Slow build with big payoff

Rating: 7/10 (2 February 2012)

The good thing about A Nightmare on Elm Street(the original) is that it doesn't shoot it's load by trying to do to much too early in the movie. The story builds at a steady rate with a few big moments early on but nothing where it shoots its load without leaving much to do at the end of the movie.
Freddy Krueger is in the movie just a little bit, just enough to where it keeps the character interesting and make every one of his appearances that much more meaningful. Robert Englund IS the best actor to play Krueger and the idea that they decided to replace him in the sequel was a terrible terrible decision on the producers part.
Some of the acting could've been better but really what did you expect from this, Sir Laurence Olivier?