A Nightmare on Elm Street :The Doc's Review

Rating: 4/10 (23 May 2006)

Granted you must take age into consideration while critiquing a movie but age is no excuse for this movie crashing down hard on the crap o meter.This movie is by Wes Craven (not one of my favorite directors) the man who brought you the eerie film The Hills Have Eyes and the stink bomb Cursed.Nightmare starts off and ends very abruptly with very little explanation as to what's going on.While the films villain Freddy Krueger is a classic he is a ridiculous excuse for a killer.How many poltergeists do you see launching themselves like a pro wrestler at their victim only one Freddy Krueger.How many cheesy lines fill this extremely predictable movie about a hundred.Not only that but the truth about Freddy's death is revealed in a terrible way and seem s very rushed.Almost like an "Oh by the way we burned Freddy to death because he was kidnapping children in case you were wondering" this is explained halfway through the film.They don't even attempt to reveal why Freddy's after them little by little throughout the film they just decide to drop it on you half way through.The kills are good however and there are some classic creepy parts like Freddy's long arms in the alley or the girl in the body bag being dragged by an invisible force.The ending is so confusing I have no idea what I'm still trying to figure out whether the mom was in on it,whether she was possessed or whether she was really Freddy in disguise.Yes the film has some brilliant moments but overall it's below average and the crap o meter has detected it's scent.