From the first 10 minutes of A Nightmare on Elm Street, it's clear we're dealing with something special. Not only do we get our first suspenseful, surreal dream sequence and a little hint of Freddy Krueger's initial creation, but we meet the four leading teenage characters, learn enough about them to be able to define them and discover the shared plight that will drive the rest of the film.
A Nightmare on Elm Street, which turns 40 this year and is being treated to a very nice 4K UHD Blu-Ray release, is just one of the crowning achievements of the late Wes Craven, a man who rejuvenated the horror genre no less than three times over his career.
New Line Cinema Craven had always been far more thoughtful than many critics would have perceived. Having grown up in a religious household so strict it bordered on fanaticism, horror was a genre Craven only approached in his adulthood after many years of wrestling with his faith and trying to funne.
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