Friday Matinee

A Nightmare on Elm Street

One, two, Freddy’s coming for you. Sleep can’t protect the youth of Springwood when a knife-gloved night slasher invades terrified teen dreams and turns their nightmares into deadly reality. As her friends gruesomely get picked off one-by-one, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) must unravel the mystery behind her surreal stalker. Wes Craven’s franchise-launching masterwork sparked countless imitations and homages, while introducing the world to Freddy Krueger and making Robert Englund a horror icon.

“A highly imaginative horror film that provides the requisite shocks to keep fans of the genre happy.” – Variety

“The script is consistently witty, the camera work (by cinematographer Jacques Haitkin) crisp and expressive.” – Paul Attansasio, Washington Post