Creative Slasher Film

Rating: 8/10 (27 August 2012)

Wes Craven directed Nightmare in 1984, and it spawned several sequels and a television series. It was Johnny Depp's first film and made Freddy Kreuger a household name. At the beginning, we see a dark figure wearing a fedora, walking through a boiler room. His gloves sprout a long knife blade from the fingertips of his right hand.
Flash to a teenage girl, Tina, asleep and having a nightmare where a burned man is chasing her until she wakes up with four slashes on her night gown. The next night, her friends, Nancy and Glen stay over to keep her company due to the nightmares. A guy named Rod shows up and has sex with Tina. While asleep, Tina is attacked by Freddy and killer. Rod is arrested for her murder. He is found hanging in his jail cell.
The story unfolds that Freddy was put on trial for murdering twenty children, but released on a technicality. The parent's burned him alive, and now he is getting his revenge on the teens of the town. The story is solid and the imagery very creative. Nightmare on Elm Street remains one of the better slasher movies.