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This review is fromA Nightmare on Elm Street [Special Edition] [2 Discs] [DVD] [1984].
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Whatever you do don't sleep on this one
on September 1, 2007
Posted by: Slimdwiz
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from Columbus,OH
The first nightmare that started it all will have you up all night with fear of going to sleep. Check the closets, lock the doors, and bar your windows. 1,2 Freddy's coming for you. 3,4 better lock your doors. 5,6 get a crucifix. 7,8 better stay up late. 9,10 never sleep again.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Classic Nightmare
on September 25, 2007
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from Dallas (Oak Cliff), Tx
This movie started a decade of sequels, and thats before special effects were computerized. This movie made some adults scared to sleep at night, so of course this is greatness. Although it got worse with every sequel being more comical than scary, but Elm Street set the standard for horror flicks.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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NEVER SLEEP AGAIN
on October 21, 2007
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from LOS ANGELES
FREDDY IS KING...NO ONE WILL EVER HAVE AN EFFECT ON HORROR FILMS LIKE FREDDY KRUGER..I MUST ADMITT AFTER THE FIRST THREE,HE GOT LAME BUT WITH THE RETURN OF THE FREDDY VS. JASON HE GOT COOL AGAIN.. 1,2 FREDDYS COMMING FOR YOU!!!
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The master of slasher flicks
on October 21, 2007
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A Nightmare on Elm Street started all the slasher flicks. Freddy Kruger has become the cult classic horror icon and after watching this movie, you'll be too afraid to fall asleep. Watch this film at your own risk!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Ultimate Freddy
on October 30, 2007
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I have the box set and still bought this. Freddy is just that important. This is the best version of the movie I have seen. Lots of great extras and great packaging!!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Very Worthy of a Double Dip
on July 10, 2008
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While its commonplace for movies to get money-milking "deluxe" and "ultimate" rereleases on DVD, this Platinum Series issue of the classic "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is worthy of such a title.
Far supassing the original 1999 single disc release, this expansive two disc set has almost everything a fan would want. Remastered audio and video, a comprehensive and lengthy documentary featuring all new interviews with creator Wes Craven, stars Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp and Amanda Wyss (for starters), two commentary tracks (one all new for this release and a great one ported from the previous disc), and a great featurette with other horror masters talking about Freddy and the phenomeon.
The movie itself is a classic. Before he was watered down in the endless sequel parade, Freddy Krueger was a truly frightening horror figure. Watching just the opening scene is particularing jolting and commands your dramatic attention. Say goodbye to the one liners after each murder... the cartoonish gore and violence of "Nightmares" 4 and 5... this Freddy is dark, menacing, and he means business.
The only drawback is the set is missing standalone deleted scenes and production footage that was featured on the 1995 2-VHS set released by Anchor Bay. Although some such footage is in the documentary, it would have been nice to see these as a branching feature, or by themselves as a special feature.
Overall, this is really giving a horror classic the respect and treatment it deserves.
What's great about it: Great movie, prestine transfe
What's not so great: lacks production footage and deleted scenes
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Great movie and worth your money
on August 6, 2008
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from Pittsburgh, PA
This was one of the first horror movies I saw back in the day. I loved it and I still do! Sadly, Nightmare On Elm Street is one of the only horror movies that actually scared me (at least a little) the first time I saw it. Scary flicks today got nothing, 90% of them are awful. In conlcusion, this movie rocks, new movies suck, and Freddy would kill Jason anyday!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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The film that revolutionized the horror genre
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It is a true testament to writer-director Wes Craven's genius that many people now first think of Scream rather than A Nightmare on Elm Street upon hearing his name. While Scream certainly re-energized the horror movie genre, A Nightmare on Elm Street revolutionized it entirely when it was released in 1984. Twenty years after the fact, the movie doesn't seem quite as scary as it did originally, but this movie has truly shocked and frightened many a moviegoer over the years, resonated with untold numbers of men and women in a new and undeniably powerful way, drawn in many viewers that had never cared about horror before, and introduced one of the greatest, most popular horror icons of past, present, and future in Freddy Krueger.
When you really look at the genesis of this movie, its incredible success is truly mind-boggling. Wes Craven had already made waves in the business with such horror classics as Last House on the Left, but the script for A Nightmare on Elm Street made the rounds of Hollywood for three years before the relatively unknown New Line Cinema stepped up to make the movie a reality. The total budget for the film was well under two million dollars, and the filmmakers basically worked miracles to make the film as viscerally shocking and beautifully gory as it is. A tremendous cast was assembled: veteran actor John Saxon and newcomer Johnny Depp (in his very first role) are terrific, Robert Englund needs no introduction for his unforgettable portrayal of Freddy Krueger, and a young and innocent Heather Langenkamp delivers a dazzling performance as Nancy Thompson. (Ronee Blakley's performance as Nancy's mother is over-the-top and rather poor in general, but this is essentially the movie's only weakness.) Many people think that Englund carries this film with his brilliant portrayal of the nightmarish killer, and in a sense he does, but for me it is Langenkamp's performance that absolutely makes this movie something way beyond special. I have always been a big Langenkamp fan; she brings to Nancy a mesmerizing sense of innocence, charm, and natural beauty that wins the audience over completely. Freddy is a dark and menacing presence, but he really doesn't get that much camera time in this first film; Nancy is the essential conduit that connects the audience to the horror.
I don't think much is required in terms of explanations or plot summaries here. Freddy Krueger was a murderer of children who was hunted down and burned to death by local parents. He still exists, though, in the world of dreams, and now the teenaged children of the men and women who destroyed him are his targets. Nancy and her friends all begin to see this strange burnt man in an old fedora and a dirty red and olive green sweater in their dreams; Nancy soon learns that whatever happens in these awful dreams also happens in real life. The first victim dies a spectacular death, one that surely poured heaps of shock value on 1984 audiences and which still works wonderfully today. Several other notable deaths follow, and Nancy knows that she alone must face Freddy and somehow engineer a trap with which to snag him. It's not easy killing a dead man who lives in dreams, of course, but Wes Craven built a really beautiful logic into the story that makes it work convincingly.
The special effects of this film are remarkable, especially given the tight budget restraints. The death scenes are powerful and bloody, the atmosphere and look of the boiler room sets in particular are dark and malevolent, everything about Freddy's look and performance are perfect, and even really cheap effects such as the phone tongue and melted stairs work beautifully. The special features included on the DVD are nothing short of superb, especially the commentary by Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, and director of photography Jacques Haitkin - I learned so much from this commentary (including the fascinating true-life facts that helped give birth to the original idea in Craven's mind), all of which made me all the more impressed with this seminal horror classic. A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the most enjoyable, powerful, and influential horror films ever made, and the transfer to DVD makes this film look better than ever.
What's great about it: i consider this as Wes Craven's best film
What's not so great: Are you kidding me? it's flawless
I would recommend this to a friend!
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