A Nightmare on Elm Street (USA: Wes Craven, 1984) and its sequels

There is something undeniably resonant about the simplicity of A Nightmare on Elm Street’s premise: a killer that targets you in your sleep. A gaggle of teens are preyed on by the vengeful ghost of the pederast Freddie Krueger, who holds a grudge against their parents. Unlike other slasher killers of the time, Krueger (an iconic role for Robert Englund) was a monster in life and empowered by death, relentlessly torturing teenagers in their safest of safe places: their own dreams. Wes Craven takes full advantage of the aesthetic possibilities of dream logic, creating some of the most terrifying and celebrated images of modern horror. – Anna Bogutskaya

A Nightmare on Elm Street (USA: Wes Craven, 1984: 91 mins)

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Subissati, Andrea and Alexandra West. "Sleeper Hit: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm St. 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), And A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)." The Faculty of Horror #72 (April 30, 2019)

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