In what ways do I love A Nightmare On Elm Street? In no order whatsoever....

1. For the opening "Making Of The Glove" sequence.

2.For that lamb/sheep that just happens to be "there" with Tina during the opening credits amidst those swirling leaves...

3.The way Freddy's arms stretch out in the alley sequence...creepy.

4. For the way Freddy runs after Tina in the alley, arms outstretched while cackling and hooting like a fucking loon.

5. For Wes Craven

6. For Heather Langenkamp...CUTE

7. For John Saxon

8. For Robert Englund/Freddy

9. For that skeleton that floats into the bed at the end.

10. For Tina's death sequence...bloody and rough...

11. For a now dead Tina showing up in Nancy's dream during school hours in a body bag while losing her innards and whispering oh so subtly, "Naaaancy?"

12. For the Freddy Hall Monitor and the "where's your pass?"

13. For the "Freddy Rhyme", you know, "1-2 Freddy's Coming For You..."

14. For the way Freddy lunges out of the wall above Nancy who's laying in bed.

15. For the crucifix that falls off the wall...

16. For the "boiler room" in all it's creepy ass glory...

17. For Freddy's glove "popping up" between Nancy's thighs in the bathtub...

18. For Freddy's blades on metal....skreeeeeeeee!

19. For Nancy's drunk ass mom...what a weird broad.

20. For the wire that sticks out of the sheet in Rod's death scene...whoops!

21. The soundtrack...fucking moody and creepy...

22. For Johnny Depp's death sequence....the blood it pours...

23. For the way I thought Johnny Depp was saying "Thelma, Thelma" when he was saying "momma, momma" in his death sequence. Duh.

24. For Freddy pulling Nancy's mom through that little window in the front door....ouch.

25. For the way Nancy rigs a million booby traps in about 5 minutes...yeah I know, it's a dream movie and all but....

26. For the "Freddy Phone" and "I'm your boyfriend now Nancy..."

27. For the way Craven's camera focuses in on Freddy's glove, as if it is an alive thing unto itself, as he corners Nancy in the boiler room...

28. "Whatever you do don't fall asleep..."

Of course, I could go on and on. Craven's seminal 1984 offering will go down in the top ten classics of modern horror films, if not of all time. A truly original and scary film, the tone of this baby has nothing to do with the watered down sequels that will follow. True, Freddy became a fairly cool pop culture/anti-hero later on, but before the board games and raps with the Fat Boy's, he was a filthy, sick, child murdering son of a bitch. This original offering still has the capacity to shock and scare some 25 (!) years later and is best viewed with the lights down and sound turned up. CLASSIC.