The Mayhem Critic

Aloha, my fellow readers. It is I, the great James Stryker and welcome back to another hilarious chapter of The Mayhem Critic. Well, it's October and you know that that means. It's Halloween Havoc time! It's time for Halloween Havoc VII. It's a new season and more movies to review for the month of October. And what better way to start off Halloween Havoc VII is to talk about the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, a film that made Wes Craven one of the greatest masters of horror. Does this film still hold up well for 40 years? We'll find out today. So sit back, relax and enjoy the new chapter of The Mayhem Critic. Enjoy.

P.S.: I do not own anything involved in this story. All rights and references belong to their respective sources. A Nightmare on Elm Street is owned by New Line Cinema.

Halloween Havoc VII Part I: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

(The review opens with the new Halloween Havoc intro a la parody of Halloween with a pumpkin that has a carving of Sean's face as the title "Sean J. Archer's Halloween Havoc VII" is shown while the Halloween theme plays in the background)

SEAN J. ARCHER'S

HALLOWEEN HAVOC VII

The new intro to Halloween Havoc VII ends as we see our favorite residential movie critic Sean J. Archer, a.k.a. the Mayhem Critic, sitting on his couch in his living room while wearing his Halloween Havoc outfit, which consists of his Hellfire Club t-shirt, his thinking cap, denim jacket, denim jeans and his all-white Adidas sneakers.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic, the critic that rips movies a new one. And welcome to Halloween Havoc." Sean said as he makes his sinister laugh while the Castle Thunder sound effect plays in the background while Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach plays in the background. "And what better way to kick off Halloween Havoc is by talking about Wes Craven. Yep, can't start Halloween Havoc without reviewing a Wes Craven movie."

(A montage of Wes Craven and his movies are shown)

Sean: (Narrating) What can I say about one of my favorite directors of all time? Wes Craven has given us some horror greats over the years with films like The Hills Have Eyes, Scream 1-4, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Shocker and The People Under the Stairs. Hell, there are even some lesser known films from him, which some are television films and some other films that didn't do well or had a cult following like Swamp Thing.

"And what better way to kick off Halloween Havoc is by talking about the best horror film that made Wes Craven a household name. And trust me, you've been dreaming about this review eversince." Sean said.

(The title screen for "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is shown, followed by clips from the movie while music by Charles Bernstein plays in the background)

Sean: (Narrating) Released in theaters on November 9th, 1984...

"Shouldn't it be released in October?" Sean asked.

(More clips from the movie are shown)

Sean: (Narrating) The film was one of the first films produced by New Line Cinema along with Stunts, Polyester and Alone in the Dark. The company became a successful mini-major film studio and was given the nickname "The House That Freddy Built". And speaking of Freddy, we were introduced to a new slasher villain, in the form of Freddy Krueger, played by the amazing Robert Englund and before he became a household name as the horror icon, he played Willie on the miniseries V and V: The Final Battle. When I was a kid, I was introduced to Freddy Kruger when they were showing it on Star 64 back then alongside Fright Night Part II. Yeah, Star 64 was the place to watch nostalgic movies, I remember watching Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. But back to the topic at hand, A Nightmare on Elm Street became one of the greatest horror films ever made and it spawned six sequels, a television series and even a crossover with Friday the 13th (Posters for the sequels, Freddy's Nightmares and Freddy vs. Jason are shown). This movie emerged Craven from his career slump with films like Swamp Thing, Invitation to Hell and The Hills Have Eyes Part II and made him one of the masters of horror. It's been 40 years since this movie scared the shit out of us and we're gonna see how well it holds up.

"Get ready to be haunted by the man of your dreams, this is A Nightmare on Elm Street." Sean said

(The movie opens with a shot of a man making his signature claw-glove, then we see the glove ripping through fabric before we cut to Tina Gray, played by Amanda Wyss, who is seen running down a dark hallway)

Sean: (Narrating) The movie opens with probably one of the best openings of all time. You see Freddy crafting his signature claw, the haunting atmosphere with Charles Bernstein's eerie music score. It's just perfect. We then see teenager Tina Gray, played by Amanda Wyss, running down a dark hallway as it appears that she is being stalked by someone or something.

(Tina gets startled by a goat and the sound of a man laughing as she runs)

"Uh... GOAT!" Sean screamed out loud.

Sean: (Narrating) Tina ends up in a dark, dingy boiler room and she comes across the Freddy's crafting table and...

(Suddenly, Freddy Kruger appears and grabs Tina as he yells. Tina then wakes up, realizing that it was a dream)

(A clip from Young Frankenstein is shown)

Inga (Played by Teri Garr): You were having a nachtmare.

Tina's Mom (Played by Donna Woodrum): You ok, Tina?

Tina Gray (Played by Amanda Wyss): Just a dream, ma.

Tina's Mom: (Notices the mysterious slashes on her nightgown) Some dream, judging from that.

(Tina looks at the slashes on her nightgown)

"Hey, we all had those dreams where we have hot, passionate sex with someone and they start to claw at you. And then you wake you, you notice claw marks on your clothes or on your back. It's not the type of dream she's having, isn't she?" Sean asked.

(Tina grabs her cross, then we cut to a group of children playing jump rope)

Children: (Singing) One... two... Freddy's coming for you. Three... four... better lock your door. Five... six... grab your crucifix. Seven... eight... gonna stay up late.

"Still the most creepy-as-hell nursery rhyme ever." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) After witnessing Tina's nightmare and that creepy song, we're introduced to the rest of the important characters, Tina's best friend Nancy Thompson played by Heather Langenkamp, Nancy's boyfriend Glen Lantz played by a young Johnny Depp, and this was his feature film debut, as she tells them about her little nightmare that she had last night.

Tina Gray: And that's what it reminded me of- that old jump rope song. It was the worst nightmare I ever had. You wouldn't believe it.

Nancy Thompson (Played by Heather Laangenkamp): As a matter of fact, I had a bad dream last night myself.

Rod Lane (Played by Jsu Garcia, credited as Nick Corri): I had a hard-on this morning when I woke up, Tina. Had your name written all over it.

Tina Gray: There's 4 letters in my name, Rod. How could there be room on your joint for 4 letters?

(Nancy and Glen start laughing)

Rod Lane: Hey! Up yours with a twirling lawnmower.

"Boy, he's a charmer, ain't he?" Sean asked.

Sean: (Narrating) This discount Dallas Winston is Tina's boyfriend Rod Lane, played by Jsu Garcia, who's credited as Nick Corri. But enough about him, Tina continues to tell Nancy and Glen about her nightmare and that she couldn't go back to sleep.

Tina Gray: So, what did you dream?

Nancy Thompson: Forget it, Tina. The point is that everyone has a bad dream once in a while. It's no biggie.

Glen Lantz (Played by Johnny Depp): Yeah. Next time you're having one, just tell yourself that's all it is right while you're having it, you know? Once you do that, you wake right up. At least, it works for me.

"Yeah, I bet a lot of ladies will be dreaming about you, Johnny." Sean said.

"What he said." Brian said, in between a bite of hot dog.

Sean: (Narrating) Later, while Tina's parents are away for two days, Tina invites Nancy and Glen over to her house for a sleepover just to keep her company, all while doing typical teenager stuff.

Tina Gray: All day long I've been seeing that guy's weird face and hearing those fingernails.

Nancy Thompson: Fingernails?

(Tina nods her head)

Nancy Thompson: That's amazing you saying that. That made me remember the dream I had last night.

Tina Gray: What did you dream?

Sean: (V/O as Nancy) I dreamed that Just the Ten of Us got cancelled after three season and was replaced by Going Places.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy described the guy in her dream having knives for fingers that made a horrible sound and Tina tells her that she dreamed about the same guy that she did.

Glen Lantz: That's impossible.

"Millions of women dream about you every night, Johnny. Hell, my girlfriend dreams about you every night." Sean said.

(Glen hears a noise coming from outside)

Tina Gray: What?

Glen Lantz: Nothing.

Tina Gray: There's something out there, isn't there?

Nancy Thompson: I didn't hear anything.

(A clip from A.N.T. Farm is shown)

Chyna Parks (Played by China Anne McClain): Um, maybe it's just the wind.

(Glen heads outside to check it out while Nancy and Tina stay behind. Glen stops as he hears the screeching sound once more)

Glen Lantz: I'm going to punch out your ugly lights, whoever you are. (Keeps walking) Kitty, kitty.

(Glen stops moving after he hears a rustling noise, then moves again)

Glen Lantz: Chow, chow, chow?

(Glen turns around and shrugs his shoulders after not finding anything. Suddenly, someone tackles him to the ground and Nancy screams. The person is revealed to be Rod)

Rod Lane: It's Rod Lane bringing Lantz down just three yards from the goal line!

"Thanks a lot, movie. I just witnessed Johnny Depp getting pounded from behind by another guy." Sean said.

"Mwah! Goodnight, everybody!" Brian said, imitating Yakko Warner.

Sean: (Narrating) Rod shows up uninvited just to make up with Tina after they had a fight, that we didn't see. Oh, well. What better way to make up is by having some make-up sex.

Tina Gray: (To Nancy and Glen) Hey, you guys are going to hang around, right? I mean, don't leave me alone with this lunatic. Please, Nancy?

(Rod covers Tina's mouth with his hand. She giggles as he drags her into her mother's room while Glen tries to make out with Nancy)

Nancy Thompson: Glen, not now. We're here for Tina now, not ourselves.

(We cut to a title card that reads "A Few Moments Later")

Narrator: A few moments later…

(We hear the sounds of Tina and Rod moaning in the bedroom while we see Glen having some trouble sleeping)

Tina Gray: (Moans) Oh, Rod! Oh!

Rod Lane: (Moans) Oh! Yes, Tina!

Tina Gray: Oh! Oh, God! Oh, God! OH! Oh, God! Ohh! Oh, God! Oh, Rod!

Rod and Tina: (Both) OHH! OHH!

Glen Lantz: Morality sucks.

"Well, that's one way of keeping your friends up at night and also waking up the neighbors. Plus, I couldn't help but laugh at the sound of Rod and Tina's moans. Especially Rod's because he sounds like a wolf howling." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) So yeah, Rod and Tina make up by having sex. That's one way to get yourself killed in a movie. Anyway, on Nancy's end, Nancy is having a little trouble sleeping, until she has another man in her room.

(Suddenly, a mysterious figure is protruding from the ceiling in a little neat effect)

"Just a quick sidebar here, that's a pretty awesome effect without the use of CGI." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) As for Tina, she falls asleep and hears something that wakes her up, so she heads outside to go check it out… while wearing just a shirt and panties. Eh, it's a dream. You're bound to do some stupid shit. That is until she comes across the man who's been stalking her in her dreams.

(Tina turns around and gasps as she sees the disfigured man hidden in the shadows)

Fred Krueger (Played by Robert Englund): Now… (Chuckles)

(Freddy's arms stretch out wide. He laughs as he approaches Tina while his razor-sharp claws scrape the metal wall)

"Suddenly, Freddy Kruger turned into a Stretch Armstrong doll." Sean said.

Tina Gray: Please, God…

Fred Krueger: This… is God.

(Tina starts running as Freddy chases her)

Sean: (Narrating) Ladies and gentlemen, this is the man that gave us nightmares when we were young. This is Freddy Krueger, played brilliantly by Robert Englund. This was at the time when we took Freddy Krueger seriously. When we saw his first appearance in the movie, he scared the everloving shit out of us. And when the sequels came out, we couldn't take him too serious because he became too silly, but Robert Englund played him perfectly and he was the perfect choice. I couldn't see anyone playing Freddy Kru… (A picture of Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Kruger in the 2010 remake is shown) GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!

(A clip from The Tonight Show with Joan Rivers is shown featuring Vincent Price laughing)

Sean: (Narrating) Freddy attacks Tina and wakes Rod up, causing him to witness her getting brutally slashed in the chest with some pretty neat gore effects and it turns into the brutal version of Lionel Ritchie's Dancing on the Ceiling.

(Tina falls to her death on the bed, completely bloody after being slashed to death by Kruger. Rod runs over to her corpse while Nancy knocks on the door)

Nancy Thompson: Tina! Tina!

Rod Lane: Who did this? I'll kill you! Who did this?!

Sean: (V/O as Rod) You hear me, you bastard?! I'll cut off your nutsack and nail it to my door!

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy and Glen find Tina as Rod flees out into the night, covered in her blood and wearing only his underwear. The cops aren't buying that story as Lt. Donald Thompson, played by John Saxon, is convinced that Rod murdered Tina. But that's not the only thing he's worried about.

Lt. Thompson (Played by John Saxon): What the hell was she doing there?

Sgt. Parker (Played by Joseph Whipp): She lived there.

(Lt. Thompson enters his office and sees Nancy and his ex-wife Marge)

Lt. Thompson: I don't mean her. (To Nancy) I mean you.

"Oh, yeah. Because he's Nancy's father and he's a cop. Which should mean that he's a little too involved in the case and shouldn't be investigating it, but to hell with police protocol." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) Lt. Thompson is relieved that his daughter is alright, but his ex-wife Marge, played by Ronee Blakely, isn't too enthusiastic to see him. So, he questions Nancy about why she was shacking up with three other teens and that Rod is a lunatic, but Nancy tells him that Rod's not a lunatic, but he's not buying it.

Lt. Thompson: You have a sane explanation for what he did?

Marge Thompson (Played by Ronee Blakely): Apparently, he was crazy jealous. Nancy said they'd had a fight.

Nancy Thompson: It wasn't that serious.

Marge Thompson: Maybe you don't think murder is serious.

Nancy Thompson: (Cries) How can you say I don't take her death seriously?

"Way to be sensitive to your daughter's feelings, mom. Also, what the hell did Rod and Tina fight about? We haven't even seen that fight that they had." Sean said.

Nancy Thompson: You know, Tina… she dreamed this was going to happen.

Lt. Thompson: What?

Nancy Thompson: She'd had a nightmare that someone was trying to kill her. That's why we were there, Mom. She just didn't want to sleep alone. (Sobbing)

(A clip from Bambi is shown, where we cut to a scene of bright colors, someone sings "Let's Sing a Gay Little Spring Song" in the background, birds chirping, etc.)

Reporter on TV: Police say the victim 15-year-old Christina Gray, had quarreled earlier with her boyfriend Rod Lane.

"15? Really? 15? Yeah, according to Amanda Wyss' IMDB page, she was born in 1960 and while they were filming the movie, she was 23-years-old at the time. I mean, if she can play a 15-year-old, then the cast of Stranger Things can play teenagers when they're in their 20s." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) Marge does a little morning drinking while Nancy notices the news report on TV, until her mother quickly turns it off after the mention of the word "razor". But don't worry, a dead friend and no sleep isn't going to keep Nancy away from school.

(Nancy is seen walking to school until she notices a man in a suit wearing sunglasses standing by a tree on the opposite side of the street. She keeps walking, then stops and looks back to see that the man in the suit is gone)

Sean: (V/O as Nancy, singing) I always feel like somebody's watching me.

(Rod appears and grabs Nancy, pulling her into the bushes)

Rod Lane: I'm not gonna hurt you! I'm not gonna hurt you!

"That's what every guy says when they're accused of murder." Sean said.

Nancy Thompson: Did you do it?

Rod Lane: I never touched her.

Nancy Thompson: You were screaming like crazy.

"Well, that's because him and Tina were having some hot, passionate sex last night… before she was killed. Yeah, they're pretty noisy in the bedroom." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) Rod tells Nancy that there was someone else in the room with them, until Lt. Thompson and the police show up to arrest him after he uses his daughter as bait.

Nancy Thompson: Daddy! You used me.

Lt. Thompson: What the hell were you doing going to school today for anyway?

(Nancy walks away)

Lt. Thompson: Nancy! Nancy! Nancy!

(A clip from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is shown)

Willy Wonka (Played by Gene Wilder): Stop, don't, come back.

Sean: (Narrating) We cut to a class being taught by Lin Shaye, who's brother is the movie's producer and founder of New Line Cinema Robert Shaye (A picture of Robert Shaye is shown), as Nancy falls asleep and sees…

Tina Gray: Nancy…

(Nancy looks up and sees Tina, who's wrapped in a body bag)

Tina Gray: Nancy…

Student: (Voices changes to a whisper) "Oh, God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, where it not that I have bad dreams."

(Nancy notices a pool of blood on the floor)

"Man, Fred the Janitor is going to have a hell of a time cleaning up this mess." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy walks out of class to follow the blood trail, leading her down to the boiler room, where she's about to become Freddy's next victim.

Nancy Thompson: Who are you?

(Freddy lifts his shirt up and slashes his chest open, worms and slime spurt ooze out of him. He pushes his shirt down and laughs before going after Nancy)

Sean: (V/O as Freddy) You're mine, bitch! I'm gonna kill you before you even return in Dream Warriors.

(Freddy corners Nancy at a dead end)

Fred Krueger: Gonna get you.

(Freddy gets ready to kill Nancy)

Nancy Thompson: It's only a dream!

Fred Krueger: Come to Freddy.

Nancy Thompson: God damn you!

(Freddy starts flicking his tongue at Nancy)

Sean chucked a bit from the scene.

"Again, trying to take Freddy seriously." Sean said, smiling at the camera.

(Nancy burns her arm on a pipe, which wakes her up. She starts screaming startling everyone in the classroom. The teacher runs over to Nancy to calm her down)

Teacher (Played by Lin Shaye): Ok! Ok! Thompson!

"Calm down. I didn't know that "Shakespeare" was your trigger word. Jesus." Sean said, imitating the teacher.

Sean: (Narrating) Anyway, burning her arm did the trick to wake her up, but it also manages to burn her arm in real life. Guess that's how dreams work. In the meantime, Nancy leaves school to talk to Rod in jail, who tells her that there was somebody in the room with them under the covers with Tina.

Nancy Thompson: How could somebody be under the covers with you guys without you knowing about it.

Rod Lane: How the fuck do I know?

"You can blame it on the Invisible Man." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) Rod tells Nancy that he saw the killer cut Tina and he mentions the four cuts on her chest reminding him of a bizarre dream that he had.

Rod Lane: There was this- - there was this guy. He had knives for fingers.

"Oh, my God. Be on the lookout for this guy!" Sean exclaimed as a picture of Edward Scissorhands is shown.

Sean: (Narrating) Later that night, Nancy takes herself a nice, relaxing bubble bath and ends up falling asleep, giving us an iconic, yet creepy shot.

(Freddy's glove slowly rises from out of the water in between Nancy's legs)

"This movie and Psycho make people afraid of taking baths and showers. And you have those two to thank." Sean said as a picture of Alfred Hitchcock and a picture of Wes Craven are shown.

(Marge knocks on the bathroom door)

Marge Thompson: Nancy?

Nancy Thompson: What, Mother?

Marge Thompson: Don't fall asleep in there. You could drown, you know.

Nancy Thompson: Oh, for Pete's sakes.

Marge Thompson: It happens all the time. I've heated up some warm milk for you, honey.

Nancy Thompson: Warm milk? Gross.

"Seriously, who drinks warm milk? Yuck." Sean said, making a disgusted look on his face.

Sean: (Narrating) Freddy nearly drowns Nancy after she falls asleep, making this scene even more creepy, until Nancy pulls herself out.

Nancy Thompson: I'm ok.

Marge Thompson: You're ok?

Nancy Thompson: I'm ok.

"Nancy, I told you not to fall asleep in the bathtub. Don't you know you're not supposed to do that?" Sean asked, imitating Marge.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy tries to keep herself awake with a healthy dose of caffeine and watching The Evil Dead, until Glen shows up to check on her since he lives right across the street from her.

Glen Lantz: So, I heard you freaked out in English class today.

Nancy Thompson: Yeah, I guess I did.

Glen Lantz: You haven't slept yet, have you?

Nancy Thompson: Not really.

Glen Lantz: (Notices her arm) What happened to your arm?

Nancy Thompson: I burned it in English class. (Looks at herself in the mirror) Oh, God. I look 20 years old.

"Heather, you were 20-years-old at the time when they filmed this movie." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy asks Glen if he's had any weird dreams lately and if he believes that people can dream about what's going to happen. And he says no.

Nancy Thompson: Do you believe in the Boogeyman?

Glen Lantz: No.

"Unless you're talking about "A" from Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin or Michael Myers from the Halloween movies. You can never kill the Boogeyman. Sons of bitches at Max cancelling Pretty Little Liars. That show deserves a third season!" Sean exclaimed.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy tells Glen that she's gonna do an experiment in her dreams while Glen keeps watch on her. While in the Dreamworld, Nancy heads to the police station to check up on Rod, until she sees Freddy about to make sure that the body count rises. Oh, yeah. Tina's back!

Tina Gray: Nancy. Nancy.

(Tina opens her mouth as a millipede crawls out of her mouth while she's standing in some mud filled with snakes)

(A clip from The Fly is shown)

Dr. Seth Brundle (Played by Jeff Goldblum): Ooh, that's disgusting.

Nancy Thompson: Glen! Wake up! Are you there?

Fred Krueger: I'm here.

(Freddy pops up from out of the bushes and scares Nancy. Nancy runs as Freddy chases her. Nancy knocks over a garbage can)

Sean: (V/O as Freddy) You bitch! You just knocked over my trash can! Oh, you are so dead, Marie Lubbock!

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy runs back to her house, only to find Glen asleep and Freddy tries to kill her, until her back-up alarm wakes her up.

Nancy Thompson: Glen, you bastard!

Glen Lantz: What did I do?

Nancy Thompson: I just asked you to do one thing, just stay awake and watch me, just wake me up if it looked like I was having a bad dream, and what did you do? You shit. You fell asleep.

"You had one job, Glen! ONE JOB!" Sean yelled out.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy and Glen rush to the police station to check on Rod, but then Freddy strikes and strangles Rod to death with his own bedsheets to make it look like a suicide.

Nancy Thompson: (Sees Rod) Rod!

(Rod dies from being strangled to death by Freddy as Lt. Thompson and Sgt. Garcia bring him down)

Lt. Thompson: Cut him down.

Sgt. Garcia (Played by Joe Unger): Grab his legs.

"And insert your "Epstein Didn't Kill Himself"-joke." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) And Rod is dead and we cut to his funeral and after the funeral, Nancy tells her parents that Tina and Rod were killed by a guy with a burned face, with a weird hat and a really dirty red and green sweater and he wears a glove with knives for fingers. This worries her parents after she described the guy to them. In other words, getting Nancy some help when Marge takes her to a sleep disorder clinic, where she is put to sleep by Dr. King, played by Charles Fleischer.

"Okay, I do not want to be put to sleep by Roger Rabbit of all people. I'm afraid he's gonna screw something up!" Sean exclaimed.

Sean: (V/O as Dr. King in is Roger Rabbit voice) Don't worry, Nancy! You can trust me, I'm a doctor!

Marge Thompson: What the hell are dreams anyway?

Dr. King (Played by Charles Fleischer): Mysteries. Incredible body hocus pocus. The truth is we still don't know what they are or where they come from.

"When I hear him talk, all I can hear is Roger Rabbit talking." Sean said.

Dr. King: (His dialogue is replaced by Roger Rabbit's lines) That's right! A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it's the only weapon we have.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy falls asleep and starts dreaming in record time, it goes way off the charts than any other dream that Dr. Roger Rabbit has ever seen and they quickly pull her out, only for her to have a streak of grey hair and a scratch on her arm. But, Nancy did manage to bring something out from her dream.

Nancy Thompson: (Holds Freddy's hat) I brought something out from my dream.

Marge Thompson: Where did you get that?

"Uhh… from the dream? Duh. What? Did you give birth to Nancy Copperfield?" Sean asked.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy tells her mother about the guy and that he's trying to kill her in her dreams after he killed Tina and Rod, but her mother won't believe the facts. Yeah, try explaining the hat that she brought with her. Explain that!

Marge Thompson: Give me that damn thing.

Nancy Thompson: It even has his name written in it. Fred Krueger, Mom. Fred Krueger. Do you know who that is, Mother? Because if you do, you better tell me, because he's after me now.

"Looks like Freddy loves to label his belongings. I bet his glove has his name written on it." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) Marge tells Nancy that Fred Krueger can't bother her anymore because he's dead. But Nancy is livid at the fact that her mother kept this from her. Later, Nancy has a short conversation with Glen and she learns the secret to defeat the dream monsters.

Glen Lantz: They got this whole system they call dream skills. So if you have a nightmare, for instance, like falling, right? Well, instead of screaming and getting all nuts, you say, "ok, I'm going to make up my mind that I fall into a magical world." Make it something special like a poem or a song. They get all their art and literature from dreams. Just wake up and write it down. Dream skills.

"That's good to know. I'm sure it'll be pretty handy for you when Freddy Krueger tries to kill you." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy returns home, only to find that her mother has barricaded the house with burglar bars, which is a tad much. And when Nancy confronts her mother about it, her mother tells her about Fred Krueger.

Marge Thompson: You want to know who Fred Krueger was? He was a filthy child murderer who killed at least 20 kids in the neighborhood. Kids we all knew.

Nancy Thompson: Oh, Mom.

Marge Thompson: It drove us crazy when we didn't know who it was, but it was worse after they caught him.

Nancy Thompson: Did they put him away?

Marge Thompson: The lawyers got fat and the judge got famous, but somebody forgot to sign the search warrant in the right place and Krueger was free just like that.

Nancy Thompson: What did you do, Mother?

Marge Thompson: A bunch of us parents tracked him down after they let him out. We found him in an old abandoned boiler room where he used to take his kids.

Nancy Thompson: Go on.

Marge Thompson: We took gasoline… we poured it all around the place and made a trail of it out the door, then lit the whole thing up and watched it burn.

(A clip from Return of the Jedi is shown)

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Played by Alec Guinness): So, what I told you was true from a certain point of view.

Marge Thompson: I even took his knives.

(Marge reveals Freddy's glove to Nancy)

"Everyone thought I was crazy keeping the weapons of a child murderer, but damn it this thing comes in handy when cut slices of prime rib for Christmas dinner." Sean said, imitating Marge.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy calls Glen to tell him about Freddy Krueger while she's being all cooped up in the house.

Nancy Thompson: And if he gets me, I'm pretty sure you're next.

Glen Lantz: Me? Why would anybody want to kill me?

"Does Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ring any bells?" Sean asked, glaring at the camera.

Nancy Thompson: Just give me some help nailing the guy when I bring him out.

Glen Lantz: Bring him out of what?

Nancy Thompson: My dream.

Glen Lantz: Heh. How do you plan to do that?

(A clip from Raiders of the Lost Ark is shown)

Indy (Played by Harrison Ford): I don't know, I'm making this up as I go.

Sean: (Narrating) Actually, Nancy's plan is to grab Freddy and bring him into the real world and she wants Glen to wake her up. Yeah, hopefully he doesn't fall asleep. While her mother is busy getting drunk, Nancy tries to call Glen, but he ends up falling asleep. She tries to sneak out, but her phone rings again and she gets a phone call from the man of her dreams.

Nancy Thompson: (Answers the phone) Hello?

Fred Krueger: (On the phone) I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy.

(Suddenly, Freddy's mouth is on the phone. His tongue is sticking out as Nancy sees this and freaks out)

"Boy, these Freddy Krueger 1-900 hotline ads are getting out of hand. Yes, they exist back in the 90s." Sean said as one of the Freddy Krueger hotline ads are shown.

Sean: (Narrating) Sensing that Glen is in danger, Nancy tries to leave the house, but her boozehound mother locked the door to keep her from leaving the house because she wants her to sleep. As for Glen…

(Freddy pulls Glen down into his bed and we see a fountain of blood gushing from the bed and onto the ceiling)

"The most fucked-up death ever! And it's also the best Freddy kill of the whole movie." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) In a deleted scene, Glen's body is lifted up into the air before being dropped down again. Wish they could've kept that in the movie. Anyway, Nancy's father arrives at the scene as Nancy calls him to tell him that she's going to get Freddy Krueger and she wants him to be there to arrest him.

Lt. Thompson: Just tell me who did it. I'll go get him, baby.

Nancy Thompson: Fred Krueger did it, Daddy, and only I can get him. It's my nightmare he comes to. Just come here and break the door down in exactly 20 minutes. Can you do that?

Lt. Thompson: Yeah, sure.

"Great, now my daughter is getting loony. I knew keeping her with her mother was a bad idea." Sean said, imitating Lt. Thompson.

Sean: (Narrating) But before she falls asleep to catch Freddy, Nancy prepares to make some Home Alone-style traps.

(We get a montage of Nancy setting some traps inside the house while the track "Setting the Trap" from Home Alone plays in the background, replacing Charles Bernstein's music score)

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy puts her mother to bed so she can sober up and after having a heart-to-heart chat with her and a quick prayer, she sets her timer on her watch and falls asleep, entering the Dreamworld to face off against the burned madman and when she heads to the basement, she sees that Freddy's glove is gone. There's also a door in the basement, which leads Nancy into Freddy's boiler room to lure him out.

Nancy Thompson: Krueger! I'm here!

(Nancy continues to venture deeper into the boiler room while searching for Freddy)

Nancy Thompson: Come out and show yourself, you bastard!

(Freddy appears and scares Nancy)

Sean: (V/O as Freddy) Surprise, you motherfucking bitch!

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy runs like hell and makes it outside her house, she grabs Freddy until her alarm rings to wake her up, but he's not in the bed with her.

Nancy Thompson: I'm crazy after all.

(Freddy appears in the real world and goes after Nancy)

Sean: (V/O as Freddy) This time I got you, you little…

(Nancy hits Freddy in the head with a coffee pot)

Sean: (V/O as Freddy) OW! You just hit me with a pot of Maxwell House coffee, you bitch!

(Nancy locks Freddy in her room and makes a run for it)

Nancy Thompson: It's on, Krueger! Take it down! Come and get me! (Runs to the window) Help! I've got him! Hey, Daddy! I've got him trapped! Help! Where are you?

Sgt. Parker: Everything's gonna be all right! Everything's under control!

Nancy Thompson: Get my dad, you asshole!

"Jeez, this guy's a fucking idiot!" Sean exclaimed.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy tries to get her dad's attention while Freddy acts like the Wet Bandits by getting injured by some of Nancy's traps. Again, we're supposed to be afraid of this guy.

Fred Krueger: I'm going to split you in two.

(As he gets ready to slash Nancy, Freddy steps over a tripwire, which sets off an explosion behind him, hurting him. We then see Freddy chasing Nancy down into the basement)

Fred Krueger: I'll kill you slow. (Looks for Nancy) Where the hell are you?

Nancy Thompson: Hey!

(Nancy throws a bottle of gasoline on Freddy and sets him on fire)

"Great, now he's burned. Again. Now you've made him more hideous." Sean said.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy manages to get her father's attention and when he arrives at the house, it's too late as Freddy leaves the basement and makes his way upstairs to Nancy's mother's bedroom and kills her.

(Nancy and Lt. Thompson sees Marge's charred body vanish into the bed)

"Uh, they're still in the real world, right? I've never seen some shit like this in my life." Sean said.

Nancy Thompson: Now do you believe me?

"Yeah, I believe you. I mean, this guy left the bed in perfect condition and I've seen this before in the Hellraiser movies." Sean said, imitating Lt. Thompson.

Sean: (Narrating) Nancy tells her father that she's okay and she'll be downstairs, leaving her alone with Freddy for the final showdown.

(Freddy rises from the bed behind Nancy)

Nancy Thompson: I know you're there, Freddy.

Fred Krueger: You think you was gonna get away from me?

Nancy Thompson: I know you too well now, Freddy.

Fred Kruger: Now you die.

Nancy Thompson: It's too late, Krueger. I know the secret now. This is just a dream. You're not alive. This whole thing is just a dream. I want my mother and my friends again.

Fred Kruger: You what?

Nancy Thompson: I take back every bit of energy I gave you. You're nothing. (Turns her back to Freddy) You're shit.

(Nancy walks over to the door as Freddy gets ready to kill her. Suddenly, Freddy evaporates)

Sean: (V/O as Freddy) I'll be back, bitch!

Sean: (Narrating) Krueger is defeated and everything is back to normal. Nancy's mother is alive as well as her friends. And they all live happily ever after.

"OR DO THEY?!" Sean exclaimed as we get a close-up on his face.

(The top to Glen's convertible suddenly comes down, it is colored in red and green stripes)

Nancy Thompson: (Laughs) What happened?

Rod Lane: What's going on?

(The car starts locking Nancy and her friends in)

Glen Lantz: Hey, hey, I'm not doing this.

Nancy Thompson: Glen! Let us out!

Glen Lantz: I'm not doing this.

Rod Lane: What's going on with the window?

(The windows are rolled up)

Nancy Thompson: No, Mother! Mother!

(Marge waves good-bye to Nancy and her friends)

Nancy Thompson: Mother! Mother!

Rod Lane: What's going on?

(The car speeds down the street and we see three girls in white dresses playing jump rope while chanting Krueger's nursery rhyme)

Children: One… two… Freddy's coming for you.

(Freddy grabs Marge through the front door window and we cut to the three little girls)

Children: Three… four… better lock your door. Five… six… grab your crucifix.

"And that was A Nightmare on Elm Street and this movie still holds up very well." Sean said.

(Clips from the movie are shown once more)

Sean: (Narrating) This was the movie that saved New Line Cinema and Wes Craven's career. You have some creative kills, some great effects and great acting. Robert Englund is still awesome and scary as Freddy. Aside from veteran actors like Englund and John Saxon, you have some aspiring young actors like Heather Langenkamp and Johnny Depp and they're pretty good in the film. The original is still a pretty good film with some great scares and of course some goofy moments. Just wait until I review the sequels they get pretty silly, with the exception of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, that one was pretty good. If you're in for a good scare, then this is the one to watch. A Nightmare on Elm Street comes in at 5 razor gloves out of 5.

"I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic and Halloween Havoc VII is just the beginning." Sean said.

Mayhem Critic Tagline- Warm milk? Gross.

And that's the review for the first movie for Halloween Havoc VII. So, what did you think of the review for A Nightmare on Elm Street? I hope you found it funny. Also, what did you think of A Nightmare on Elm Street when you saw it for the first time and what did you think of the sequels and which one of the movies in the Elm Street franchise is your favorite? Mine is the first film, the third film and Wes Craven's New Nightmare are my favorites. Next time on The Mayhem Critic, Halloween Havoc VII continues as Sean the Mayhem Critic reviews the 1991 Martin Scorsese thriller Cape Fear. Is it the best remake ever? After the review of Cape Fear, it's Fright Night, the 1985 version. Make sure you review this story, add it to your favorites and follow it for future updates. If you would like to do a co-review with me for the Cape Fear review or Fright Night, feel free to message me if you're interested. I'll see you guys next time. Till next time, my fellow readers.