You see the boogeyman, the monster, the evil, the one that puts the fear into you, it's always the same. It's always invincible, it's always above you, it's always there before you arrive. There are tons of horror movies with the boogeyman. And some of them are pretty awesome and even some are pure masterpieces. But there is something that makes Freddie Krueger and the first Nightmare to really distinguish from all the other examples that I am thinking of. And of course you ask, why? Why are that particular film and that particular villain so important? I'm not sure that I can answer that. There is something, some kind of secret karma that makes the first Nightmare quintessential experience. Maybe is because the people that Freddie attacks are all young people. Teenagers. Maybe that hits a secret spot somewhere. He is not a villain who simply kills like Jason Voorhies and Michael Myers. Freddie is so specific in his evil deeds. He wants the blood of young people. He wants the dreams of young people.
And you see that is an even more heinous act than that of the random killer. Freddie hates young people. He hates the people who carry hope inside of them. He hates the very foundation of society. And if you take it symbolically Freddie is the ultimate nightmare of the teenager. He is the thing that steals the sleep from him. I don't think that fear has ever been pictured in a most exquisite way. I don't think that exists another horror movie where you feel that all of your fears are manifested into the screen. For me Freddie is the number one nemesis, period. I have been frightened with many horror movies and many horror villains, but the profound fear that I felt and still feeling with the first Nightmare I haven't felt it ever again. Because it's a fear that goes for the prime instincts. The ones that you barely understand and can articulate, but you feel with a fucking capital F.
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