You know you can't have a list of inspirational Horror movies without Elm Street coming into it, Wes Craven's 1984 slasher appeared late in the day, landing right at the end of the slasher craze started some half a decade earlier by a certain John Carpenter film. But Cravens film didn't stalk and slash us in the woods or even in our own homes. It struck at us where we were most vulnerable, it struck at us in our sleep. The parents of Elm Street take revenge on the child murder Freddy Krueger, burning him alive. He returns years later to even the score by murdering their now teenage children, but in a place where their parents can't protect them. In their dreams. It falls to Nancy and her boyfriend to stop the stripe wearing slasher before they become his newest victims.
The film carries a heavy legacy, one that has spanned across films, television shows, comics, action figures, I even own a set of Kruger cups and bowls. This child murders face has been on everything and his presence took the world by storm, he's more famous than most presidents and has become the biggest icons, not just in modern horror, but within the genre as a whole. The original was remade in 2010 produced by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes label, but the result was an ill rendered mess that lacked the heart and energy of the original. Elm Street is far from perfect, but that is kind of its charm and it certainly was a film that changed the face of horror forever.
See You Tomorrow.
MJ
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