A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Wes Craven’s Nightmare on Elm Street changed up the slasher genre in several ways, including the introduction of a killer who preys on his victims in their dreams.
Endlessly imaginative, and flawlessly executed by writer-director Wes Craven, it also gave us a blade-gloved, burn survivor killer in Freddie Krueger (Robert Englund), billed in the original credits as “Fred Krueger,” a smart and courageous heroine in Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) and a promising start for a new young actor named Johnny Depp.
It opened to extremely good reviews — especially for its genre, which wasn’t very well-respected at the time — and of course spawned many spinoffs and sequels, as well as a 2010 remake.
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