Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street
It's hard to overstate just how significant Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street still is. The slasher classic has successfully infiltrated our popular subconscious, reaching a sinister gloved hand into the imaginations of generations of filmmakers and reshaping modern horror cinema. It's perhaps only with hindsight that the full extent of the 1984 movie's impact can be appreciated.
✕ Remove Ads A Nightmare On Elm Street's Scariest Moments Remain Potent Close At first glance, a modern viewer dropping in on Elm Street for the first time might struggle to pinpoint what makes the horror so effective. A slightly creaky opening sequence gives way to a quartet of awkward teenagers exchanging dialogue that's about as ear-scraping as one of Freddy Kreuger's claws screeching across a wall.
Related Gladiator Review: Ridley Scott’s Neo-Classic Sword & Sandal Legend Is A Crucial Yet Flawed Action Milestone As iconic as Ridley Scott's Gladiator is, a better film would exist beneath its legendary dialogue and battle scenes in the form of a sharper script. So many movies have showcased an equally unhinged villain by this point that Freddy, like his own famous headgear, seems slightly old hat.
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