Original 'Elm Street' is entertaining as well as scary and creepy

Rating: Null/10 (14 April 2002)

Wes Craven ("Scream" trilogy) wrote and directed this thriller with style about a boogeyman named Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) who murders teens in their sleep. Four teens (Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, and Johnny Depp) dream about this creepy guy in a red and green sweater and sharp steel claws that he made by hand. One by one, they are picked off in the most gruesome ways until one remains who will do whatever it takes to stop him. Just like Jason Voorhees ("Friday the 13th") and Michael Myers ("Halloween"), it didn't take long for Freddy to become a cult icon. This is one scary and bloody movie, so you were warned. Johnny Depp's film debut. My evaluation: *** out of ****.