1, 2 he's coming for you (A Nightmare on Elm Street (DVD))

Member Name: Oceano80

Product:	A Nightmare on Elm Street (DVD)
Date:	30/08/09 (27 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: classic 1980's horror

Disadvantages: starting to look dated

Cast:

John Saxon
Ronee Blakley
Heather Langenkamp
Amanda Wyss
Nick Corri
Johnny Depp
Robert Englund

Director:

Wes Craven

Year:
1984

Plot:

Tina Gray (Wyss) has a recurring nightmare of being stalked through a boiler room by a guy with a red and black sweater and razor blade on his fingers that he scrapes along metal. In one dream he catches her and his razor fingers rip her nightdress and then she wakes up screaming. But upon waking she sees her nightdress is ripped in the same places as they were in the dream.

It not until the next day when she confides with her friend Nancy (Langenkamp) that she finds that her friend has been having the same type of dreams about the same guy. That night they have a sleep over and she again has the same dream but this time the dream takes a turn for the worse and as she is caught and is being cut in her sliced open in her dream its happening for real. Her boyfriend Rodd (Corri) sees the blood running from her body as it flies up and hit the ceiling before falling back down on the bed. As he is screaming others in the house rush in and see him over her dead body.
As Rodd was the only person in the room he is arrested for her murder. It's not long until he is having dreams about the same guy. Nancy still having dreams about him tries to find out who he is and discovers his name is Freddie Kruger and was a child murderer who escaped prison years ago due to a mistake by the police. The parents of the children of Elm Street decided to take the law into their own hands and they killed him and put his body into the boiler under the house and burnt his body. He has now returned to get revenge on their children by attacking them in their dreams.
Overview:

This was a great film when it came out and due to that 7 more movies followed but none of them were anyway near as good as this one. The funny thing was that after this film the character of Freddie (Englund) moved up from supporting cast to main character. There are some good one liners from Freddie in the film that try to lighten up the horror your witnessing.
Another good bit from this movie is the rhyme that you hear children saying in some of the dreams:
1, 2 he's coming for you
3, 4 better lock your door
5, 6 get a crucifix
7, 8 better stay up late

If you love horror movies then this one is for you. Ok its looking a little dated now but is still a great film.

Summary: you will never want to dream again