Thursday, 13 February 2014

Dream master

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Directed by Wes Craven this film stars Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, John Saxon and Johnny Depp. Several teenagers share similar nightmares and those dreams start to become real with bloody consequences.

I would say that this slasher film is a cut above it's peers and does a decent job of blending reality with dream to create ambiguity. The plot is your standard gory trauma as metaphor for adolescence which you see repeatedly in this genre. Mostly the film is well made and the antagonist provides a great threat that is the best part of the film.


4/5

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