An unexpected encounter with a brilliantly original Horror film

Rating: 10/10 (6 May 2000)

I was still at school when a friend of mine in my home town of Redcar, on the English North-East coast, suggested a trip to the Redcar Regent.
I had heard that this movie had had rave reviews in the States and that it was very scary but that's all i knew (i didn't even know the name "Freddy Kruger"!)
The thing i most remember about the film was that the rows in the cinema were actually shaking at the scary bits!!!
The film is wonderfully original - a great concept (invading nightmares) and villain (Freddy!) are perhaps the keys to it all. There are a lot of jumpy moments in the movie - OK there's a little blood and guts but this is a scary movie not a slasher flick.
The movie franchise this created was an opportunity missed (Freddy could have maybe got scarier instead of more drole?), but, of course i agree, that the third film was special, too.
This is a must-see horror film and occupies a place in my top ten horror movies of all time. I'm sure I'm not alone.