In the dreams of his victims, a spectral child murderer stalks the children of the members of the lynch mob that killed him. Packed with genuine scares, Wes Craven’s definitive slasher is also streaked with darkly surreal wit. Robert Englund as the horrifically disfigured, gleeful Freddy Krueger became a quipping, laconic antihero in the numerous sequels, but here he drips with unforgettable menace. One, two, and he’s coming for you…