Once upon a time, Freddy Krueger was scary.

Rating: Null/10 (5 October 2019)

It's amazing, but no matter how many times I see it, the original still grips me. What's important to do when you watch the original is to forget everything you know about Freddy.
Forget the endless sequels, forget the series, forget the fame, forget his face, forget his name, forget about Robert Englund, all of it, and return to that moment in 1984 when you knew nothing, not who he was, what he was or what he wanted. If you can do that than you'll be amazed at how fresh, new and scary Freddy's first appearance was!
He's no laughing matter in the original, no one liners, no jokes, just a mysterious phantom who's intentions were frightening and that's the Freddy I love, when his image, the image intended by Craven, wasn't tainted by celebrity and over exposure.