User Reviews (20)
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Average User Score:
9
(133 sources)
9
(133 sources)
this was one of my favorites. the dreams were crazy and it was just amazing
Posted jun 6, 2009 4:28 am pt
"'A Nightmare on Elm Street' is one of the greatest horror films of the eighties."
'A Nightmare on Elm Street' is a truly fantastic, superfluously original horror classic. It's one of those films that does or should pop in...
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'A Nightmare on Elm Street' is a truly fantastic, superfluously original horror classic. It's one of those films that does or should pop in...
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Posted sep 14, 2008 4:52 pm pt
The start to a great horror series. I really like the first movie even though by today's standards it is pretty tame. This movie gave me nightmares way back then which is a sign of a good horror movie. This is a must add to any horror movie night.
Posted jul 27, 2008 11:02 pm pt
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a sheer classic and really created a landmark in the horror genre. I really do think that, but I also think it's really not that scary.
A lot of the scenes in this movie are predictable thrills, but...
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Posted feb 19, 2008 2:35 am pt
The First, the best and the most scary of the nightmare on elm street movies, this is a horror classic and very well made, its like what nightmares are really like, with the slow runnin away from a horrible thing chaseing you and no matter how...
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Posted jan 2, 2008 9:40 am pt
my dad sayed it was scary but it was not scary i guess back then things seem more scary but i think the movie is real good.
Posted nov 27, 2007 1:06 pm pt
when i first saw this movie when i was a kid it scared the crap out of me. now that im 34years old i still get scare of this film. i love that. freddy is one of my favourite horror icons. when he goes after the kids in elm street. and kills them...
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Posted oct 31, 2007 8:21 am pt
I remeber the first time i saw it when I was eleven years old. It was on tv in the wee hours of the night & I was so scared that I had most of the scenes on mute & I didn't go to bed until 4 am. What makes this scary is that in the movie...
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Posted oct 29, 2007 4:37 am pt
I remeber the first time i saw it when I was eleven years old. It was on tv in the wee hours of the night & I was so scared that I had most of the scenes on mute & I didn't go to bed until 4 am. What makes this scary is that in the movie...
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Posted oct 29, 2007 4:37 am pt
Starts off and ends very abruptly with very little explanation as to what's going on.While the films villain Freddy Krueger is a classic he is a ridiculous excuse for a killer.How many poltergeists do you see launching themselves like a pro...
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Posted jul 25, 2007 9:29 am pt
