“Nightmare on Elm Street” was one of those movies that
everyone at my school talked about, especially around Halloween. Those who had
older siblings were the most likely to get a sneak peak at the original or one
of the sequels that followed. It was difficult not to see the previews or clips
that were shown on various shows. Freddy Krueger was just as well known to any
grade school kid as Jason Voorhees, maybe even more so! I personally loved knowing
that the psycho dream killer was played by the sympathetic and likable Willy,
from the mini-series “V”. When I finally got to see “Nightmare” from beginning
to end, I was truly impressed by how intense the scenes with Freddy were. The
first film in the series is a straight forward horror movie with great special
effects and no attempts at funny catch phrases. Some of the acting is cheesy
and the script feels very 1980’s horror genre but these facts are a small part
of the movie’s charm. The two unknowns in the lead roles, Heather Langenkamp
and Johnny Depp, stood out with incredible performances.
A group of high school friends admit to each other that they’ve
been having intense nightmares and after talking about them, they realize that
they are dreaming about the same person who is chasing them in their dreams, a
man in a green and red sweater who has a glove with knives on the fingers. During
a sleep over, Tina is the first to be killed in her sleep while her boyfriend
Rod is blamed for the murder. Tina’s best friend Nancy is the next to be harmed
while sleeping, burning herself on a radiator while running away from Freddy in
a boiler room. When she tries to tell her parents what’s wrong, they quickly
become distant and quiet. When Nancy wakes up from a nightmare and has Freddy’s
hat in her possession, her mother finally tells her the truth about Freddy’s
past…when he was alive and how he was killed. Now it’s up to Nancy to kill
Freddy a second time, if she can!
Favorite moment – I don’t know why but I love Glen’s death
scene. It’s over the top and straight to the point. I also love the moment that
Nancy shows her mom and the dream clinic staff that she had Freddy’s hat after
taking it from him during her dream.
Freddy performing a trick
Nancy and her mom fighting about Freddy's hat
Nancy, Tina, and Glen during happier times
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