A Nightmare on Elm Street's classic status is well-deserved. Despite a few huge logical missteps, it remains disturbing and original to this day.

I really wish Freddy hadn't become a wise-cracking jokester, with kills aimed more at drawing laughs from the audience than scaring them. I love Dream Warriors as much as the next guy, but I wish that had been a novelty rather than a near-permanent direction for the series.

Maybe this is why New Nightmare is so freaking great. It makes Freddy scary again.