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Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2004)

IMDb mark: 9
This movie is really great! It's interesting, it's frightening, it's captivating. And, as hard as this may be to believe, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' is as fresh now as it was when it came out. In my opinion, this is truly the masterpiece of Wes Craven's directing career. If you are a horror fan, you mustn't miss this film!
-Gore: It isn't a gore-fest, like most living dead movies are, but it does have a fair amount of gore. Freddy's face is at its most disgusting in this movie. It's dirtier and nastier than ever. I wonder why they altered it for the sequels. 26/30
-Suspense: I have never seen a movie that builds up suspense as well as this film. When you see it for the first time, you will be on the edge of your seat for more than two thirds of the film. Make sure you don't fall, though! 15/15
-Ending: The ending of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' is truly awesome! You have to see it to believe it. Why aren't endings like this being made anymore? Of course, taste varies (which probably answers the rhetoric question I just posed). 15/15
-Death Scenes: All the death scenes are ingenious, original, well-made, different from one another and surely not gratuitous. They are crucial for the plot development. I wonder how the ladies liked Tina's death. 11/11
-Atmosphere: Perfect atmosphere in this film, definitely. The transition between reality and the characters' dreams is always subtly done. The dream world is always spooky, but the viewer doesn't know what will happen, or even what exactly to expect. Freddy's lines are extremely witty and clever, in my opinion. 10/10
-Nudity: Nancy is, apparently, nude in the bathtub scene, but a body double was actually used for that. 2/10
-Cast: Although they weren't as well-known then as they are now, this film starred some pretty famous actors: Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon and Heather Langenkamp. 4/5
-Genre: This is a horror film. 4/4
-->Overall: 87/100
People oftentimes say that the first part in a series of films is the best, seldom with a good reason. But they would be right to say so in this case. The sequels really had a hard time trying to measure up to the horror greatness achieved in this excellent first incarnation of Freddy's saga. From Swordlord, 4 swords up!