How A Nightmare on Elm Street Changed The Slasher Genre! – Hack The Movies

It’s time to finally dive into the Nightmare series! What better way to start than with the original Wes Craven classic. Johanna and Jess join Tony as they talk about how A Nightmare on Elm Street changed slasher movies forever!

In Wes Craven’s classic slasher film, several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams — which, in turn, kills them in reality. After investigating the phenomenon, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by her and her friends’ parents may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can Nancy and her boyfriend Glen (Johnny Depp) solve the puzzle before it’s too late?