35 Days to Halloween- 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street

Over the next 100 days, I will present one movie of significances in horror, suspense or thrillers for each year from 1919 to 2018. The next film presented here is 1984 slasher movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street" starring Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund and directed by A Nightmare on Elm Street.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Dir- Wes Craven

When I first saw the preview of this horror classic, it scared the hell out of me. A disfigured boogeyman haunts and murders the children of the people who had stalked and murdered him a generation before. The daughter of the sheriff discovers the trend and tries to stop this evil menace. Robert Englund would forever be associated with the striped shirt, fedora hat, and trademark finger knives. This movie was well made and boasted some great special effects, the gore not too bad and the story was top notch. Wes Craven put his full energy into this classic and helped create a horror legend.