Nightmare on Elm Street

Pros: amazing directing, sfx and character design.
Cons: still and inevitably has B-movie character development and plot.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (ANoES) is a true classic in the horror genre, and contains a lot of elements of fear that have been lost in modern filmmaking. Freddy Krueger is undeniably one of the best villains ever made. From the beginning when ...

Pros: A classic of its genre!
Cons: Seems a bit dated, and at times even cheesy.

Pros: Good performances, intriguing story, fantastic setpieces
Cons: Ronee Blakley is terrible, the film loses momentum about halfway through

A Nightmare on Elm Street: Media Home Entertainment/ New Line Cinema
Rating: USA: R/ UK: 18

Say what you will about Wes Craven’s 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street, champion it as a classic in the slasher...

Pros: Excellent writing, and scare factor. Classic Horror
Cons: I don't hold horror films to high expectations, therefore no complaints.

This is party of the "That Scared the #@&% out of me!" W/O hosted by st_patrick. We were supposed to write about a product or anything that has scared the #@&% out of us. I chose the easy route and went with a Movie. Please see the participant list at ...

Pros: Radical and fascinating themes; many powerful scenes; unrelenting suspense; a complex, unforgettable villain.
Cons: It does use a few youth-film cliches.

The claws of the night A Nightmare on Elm Street has marked my life like few films have. Strangely enough, it did not serve as my introduction to the character of Freddy Krueger: I saw two of its sequels (parts 3 and 4) a few times ...

Pros: It's a horror classic for many reasons!
Cons: It took me this long to review it!

Horror movie slashers... there are many slashers to choose from, right? There's Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and even the little ones such as Chucky and the Leprechaun. To me, there is only one slasher that rules them all. Freddy Krueger, also known as ...

Pros: One of the scariest and most original horror flicks ever made,especially on first viewing
Cons: Langekamp never could act worth a darn

Does one sense that I am backwards going? Alas, in more ways than one, and that subject is hardly fit for this review! So forget it!

I have already added my review efforts To Nightmare 2 and 3. Let me say here, I would never have watched the...

Pros: Scare Factor, Freddy's Character, Plot
Cons: Some Acting Wasn't So Swell

The 70s and 80s brought to the world an overabundance of slasher films on the market. Most of these were spawned from the success of the Friday the 13th films, but few managed to capture the same "feeling", though most followed the formula far too ...

Pros: Scary, Robert Englund, great concept, some cool kills, Wes Craven
Cons: The ending

What’s everyone’s favorite hobby? Sleeping, of course, but how would you feel if a guy with a glove of knives wanted to kill you brutally and that the only way he could do that was through your dreams? It would frighten you, wouldn’t it? Wes Craven knew t ...

Pros: well-timed shocks, atmospheric, better characterisation than most of its genre
Cons: melodramatic, depressing, I think I've seen it too many times

If there was one Horror movie icon that ruled the roost in the 1980's it was undoubtedly Freddy Krueger, the evil long dead child-murderer who haunts the nightmares of the teenagers of Suburban Elm Street, and literally kills them in their sleep. Of ...

Pros:

Truly a "masterpiece in fantasy terror," with improved a/v and a slew of extras.

Cons:

The movie's ending is still the weakest link.

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Pros: Interesting plot idea, some scary moments
Cons: Cheesy, badly acted, horrible score, poor direction

In a sort of mellowing out mood, and eager for a scare I decided to rent this famous horror classic. I've never been a big fan of those sort of cult horror icons, but I figured the original would have something to offer, there must be something worth ...

Pros: Wonderful horror moments, Moments of effect, Reasonably smart characters, DVD bonus features
Cons: Remarkably weak ending, A few horror conceits

I am not, traditionally, a fan of movies in the horror genre. It is, quite simply, not a genre I am into whatwith the prevalence of so many conceits that have become cliche and my general aversion to gore. In fact, among my many film reviews, the only ...

Pros: offers up a pleasant alternative to modern 'horror'...
Cons: sadly died away after it's conclusion.....

~~~~~ Intro ~~~~~ Modern horror, the very term seems somewhat redundant when compared to the joys of past years - with films such as ‘Cabin Fever’ and ‘The Village’ paling in comparison to the past joys of ‘Halloween’ and ‘Friday The 13th’, making you ...

Pros: Very scary and atmospheric, good dream scenes, Robert Englund and John Saxon
Cons: A little slow-paced, a few weak performances, a little rough around the edges.

Note: This is a re-write of my original review for this film. Easily one of the most famous directors of the Horror genre is Wes Craven. Craven has been around for a very long time (since the 1970s) and has made some of the most popular ...