A Nightmare on Elm Street
Mark Kermode on film
Mark Kermode on… director Wes Craven, who made horror ‘a positive force in a world filled with fear’As A Nightmare on Elm Street turns 40, here’s to the softly spoken American creator of some of cinema’s most memorable scares, from razor-clawed serial killer Freddy Krueger to the sequel-spawning Scream
Nightmare on UK’s Elm Streets as homes sell for 42% less due to ‘superstition’
Fear of Freddy Krueger spooks many buyers, say experts – but most Britons would buy ‘haunted’ house if cheaper
Ranked
Scariest ghosts in cinema – ranked!From unexplained bumps and noises in the night to creepy children and things without faces, here are some of film’s most terrifying spectres
How we made
How we made A Nightmare on Elm Street‘The character has never left me. If I’m stuck in traffic in LA, I’ll do the Freddy voice and shout: “Get out of my way!”’
Skin suits and black magic: Suspiria and the true stories behind classic horrors
The Suspiria remake has arrived, but what inspired the original? From Psycho to A Nightmare of Elm Street, explore the real horrors that influenced cinema
Steve Rose on film
Halloween’s Laurie Strode: why there’s no happy ending for horror’s ‘final girls’Jamie Lee Curtis’s character is still being hunted by Michael Myers, 40 years later. She may have survived the slasher, but isn’t her life still torture?
The film quiz
Quiz: 30 years of Nightmare on Elm Street – how well do you know it?How well do you know Wes Craven's 1984 slasher film?
'Here's Johnny!': The Shining scene is scariest in movie history, claims study
Seminal Jack Nicholson scene voted most frightening, but The Exorcist and A Nightmare on Elm Street have the edge overall
Film blog
Film quiz: A Nightmare on Elm StreetThe original Nightmare on Elm Street gets a special Halloween rerelease this week. How well do you know the film and its many sequels? Test your knowledge in our quiz
Infomania
Wes Craven, everything you need to know - infographicWesley Earl Craven is an American horror film director most famous for his creation Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare On Elm Street
Mark Kermode on filmMark Kermode on… director Wes Craven, who made horror ‘a positive force in a world filled with fear’As A Nightmare on Elm Street turns 40, here’s to the softly spoken American creator of some of cinema’s most memorable scares, from razor-clawed serial killer Freddy Krueger to the sequel-spawning Scream
