A Nightmare on Elm Street
Taste attributes: horrormonster/alien/supernaturaldetectivetried & testedunsavouryheavyimaginarysurrealgrittyenclosedemotive & stirringfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosion
"If Nancy Doesn't Wake Up Screaming, She Won't Wake Up At All!"
Boxlist takeA fantastical horror film that is unsavoury, heavy and raw. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: surreal · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
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Synopsis
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Horror
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
- Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
