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| Nightmare On Elm Street Review! | |
| Before "Scream", Wes Craven wrote and directed this horror classic in 1984 which introduced Freddy Krueger to the world. It has spawned countless imitations and to date, six sequels. In a time when everyone was doing brainless slasher films about maniacs with axes, Craven invented a character that invaded the dreams of his victims and used their fears to kill them. Heather Langenkamp is Nancy Thompson, the "girl next door" who keeps having nightmares about a ghastly man with a burnt face and knives for fingers. It seems she is not the only one as some of her friends at school are having similiar nightmares. When her best friend is brutally murdered in her sleep and her boyfriend is blamed for it, Nancy knows better. When her friends start dying one by one at the hands of the ghoulish killer, Nancy decides to go into her sleep and bring Freddy back into the real world for one last confrontation. The original film plays itself seriously and deals more with the horror elements of Freddy unlike later films that rely more on one-liners and special effects. The dream sequences are pretty basic in this one and Freddy is not the nightmarish court jester that he becomes in future installments. "Nightmare On Elm Street" is an excellent horror film that has certainly survived the test of time and earns its reputation as a horror classic. | |
| Awsome + Excellent. | |
| This movie rocked!! It was quiet scary and did show lots of blood. No doubt one of the best "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies. If your looking for a good night in to watch scary movies, definetly watch this. The acting was great and even the special effects looked good for its time, so this is the plot: Nacy Thompson, a teenager of Elm Street has begun to have terrible nightmares, one with a mad man with blades at the end of his fingers and horribly burnt skin. Whats even wierder is her friends are having them too. Soon Nancys friend Tina dies a gruesome and misterious death, so Nancy tracks it right to the source: Fred (Freddy) Krueger. Now the psycho is after her and the rest of her friends, no parent believes her so she is the only one who can stop him.Can she keep herself awake just in time to formulate a plan to stop Freddy? or is she and her friends doomed? Buy it or rent it, which ever one just do it and do it now!!. | |
| This flick began one of the 80's greatest villians | |
| While Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees went around killing and slashing their way through horror, Freddy Krueger took a different approach. He's a phantom, ghost like apparatus that is all too real. The ultimate BoogyMan. When you fall asleep, he stalks you. If he kills you in your sleep, you never wake up, cause your dead. This original idea went over well and audiences ate it up. The sequels were hit and miss, but always there was the razor glove, Freddy's classic one liners, and kill scenes that would do Jason and Michael proud. This is the flick that started it all. |
