How can we talk greatest horror honors and leave out Wes Craven’s name, and more importantly Craven’s iconic horror villain Freddy Krueger? He’s evil incarnate – an unstoppable killing machine who strikes at your most vulnerable, commanding a deadly home field advantage that traps victims in a nightmarish dream world of his merciless choosing?
Not many horror franchises are so storied and vastly populated, but A Nightmare On Elm Street started a genre steamroller which I’m sure Wes Craven couldn’t have even seen coming. None of the super creative kills, none of the terrible/awesome one-liners, none of the drowsy teenagers…the horror world wouldn’t be the same.
A Nightmare On Elm Street was Freddy’s best though, played by Robert Englund (but you knew that), blending B-Movie creativity with 80’s slasher kills in an original way unparalleled even today. How can you not love a christmas sweater wearing burn victim with blades on his hands spouting funny one-off statements like the Arnold Schwarzenegger of horror? Craven’s film is nothing short of a must-see classic, being a genre-defining masterpiece adored by horror fans everywhere that introduced the world to the Sandman’s evil twin brother. 1, 2, Freddy’s coming for you…
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