Nightmare on Elm Street

Release Date: 1999-09-07, Rating R (Restricted),

Release Date: 1997-08-26, Rating R (Restricted),

Release Date: 2001-08-21, Rating R (Restricted),

Neighborhood teens are haunted and stalked by Fred Krueger, an ugly bogyman with a razor claw.

Release Date: 2006-09-26, Rating R (Restricted),

Release Date: 1999-09-07, Rating R (Restricted),

Rating R (Restricted),

Horror - general DVD - A decade of wisecracking sequels have not diminished the power of this striking horror film from the director of Scream. Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. The teenaged leads are sympathetic and intelligent, unlike the dumb victims presented in most films of the period, and they are ably backed up by veterans like John Saxon and Ronee Blakley. Director Wes Craven creates moments of real dread by examining the line between nightmares and reality, as well as the "sins of the parents" theme, and although the film is quite gory, it never resorts to cheap bloodletting for its effect. A unique and disturbing experience, this film is highly recommended for

DVDs. Nightmare on Elm Street

A hellish razor-fingered monster enters the dreams of the teenage residents of a bucolic town and systematically slaughters them in their sleep--until one courageous young woman does battle with the predatory fiend. An excellent surprisingly surrealistic genre entry from the master Wes Craven.