A Nightmare On Elm Street
SLEEP KILLS
A Nightmare On Elm Street
A Smart Egg Pictures Presentation
Film Length : 90 minutes
Film Certificate : 18 (UK)
Produced : 1984
RRP : £DELETED
Distributed in the CBS FOX Video
Others in the series : Nightmare 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, New Nightmare.
Story
Nancy Thompson is a typical American kid. Her idyllic existence is abuptly shattered by a series of horrible nightmares - the monstrous stalking by a fierce cold-blooded killer. When describing her haunted, sleepless night to her closest friends, they realise that they too have been plagued by the same hallucination. Their only defence, she claims, is to stay awake. Her family fears that her sanity is slipping away, even as her friends are systematically slaughtered in their sleep. Nancy realises that she must give in to her exhaustion and face the terror of her nightmares in a life-and-death battle for control. In an exciting and startling climax, Nancy confronts her tormentor and discovers the dark, decade-old secret of Elm Street - the heinous events that triggered the creation of the nightmare. A Nightmare on Elm Street is the story of the courage and resourcefulness of one extraordinary girl. It will make us all think twice before settling onto our pillows for a night of sweet dreams.
"Ten years ago, a child murderer terrorised Elm Street. Eventually cornered in his lair by a group of vigilante parents, he was burned to death. Now, four teenage friends on Elm Street find they share the same recurring dream. A horrible dream about a murderer seeking revenge. But this dream seems almost real for the kids on Elm Street, and it soon becomes a deadly nightmare".
"Made on a budget of just $1.5 million by a small Hollywood company called New Line Cinema with very little advance hype and was originally perceived by the critics and public alike as just another low-budget stalk and slash thriller. ‘Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep...’ warned the adverts and within a few days, word of mouth recommendation had sent the film’s box office takings through the roof."
"I thought that was so dramatic that I devised it into a movie situation where somebody is attacked in his sleep. That became the basis of A Nightmare On Elm Street, which generated six direct sequels and a billion dollar industry just off one or two gripping newspaper articles" - Wes Craven.
Combining all the elements of the traditional horror movie with impressive special effects, A Nightmare On Elm Street tells the story of a group of suburban teenagers who discover that they all share a common nightmare. One by one, as they sleep, they are dispatched by a disfigured killer with steel claws, who waits for them in their darkest nightmares. A Nightmare On Elm Street is one of the best horrors of the eighties, beating Hellraiser and Halloween hands down. cast and crew
9.0 out of 10
By Mickey Durneme
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