A classic for its time

Rating: 10/10 (22 January 2003)

This movie being one of my favorite movies of all time is great for 1984. Wes Craven gives the whole movie a gothic type feel. This movie is also when Freddy is his scariest. Johnny Depp plays his parts very well to be his debut movie. Heather Langenkamp is put down for most of her acting skills throughout the series, but she also puts on a very good performance in this one. Also the nightmare series in my opinion is what made Robert Englund what he is today.
MINOR SPOILER: One of the coolest things in this movie is that Freddy goes through a progressive change. He starts out weak and sounds like the actor that played him instead of a gravel-voiced dream demon like in the other movies; throughout the movie he becomes more evil and stronger with the more souls he gets. MINOR SPOILER STOPPED
This movie is tame to todays standards. It got the job done when it first debuted and is still a strong classic. My rating 10/10