Horror Hall-of Famer Wes Craven created this hugely successful fright flick, which spawned multiple sequels, launched New Line Cinema, and introduced the moniker of “Freddy Krueger” into pop culture consciousness. Heather Langenkamp plays a teenager plagued by dreams of a horribly scarred figure wearing a distinctive red-striped sweater, battered fedora, and a glove with knives attached to the fingers. Robert Englund, in the role he would forever be identified with, creates an original and frightening villain in Freddy, an executed child-murdering psychopath who has found the means to keep up his gruesome work by entering his prospective victim’s dreams.
There is certainly much to applaud in the film’s fiercely innovative concept, nightmare imagery, and gory special effects, even if the line between Craven’s real world and dream counterpart becomes so blurred in the end, there is no logic remaining except dream logic. This, of course, allows for myriad memorable sequences, including one in which a character is swallowed and regurgitated by their own bed.
Join AC and his razor-sharp panel of guests (Dino Clark, Kate Hansen, Mackenzie Parker, Adam Rockoff) as they celebrate 40 years of Freddy!
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