In a horror atmosphere, this movie revolves around the life story of a mad man, Fred Kruger, who kills many innocent children, the thing that leads parents to ask for punishing him, so the judges decide to burn him alive, in front of all people, so he many years later, comes to revenge, as he comes in the nightmares of the teenagers, whose parents are involved in his burn, such as a police officer's daughter, Nancy, who has been arrested him.
Not since the shower scene in Psycho did one director discover our most intimate vulnerabilities: in bed, while we're asleep, in a state of consciousness where absolutely no one could help us.
A Nightmare on Elm Street... puts more emphasis on bizarre special effects, which aren't at all bad.
ReelViews
January 01, 2000
Still stands on its own as an intriguing and chilling example of how horror works best when the characters and the audience don't have to be lobotomized.
