Review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) by Dylan D — 21 Jul 2015

The idea behind A Nightmare on Elm Street actually proves more frightening than does the actual film itself, but there's still plenty of juicy violence and gore here to satisfy genre fans, and more importantly, the picture proves a must-see as a slice of Hollywood history and the starting point for what would become one of Tinseltown's longest-running, popular, and bloody Horror franchises.

Much like Friday the 13th, it's what the movie represents more than what it actually does that has made it such a long-lasting tribute to the Horror genre, but Wes Craven's ability to craft a Slasher Horror picture with a novel idea that both recreates the typical run-chase-hide and hack-and-slash style of Horror with a unique twist that adds a new dimension of terror to the story sets it apart from the pack and solidifies the movie as one of the best of its kind.