Viewed in
2010
Formats
Netflix HD streaming (Xbox 360)
Premise
The original Fred Krueger film that launched a franchise, in which a knife-fingered killer can murder teens in their dreams.
Liked
The horror concept.
Disliked
The last act.
Thoughts
Finally saw it, and for the most part, did not disappoint.
I really liked Wes Craven's idea of a dreams that kill, as well as the character design of Krueger. There were some moments that were killer cool or creatively bloody. Other times, it did suffer from low quality special effects. Craven's theme song was not as great as Halloween, but still catchy.
For a long time, I knew the great Johnny Depp started his career here, and his death was bloody fun. I did not realize was that John Cusack's ex-girlfriend from Better Off Dead was in the cast. My inner twelve year-old boy liked that Heather Langenkamp's breasts seemed to get bigger in the each following scene.
The most glaring plot hole was in the third act, when Nancy somehow managed to set up two-thousand booby traps, have a heart-to-heart with her mommy, and fall into R.E.M. in twenty minutes. As for the multiple false endings, it was cheesy and silly, but I guess forgivable in low-budget teen-slasher flick.
Despite the hyped up cult status, the blood-fueled escapism still held up reasonably well.
What I would change
Even though I did not like the third act, I do not know how I would improve upon it.
