A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Movie Review

In "A Nightmare on Elm Street" several teenagers are picked off one-by-one while having terrifying, similar nightmares. As it turns out, a monster from their neighborhood's past is out to take revenge on this neighborhood, it appears at any cost. 

Iconic is the best word I could use to describe this movie; whether or not it's good to you it's certainly iconic. This is mostly for the electrifying, thematically terrifying villain: Freddy (or "Fred') Krueger. 

You probably know the name if not the context; he's a former child murderer who haunts and kills his victims in their sleep, often in the form of a nightmare (pun partially intended). He was believed dead and actually lives inside a story that's hard to tell from the character's reality or their dreams (it admittedly leaves the doomed character's fates to the audience's imagination). 

For that terrifying premise alone, it definitely won't resonate with everyone. Horror movies are often unfairly criticized for being lowbrow, populist entertainment that won't appeal to niche fans (somethings I only partially agree with depending on the film). 

If you live truly terrifying, vintage horror, then this is absolutely a film you can enjoy and hopefully rewatch many times. However, as a niche in of itself it wouldn't surprise me if you the audience are not into it. 

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