A thoroughly intelligent and provocative post-modern horror that eclipses the whole Elm Street series with its foreboding atmosphere and chilling implications.

~ James Gracey -

A thoroughly intelligent and provocative post-modern horror that eclipses the whole Elm Street series with its foreboding atmosphere and chilling implications.

~ James Gracey -

The humour is never allowed to knock the fear.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The humour is never allowed to knock the fear.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

When murder-most-foul becomes murder-most-samey, goose bumps flatten.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

When murder-most-foul becomes murder-most-samey, goose bumps flatten.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Director Wes Craven... brings just the right atmosphere of tongue in cheek and plain old fear to the proceedings.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Director Wes Craven... brings just the right atmosphere of tongue in cheek and plain old fear to the proceedings.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Put simply, this supposedly new direction for the franchise will very soon grow old, as a franchise once famed for its innovations is reduced to becoming a deeply conservative product.

~ Anton Bitel -

Put simply, this supposedly new direction for the franchise will very soon grow old, as a franchise once famed for its innovations is reduced to becoming a deeply conservative product.

~ Anton Bitel -

A thumpingly good knuckle-biter.

~ Chris -

A thumpingly good knuckle-biter.

~ Chris -

It is like nibbling for nearly two hours in the kitchens of the best chefs. At the end we are exhausted and hungry.

~ Chris -

It is like nibbling for nearly two hours in the kitchens of the best chefs. At the end we are exhausted and hungry.

~ Chris -

A Nightmare On Elm Street remains an atmospheric and genuinely unsettling film with a chilling, universally relatable central motif: sleep gets everyone in the end.

~ James Gracey -

A Nightmare On Elm Street remains an atmospheric and genuinely unsettling film with a chilling, universally relatable central motif: sleep gets everyone in the end.

~ James Gracey -

A deliberately cruel and vicious experience.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A deliberately cruel and vicious experience.

~ Scott Macdonald -

For all its flaws though, old-school horror fans should get a kick out of Craven's employment of classic slasher tropes in an unusual setting, not to mention a genuinely spooky James Horner score.

~ David Graham -

For all its flaws though, old-school horror fans should get a kick out of Craven's employment of classic slasher tropes in an unusual setting, not to mention a genuinely spooky James Horner score.

~ David Graham -