Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11436 in VHS
• Released on: 1998-09-28
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 88 minutes

Synopsis
A hellish monster enters people's dreams and systematically butchers them in their sleep. One brave woman has to face the horror in a life-or-death battle for control in an exciting and startling climax.

Customer Reviews

Freddie Krueger's coming to get you Nancy...and your friends
When I watched "A Nightmare on Elm Street" on DVD it was the second time I had seen the first Freddie Krueger film and I was rather surprised to see the film was not as good as I thought it remember. However, I think that has something to do with the way horror films, not to mention all films, have become more sophisticated. What works here is the story and the way Wes Craven sets up the rules of the game (which are totally abandoned in the first sequel). There is a unique logic to Freddie's rule and the fun is how Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) and Glen (Johnny Depp) try to use them to turn the tables on the boogey man. Certainly the acting does not hold up to scrutiny with Ronee Blakley particularly hitting rock bottom after the heights of "Nashville." The special effects have their moments, both high (when Amanda gets disemboweled on the ceiling) and low (like when mom gets sucked back into the house at the end), but "Nightmare" works best when it is the power of suggestion. There are not a lot of extras on this DVD but the commentary track with Craven, Langenkamp, John Saxon and the Director of Photography (Jacques Haitkin) is above average. Obviously there are a lot of pleasant memories for these people and Craven especially takes pleasure in explaining the hows and whys of the film. We can all debate the merits of the various sequels, but certainly "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was the most innovative splatter flick to come down the road after "Halloween" revitalized the genre.

A slasher classic!
If you love horror movies, A Nightmare On Elmstreet is a movie you have to see. The story revolves around a group of teens being terrorised in their sleep by a hideously disfigured creature with knives for one hand. As they are picked off one by one in their nightmares, the truth of who this demon is begins to unfold and Freddy starts to escape from their dreams to become part of the real world. The gore is fairly restrained in this film, opting for a more suspense filled terror. Although not as scary as it's hyped up to be (try Texas Chainsaw Massacre if you really want to be scared) Nightmare On Elmstreet is still a must see.

what a great film
i found this film great it had a very good storyline. It makes freddy look scary, by making the lighting dark around him, seeing he only comes in dreams and in the dark he is somone you whould not like to meet. The deaths are very cool and have a fair bit of blood. All of wes cravens films that i have seen are great. Tip by this movie!