 What is going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overlord here This is gonna be the review for a nightmare in Elm Street a nightmare in Elm Street came out on In 1984, I think this is like the 34th anniversary since the film came out So I think it was only fitting that I should squeeze in a review for this for this classic film before the year ends up And I do plan to do an entire series review in the future But for right now, let's just talk about the original released in 1984 A nightmare in Elm Street was directed by West Craven and it starred John Saxon Ronae blank Rolae blankly Heather lanking camp Amanda wiss Johnny Depp and of course we have Robert England Starring as Freddy Krueger and we have like a small cameo from the star of the insidious series lynn shake this year this film Was groundbreaking for like a lot of reasons it was like so this is like something that came out after What Michael Myers had done and what John Carpenter did with his film Halloween in 1978 were introduced to a dream demon of sorts named Freddy Krueger who was able to invade Teenagers dreams on the street of Elm Street and he kills them He kills them all one by one He's in this film He's targeting a group of friends and as the film progresses we find out stuff involving Krueger's back Backstory and who he was when he was alive and that ties into why he's killing these specific people Or that leads the audience to believe this is why he's killing these specific group of people Or at least that's one of the main characters our main girl is played by Heather lanking camp She plays Nancy Thompson She's the one that comes to conclusion because she finds out in the film What happened with Krueger and what happened when he was alive and she decides that that's why he is now after her I'm really gonna get into spoilers in regards to that, but I will say that in I'm not gonna get in spoilers in regard to How he died I think everyone pretty much knows that Krueger himself as a when he was alive. He was basically a child murderer in the in the neighborhood So of course they were he was dealt with in the manner that the inhabitants saw fit So once he died we find out somehow or another he was he was Once he died somehow he became something even worse. We find out how this happened as the series regressed I think we know I think it would have been better if we didn't find this stuff out But once he died his soul since he was living as a pretty much a tortured soul when he was alive he was Somehow able to continue living out his desires and that's killing children from beyond the grave now And he is a dream demon now and we find out how he got this got these powers as the series regressed But I like I said before it's really not that big of a big of a story that really needs to be explained It's all everything should in my opinion be grounded in the lack of knowledge around the mythos of these certain characters Like such as Freddy Krueger. We do not need to know how he got his powers We can understand his backstory and what might have led to this but as to how he actually got this new form After death, I don't think that was necessary to find out This film is one. I think this was Johnny Depp's first big breakout film He did a fine job in this movie with the little role that he had his character doesn't really add much to the film He's kind of just there. He plays Heather Lincoln camps boyfriend He's the boyfriend of Nancy in the film Robert England gives a terrifying performance as Freddy Krueger His many reasons are on point The one the one liners are amazing as the series progresses though They become a bit more quirky and the series takes a full-on comedic route and all the way leading up to the point with Freddy's dead the final nightmare will get to that movie when we get to that movie on my channel But yeah, and this movie was well balanced the comedy as well as the terror and maintaining that Consistent tone that yes, he is he can be funny at times But this is still a terrifying presence that needs to be taken seriously. I think the original film did it best Heather Langen camp as a final girl I think she wasn't necessarily like the greatest but what she did in the role and what she was given to work with I think she was very believable. I do think her acting was a bit here and there The most I think the strongest point in the movie is Robert England's portrayal as Freddy Krueger And then the whole entire concept of the fact that you can die in your sleep because that's really how everyone wants to die Because I how I feel a nightmare in Elm Street takes Such a the concept of nightmare in Elm Street because if you were to ask People they would say that they want to die in their sleep peacefully, but when you have When you have a entity looming in the darkness like Freddy Krueger Hanging over your head you now Necessarily don't want to go to sleep and you definitely don't want to die in your sleep. I like how and I'm in Elm Street kind of as that What if scenario so you want to die in your sleep? But let's say what if this person existed or what if this thing existed when you go to sleep? And he was the one that actually can still got to control how you lived or how you died even once you're No longer awake and now you're sleep and you're still in danger So I like how many people would prefer dying in their sleep peacefully a Nightmare in Elm Street adds adds a what if to that because now it's like well I want to die in my sleep peacefully, but what if I come into this guy? So I like that aspect of the film. What's Craven? I think he did an amazing job directing this movie There's a lot of like the way some of the camera the camera so the way some of the scenes are shot I think that elevates the overall Tone of the film it makes it makes everything feel very intense The imagery as far as like the gore in the film isn't there's not much gore as I will say There's a lot of just pointless blood. I think some of the blood in the movie was a bit much Some of the special effects having aged as good because again it came out in the early 80s The overall like makeup design of Freddy Krueger in this movie. This is probably the best he's ever looked in the entire series I think Freddy Krueger in the whole makeup design that Robert England was given in this film It was absolutely amazing the opening kill with Tina that is gruesome to watch on screen This movie is just it's just a big it's just a classic I don't I have no words for this movie outside of just saying that it's amazing That's such that this film being so old still has so much to enjoy so many years later upon rewatching it Again, the acting in it isn't all that great now Compared to some of the stuff that comes out today Some of the acting in this movie is is like subpar at best and like like I said before Heather Langingkamp doesn't give like an Oscar where the performers or anything But she gives a believable she does a believable job in portraying Nancy Thompson in this movie and she Plays the perfect final girl Robert England is amazing as Freddy Krueger Johnny Depp he did fine for what he was given the other supporting characters in the group with them Tina and Rod I thought they were interesting Uh, cinematography was great makeup designer Freddy Krueger was amazing the atmosphere in this movie Was very serious and it still was blended with the overall Fact that uh, Freddy Krueger does have a comedic side and I appreciated that that it still did not overtake from that fact That this is still a overall horror film or as with the later nightmare nail street films. It seems that the comedic aspect Takes over and the horror aspect is put at a second spot Whereas with the original the horrors at front and the comedy is in second That was my review of a nightmare nail street if I were to give it a rating on a scale of one to ten I definitely would give this movie A solid seven and a half out of ten Seven and a half to eight. I'm going to say seven and a half for this video I think that this is a classic film I think that nothing can touch this movie as far as like if you were to try to remake it because they already did in that Bomb if they were to ever try to remake it again I don't think that they necessarily could do with justice without west craving may he rest in peace I think that this is one of the better films that came out in the era past Michael Myers past Jason and that actually paved the way for the big three that we now have in the industry Michael Jason and freddy they were the big three of horror in those Last two decades from the 1900s the 80s and the 90s Let me know what you guys think about a nightmare Now I'll shoot down in the comment section below if you enjoyed my review give this a thumbs up If you haven't already subscribed and turn on post notifications So you never miss a video also in the description I'll have links to all my social media accounts on my facebook twitter and instagram You can message me there to let me know what moves you like me to review in the future With all that in mind guys, I will see you in the next video