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A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
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Director:Wes Craven
Starring:John Saxon | Ronee Blakely | Heather Langenkamp | Johnny Depp | Robert Englund | Joseph Whipp | Charles Fleischer | Joe Unger | Amanda Wyss
Genres:Horror
Languages:English | Italian
Synopsis:From modern horror master Wes Craven comes a timeless shocker that remains the standard bearer for terror. Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile, her high-school friends, who are having the very same dreams, are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares. When the police ignore her explanation, she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm. Featuring John Saxon with Johnny Depp in his first starring role and mind-bending special effects, this horror classic gave birth to one of the most infamous undead villains in cinematic history: Freddy Krueger...


Customer Review
Crap crap sur-crap 5 out of 100
Not even scary, predictable, I was expecting a nightmar-ish movie, It was just a nightmare as most of people describe it. Avoid...do yourself a favour
Eimear from Cork , 17 May 2011
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful

Good play on the original 40 out of 100
As an original Freddie child as i am and a big fan of the originals, I thought it was a good effort. It is hard to get used to the "new" Freddie and of course he is not as good as Englund but having said that I enjoyed watching it, some good scary scenes. New young cast ok. Would have liked to see the blood in the bed scene remade though. Did stick to the original in some parts. I think it was interesting to see some of Freddies past, don't think it took away from the scariness that is Freddie.
Martina from Tipperary , 17 Feb 2011
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The remake's a nightmare. Stick with the original. 5 out of 100
The feeling I got from this film is that the producers, directors, whoever, watched the original Nightmare On Elm St from 1984 & completely failed to get the point. Fred Krueger is scarier when there is less to know about him, either in backstory or physically - how can you be horrified by him if they show you him in the first reel in glorious cgi-nematics? Also Jackie Earle Haley is unconvincing as Fred Krueger, he plods through the role where Robert Englund slashed, stalked and jibed through it - basically with JEH, take rehashed NOES lines and add the Rorschach voice from Watchmen. None of the teenage protagonists were engaging, they had no connection to either each other or the viewer - going from one boring and unconnected death scene (which were mostly rehashes of the original ones) to the next. If anyone's thinking about watching this, feel free to do so. Just remember, whatever you do, you're going to fall asleep if you watch this mess of a film.
Marjorie from Cork , 03 Feb 2011
0 people out of 1 found this review helpful

Scary move 25 out of 100
Very good movie i though it was sary
wayne from Limerick , 29 Jan 2011
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful

The same olde story 20 out of 100
There will come a day when someone will figure out that freddy can not be killed. It does not matter if it is reality or dream world, he will not die. Its the same thing over and over again. Dont waste your time on this. You might fall asleep watching the movie and have a nightmare on why you wasted your time.
Eleanor from Kildare , 05 Jan 2011
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful

The same olde story 20 out of 100
There will come a day when someone will figure out that freddy can not be killed. It does not matter if it is reality or dream world, he will not die. Its the same thing over and over again. Dont waste your time on this. You might fall asleep watching the movie and have a nightmare on why you wasted your time.
Eleanor from Kildare , 05 Jan 2011
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful



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