7/10
First and original installment from the feverish and genuinely frightening terror saga.
12 November 2022
This classy horror flick packs suspense , chiller , thriller and grisly terror with creepy killings , in which Freddy goes after unfortunate younsters, as he needs new victims in order to sate his murderous needs . Competent entry in which the scarred maniac Krueger : Robert Englund wielding a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers carrying out ordinary massacres by murdering people in their dreams , resulting in their real death in reality . It has the Dream Master serial-killer attacking here and there , being followed by run-of-the-mill sequels . Meanwhile , teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents and some troubled teens start to be haunted in their nightmares by scar-faced and dream-hunting Freddy Krueger ; as they become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their nightmares . As he enters their dreams , in which if they die , it kills them in real life . Then Freddy goads the teens to pull somebody new into the dream at will and again kill them to enjoy his grisly murders . But Freddy may have met his match , as he fights for vanquish a valiant teen called Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) , her mother (Ronee Blakley) and her boyfriend (Johnny Depp) . She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives !. If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming she won't wake up at all !. The kids of Elm Street don't know it yet, but something is coming to get them in their dreams. Evil has spawned. Freddy has a son. They shouldn't have buried me, I'm not dead. The Name's Krueger...Freddy Krueger . Are You Ready For Freddy ¿ . Greetings From Hell . Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back To Bed... Terror Beyond Your Wildest Dreams.

From Suspense Master Wes Craven, the director of The Hills Have Eyes and The Last House On The Left, comes this classic film of fantasy terror. Chilling version about Freddy Krueger killing teens in macabre style and boasting some startling , gruesome special effects . First rendition about the mythical Freddy dealing with young people discover they're having the same terrible nightmares , Freddy Krueger is a kind of spectre with horrible burns and large knives. This eerie film packs thrills , chills , creepy events with sensationalistic terror pieces when happen murders , including lots of blood and gore . The unsettling adolescents plagued by astonishing dreams help themselves to attempt to stop the nasty and demonic Freddy who'll kill them in macabre ways . Furthermore , there is revealed a dark secret about his past who originally burned him to death. The chief excitement lies in watching what new and amazing murder can be dreamt by the believable special effects , as Freddy seems to dispatch new weird killing every few minutes of film.

This is compelling horror work , based on an original script created by Wes Craven himself , whose characters to be expanded in multiple sequels that nothing new to show and dealing with the imaginative premise about a kind of ghost who can enter their dreams at will and intents on taking over both his body and mind . Special and extravagant visual effects are the spotlights of the movie and the startling make-up on Freddy face . Creepy and imaginatively composed musical score fitting to terror movie by composer Charles Bernstein . Colorful and shining cinematography by cameraman Jacques Haitkin . The motion picture well produced by Sara Risher, Joseph Wolf and New Line Cinema/Robert Shaye , being professionally directed by Wes Craven (The Serpent and the Rainbow , Cursed , Scream , Shocker , Red Eye) . From this original entry titled ¨A Nightmare on Elm Street¨ directed by Wes Craven in 1984 , it was followed by a handful of sequels with no much originality in which horrifying special effects dominate this slasher saga , such as ¨Freddy's revenge¨ 1985 by Jack Sholder , ¨Dream warrior¨ 1987 by Chuck Russell , it's one of the best sequels from successful original film by Craven , ¨Dream master¨ (1988) by Renny Harlin that was boxoffice bonanza set a new record as the most successful opening weekend of any independently released movie, and ¨The dream child¨ (1989) by Stephen Hopkins , besides a Television series ¨The Freddy's nightmares¨ and finally the last one : ¨ A nightmare on Elm Street¨(2010) with Jackie Earle Haley replacing the horror icon Robert Englund , Rooney Mara, Killey Gallner , Katie Cassidy, that is a re-imagining of the classic Freddy Krueger , a simple copy with little imagination , too many flaws and giving routine treatment . A Nightmare on Elm Street rating : Notable, 7.5/10, but gore enthusiasts may be disappointed to discover that much of the blood and guts ended up on the cutting room floor .
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