halloween, and Nightmare on Elm Street are definitely
close. This movie also had some really cool effects that really were
seldom or never seen before. For example, Johnny Depp's death, where
he's sucked into his bed and all the blood splashes out. That was
awesome. I also think that the idea of being killed in your dream and
having it happen in real life is a very creative idea. It was always,
get stabbed by a knife, get chopped with an ax, get sawed with a
chainsaw, but Nightmare on Elm Street introduced, get slashed to death
in your sleep. I think that using the idea where, "if you go to sleep
you're going to die because Freddy kills you in your dreams" really was
a pretty cool concept that probably freaked a bunch of people out. I
personally was never really scared by this and just saw it as a
director's tool to "scare viewers even after the movie is over."
However, all in all, this is one of the coolest horror movies ever made.
It had unique and creative stuff in it. I give it a 9 out of 10.