Dreams can be very surreal and this film shows that effect. The fact that you are never quite sure what is going on is most likely part of the point. It had its moments of biting humor and it had the iconic scene where Johnny Depp as Glenn gets pulled into his bed and suddenly becomes a blood fountain. Yet, there was something about the film that spoke to me. The story was challenging to follow and, while that is not a bad thing, it did make me uncertain exactly what was happening. Some of the acting felt weaker and Freddy Krueger himself would see better days. This ballooned into a huge franchise with Freddy Krueger becoming one of horror’s greatest icons. Another film that I had never seen before, but had seen a few isolated scenes was Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street.
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