It's 1984 and a whole town of teenagers are having the same dream. This dream consisted of a man named Freddy Krueger with razor-sharp claws chopping the teenager up. The twist is, if they get cut in their dream, it translates over to the real world. This is shown by a gruesome scene of a girl surrounded by blood. This is ruled as a murder and her boyfriend was sent to jail. When he goes to sleep, Freddy visits him as well. While investigating the mysterious murders, we learn that Marge Thompson, our main character, cannot go to sleep in fear of Freddy paying her a visit. Her mother Nancy tells her of how Freddy Krueger exists in the real world and she burned him to death--or so he thought. Marge then goes on to burn Freddy to death again. It may have been a dream, I forget, reality and dreams are confusing in this film.
This movie freaked me out, especially for an '80s slasher film. The use of Freddy's claws looked so realistic and actually made me quite scared. The story wasn't exactly my favorite, I more or less enjoyed the murders and the final showdown, but overall, it was pretty solid. I loved how the killer had an identity and we got to learn about who he is and what he wants to do. I think this killer identity made me enjoy the film much more. Comparing it to Friday the 13th, we learned much less about the victims and more about the killer than that movie, and this one actually had the main killer in it. Overall, A Nightmare on Elm Street was a great slasher movie. The story didn't get good until Nancy joined the picture, but all of the killings were easily the most enjoyable part of this film and I would highly recommend it.
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