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Review of by J.r. Jones for Chicago Reader — 13 Oct 1986

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Here the idea of sleep as the ultimate threat is still fresh and marvelously insidious, and Craven vitalizes the nightmare sequences with assorted surrealist novelties.

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This review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) was written by and published by Chicago Reader on 13 Oct 1986.

A Nightmare on Elm Street has generally received very positive reviews.

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