Classic horror from Wes Craven, contains minor spoiler

Rating: 8/10 (31 October 2013)

I must say with all the time that has passed and sequels (most of which suck)that have been made this holds up really well. The story of a child murder that got burned alive by angry parents that comes back to kill their children in their dreams is brilliant. Wes Craven did a great job here I must say,as well as Robert Englund. The younger cast did alright acting wise and is rounded out by screen veteran John Saxon.The death scenes are good and my favorite is when Johnny Depp gets killed. He is'nt bad here actually,but I can't stand most of his work. In my opinion Nightmare 3 Dream Warriors is as good as this and ties a lot of stuff from the 1st film together. Nightmare 2 is horrible and is nowhere near close to the quality of the 1st and 3rd films.