A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) Reviewed By Anubis Cast & Crew credits The town of Springwood is your typical sleepy suburb. Parents go to work, kids go to school and Johnny Depp's the local bad boy heart throb who plays by his own rules. Yep, not a fuck lot going on around Springwood... until the local teen population starts experiencing a rash of random, fatal injuries breaking out on their bodies when they fall asleep! Seems some crazy old perv in a hat and sweater is attacking the young bloods in their dreams as revenge against their parents, who burned the fucker alive in his own beloved boiler room, where he once killed children and burned their bodies. How did he get this crazy power? Actually, that part's never really touched upon... Can John Saxon defeat the fried fiend and save his daughter Heather and her school chums from having their guts strewn about in a violent manner? Let's hope not! In the pantheon of mainstream horror villains, Freddy's the little brother. Leatherface, Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees all made their mark before Mr. Krueger would get his first stab at membership, but of the four, Freddy's probably the more well known. His bad jokes and ability to warp reality in the dreamscapes of his victims made him a definite stand-out from his peers, but the icing on the proverbial cake was the fact that Freddy was the only one whose face we could see, horribly burned and turned into hamburger as it may be. This first installment of the Elm Street movies was actually original for it's time. Back when Wes Craven didn't suck, he took a chance with a killer who could get at you where you couldn't escape: your dreams. A novel idea at the time (that kinda petered out shortly after), the movie was amazing for the limited budget it was given. The effects weren't as outlandish, the gore was sprayed across the screen with a fire hose and Freddy wasn't quite the one-liner spewing joke he'd later transform into. He was sick, twisted and you could actually liken him to the creepy uncle you had who always wanted you to sit in his lap. Though he targeted teens like the rest of his slasher brood, this guy was not sympathetic in any way, shape or form. He killed kids because he got off on it and he was hated because of it. This was some sick, twisted shit when I was a lad and in many ways, it still is. Wes Craven in rare form... that being the one where he isn't rubbing money over his erect nipples and bending over so his groupies can slobber his unwashed asshole. Moral of the Story: Practice lucid dreaming at an early age, cuz ya never know when you're going to need absolute control of your dreams. That, and never trust a guy in a hat with a 20 foot wingspan. Sequels: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge , A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors , A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: the Dream Master , A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: the Dream Child , Freddy's Dead: the Final Nightmare , Wes Craven's New Nightmare , Freddy Vs. Jason

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