STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate 18

Cast Robert Englund Johnny Depp John Saxon Ronee Blakley Heather Langenkamp

Directors Wes Craven

Screenwriters Wes Craven John Skipp

Running Time 91 minutes

A Nightmare On Elm Street (18)

Plot
A suburban street (Elm Street, to be precise) falls prey to an old foe. A dead child-molester of yesteryear, Freddy Krueger (Englund), returns to haunt the dreams of the teenage offspring of those that burned him to death years before, going about a deadly revenge with his ingeniously-adapted gloves and scarred sense of humour.

Verdict
Turning slumberland into a twisted murderer's den is a masterstroke by Craven, who has brought new blood to a genre that seemed as if it might choke on it's own excesses.


Reviewer: Gavin Bainbridge

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