Its only a dream

Rating: Null/10 (14 August 2016)

A nightmare on elm street is one of the scariest films ever made and leaves you shrieking in terror.
Nancy Thompson was a normal girl who never dreamt her town and family harbored a horror secret. They all gathered together like an angry mob to toast a child serial killer.
Now Freddy is back to exact a burning vengeance on the elm street children through their dreams.
Nancy, Tina, Glenn and Ron are his next targets. If they don't stop him then no will ever be able to go to sleep again.
I can remember when a couple of my buddies went to see it on theaters after seeing the trailer and being blow away by the visuals of the boiler room. It was chilling, scary and a darkness that has never been topped by another horror film.
Heather did a fine job in his first role, outshining the entire caste, except for Robert Englund of course.
In fact she was sick and had a sprained ankle because of the staircase scene yet pulled out a brilliant performance.
The make up looks spectacular for low budget. It actually made Wes Craven work harder to figure out ways to make scenes work like Fred's arms stretch out in the ally way was made by using fishing line and Tina being shredded on the roof with a rotating panel.
The studio wanted Wes to end it on a happy more so as not to scare the audience. He refused and re-shot your endings leaving is ambiguous on the characters fates. This was the best choice since it meant Fred was freed to haunt your dreams next.
I never saw anything like it. It kept me up for weeks thinking of that butt face and razor sharp claws.
The lullaby by the jump rope girls still send shivers down my spine. It was haunting and very original.
Once you see nightmare on elm street, you won't sleep for a week.