The best horror movie of a decade famous for bloody, gory, and terrifying horror movies.

Rating: 9/10 (22 August 2005)

I saw this movie for the first time when I was all by myself one night and it came on an HBO channel. I remembered hearing it was a good scary movie. Holy ****! Okay, if anyone has not seen this movie, try doing what I did. I was probably 13 when this happened. Try to get this movie, wait til its about 11:30 at night when everyone else in the house is asleep, shut off all the lights except for maybe one in the next room so it creates a creepy floor shadow...and turn this movie on. Needless to say I didn't want to go to sleep after watching this movie because I didn't think I was gonna wake up without those claws jutting out of my stomach. After watching this film that really made Wes Craven, I was horrified. This is by far one of the greatest horror movies ever. Made in the decade of some of the best horror films ever made. Made in the era of blood and gore. This movie perfected every little thing the 1980's were all about. I was afraid for 2 weeks after watching this movie. I had to watch it again just to try to convince myself it could never happened. It didn't work but eventually I got it out of my system. One thing I didn't like...the ending...because it lead to Freddy's Revenge (sucked)...leading to Dream Warriors (not bad)...leading to Drewam Master (bad)...leading to Dream Child (WORST)...leading to Final Nightmare (at least its over? nope)...leading to New Nightmare (good)...basically any movie with Nacy as the main character and Wes Craven as either Director or Screenplay is decent horror...everything else tries to hard to be comedy..."A Nightmare on Elm Street" TERRIFYING THRILLER FROM WES CRAVEN! 9/10 P.S.-If you want untraditional Wes Craven, but still a good movie...go see Red-Eye