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A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
A girl (Heather Langenkamp) discovers her nightmares are being shared by her friends, and that those friends are dying. She must find a way to stop the killer (Robert Englund) in her dreams before she is murdered too.
Quick Review: I remembered this being better than it is. I saw it when it first came out, and over the years, the better-than-average plot (for a Slasher) and the semi-developed characters (again, an advance over the average Slasher) obfuscated the Slasher-level acting and amateurish direction. Wes Craven has learned quite a bit since this early film. A Nightmare On Elm Street is a significant film in the sub-genre and razor-gloved Freddy Krueger has become a cultural icon. But when you turn this on, don't watch too closely; it can't stand up to the scrutiny.
Scale:
(see it)
(matinee)
(wait for TV)
(skip it)
(toxic)