Perhaps the most popular horror film of the 1980's, this trend setting hit made a star of child-murdering character Freddy Krueger.
It's more intelligent than you're average slasher, but it's still full of plot holes. That hardly matters, however, as the excitement and tention built by director Wes Craven makes this a must-see feature.
Freddy, you see, was 'executed' by the parents of his young victims, but now in supernatural form, haunts the teens of Elm Street in their dreams to the point that they no longer know reality from their nightmares. Then he strikes, in various graphic ways (often with the aid of his razor-mounted glove).
Robert Englund as Freddy became one of the few regular horror stars of his generation, and donned the hat and bladed glove in no fewer than six sequels. Along with Michael Myers, Pinhead, and Jason Vorhees, Freddy became one of the icons of modern horror.