A Nightmare On Elm Street – Amanda Wyss, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon – Blu-ray – 1984

Nightmare on Elm Street is the only Elm street film that falls into the 'really scary' category. A dead murderer returns in the dreams of the children of his old enemies and torments them. Wes Craven tamps down the humour that would overtake the films and goes all out for shivers. There are several memorably surreal horror sequences involving tongued telephones and bottomless baths as Craven's unhealthy imagination runs riot. With Heather Langenkamp as the plucky Nancy John Saxon and Ronee Blakely as her dim bulb parents Amanda Wyss and young Johnny Depp as teen victims and Robert Englund as 'Fred' Krueger. -- Kim Newman