A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) | *FIRST TIME WATCHING* 

Let's just give props to that stuntman at the end. The guy was burning, fell down the stairs, got back up, and kept on going. The dude was a tough S.O.B

Johnny Depp was so young it's crazy lol. One of the best horror movies ever in history

Fun Fact: The joke behind 15 year old Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) looking in the mirror and saying, "God, I look like I'm 20" is because she actually was when she made this movie. Another Fun Fact: This is Johnny Depp's first movie. Also, Fred "Freddy" Krueger (Robert Englund) performance was so popular, as the series progressed he was allowed to add his own flavor to it and he intentionally added a strange humor to the character, giving him some pretty memorable one-liners. It became something that viewers looked forward to. So, actually there was some intentional humor and that helped make the series popular.

Might wanna change that thumbnail, ppl are gonna think this the remake

That bed scene has to be one of the best deaths in horror.

30:10 Nancy almost had Freddy checked mate 😂 but thanks to her mom drinking alcohol and fallen drunk asleep then Freddy could escape back to the Dream World. Also notice how Nancy's mom started all this by keeping Freddy's gauntlet as a souvenir.

Fun fact: There is a scene which was cut from this movie where it's explained to Nancy when her mother came clean about knowing who Freddy was, that their parents had other children who he killed. Nancy, Glen, Tina, and Rod weren't only children. The parents got revenge on Freddy for killing THEIR kids and being set free.

I didn't like this as a kid, but it did inspire me to work on fighting back at night terrors and understanding dreams. As an adult, the style is brilliant. The bathtub scene blurred the line between waking and dreaming without special effects.

Johnny Depp's first movie. He looked all baby faced LOL

Johnny Depp has come a long way since this movie lol

There are sequels and they are good but get campier and gorgeous with time. Freddy, Jason, and Michael Myers were the iconic horror monsters of my childhood. Wes Craven also created, wrote, and directed Scream. The first one is definitely worth a watch if you haven't already.

Freddy Kruger was such an effective horror antagonist. Shit scared the shi outta me as a kid in the 80s and 90s. So many of the films you've been watching I was lucky to see in the theater. Not this one though. Absolutely love watching ALL these classics with you man!

I watched this all the time as a kid lol. Still one of my favorite horror movies and villains ever. ❤💚

My all time favorite horror film. Its done so well, the terror of knowing you can be killed in your sleep and not going to sleep will eventually kill you anyway. Whats real and what's a dream because you're o exhausted is also brilliant. The score is one of the most terrifying to me, so nostalgic

I have nightmare disorder, which means I have bad dreams pretty much every night. So I can definitely relate to Nancy's fear of falling asleep. My record is six and a half days without sleep. Thankfully these days with my medication I can finally sleep at least five to eight hours a night. Provided I only wake up once.

I love how he was laughing when Freddy was messing with Tina but as soon as she got dragged up the wall then straight face immediately.

Hell, yeah. Can’t wait to see your reaction and to see a young Johnny Depp.

The A Nightmare on Elm Street set up for so many sequels. Some good some bad and definitely changed the game with horror movies. The creators wanted a villian that attacked people in a way that they had not normally done and this was the results and it has been movie gold since. I hope he gets a chance to watch all the rest.

Just to help with the scene where she rips the phone out and it still rings, everything going on where she's awake but still getting Freddy somehow is due to microsleep. Being awake for such long periods leads to a sudden temporary episode of sleep or drowsiness that lasts for less than 30 seconds. It occurs when an individual loses and regains consciousness after a brief lapse in consciousness, often without warning, or when there are sudden shifts between states of wakefulness and sleep. I'd recommend finishing the whole series through New Nightmare. I normally tell people to skip the second film since I think it's the weakest, but if you are going to finish the series regardless you should watch it just to get a better appreciation and understanding of the films following it. If you're not doing the whole line up i'd say skip to "Dream Warriors", then "Freddy's Dead" (it's more funny than scary but it gives a good Freddy backstory), and then "New Nightmare" to complete it.

Oh sweet young Jonny💚 As always thanks Leo for the fun reaction.

I saw the thumbnail and was like "Nooooo... stay away from the remake!". Then I see the beginning clip and was like... "Ok... whew, it's the original. Carry on." :D lol Such a classic and all the movies are just great horror movies. Grew up with Freddy when I was little little. :)

Young Johnny!! Saw this back in the 80s, it has held up!!

Thank goodness I actually clicked the video. I saw the thumbnail had the poster for the remake and was like "Oh nah". 😭😭

Ah New Line cinema that house that Freddy built lol. Freddy is awesome. This one and 3 are my favs

This was Johnny Depp's first acting role. Watched it this first time when I was 10.

I use to ride my bicycle to town as a kid during summer breaks and go to the movie store. I would rent the Nightmare on Elm Street movies and stop by the snow cone stand on my ride back. I miss the 90’s

“Somebody gonna pay for that!” Cracked me up more than it should have. Bravo

Loved your "money-dreams"!! This is a true horror classic! I am actually not a big fan of horror, but these movies are so special. If you choose to check out the rest of the series, get ready for a wild ride!!!

Johnny Depp, as Glenn, was such a baby in this film 🖤🌹🖤🧛

Johnny Depp was soooo young in this movie!!!! Hereditary is a MUST watch for Halloween month!!!!!!

Nonchalantly: "Oh no. The stairs turned into marshmallows." lol

A classic!! Would love you to check out "Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon". Robert Englund does an amazing imitation of Dr. Loomis from the original Halloween, and it is a love letter of a horror comedy that pokes holes in the horror tropes. Love your reactions!!

This movie never gets old. The go to movie when we can’t decide what to watch. Great reaction to a great movie.👍

Freddy is my all-time fav horror movie villain! & IMO Nancy was the original Sydney Prescott....they don't take no ish. Great reaction! Side note: The Dr at the dream clinic is the guy who voiced Roger Rabbit. (Another one of childhood favs that you've covered.)

Johnny Depp’s movie debut! Director Wes Craven would later ask some of the original actors to return for his 1994 movie Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. Johnny Depp was not asked to return. But later on, Wes Craven admitted that he was simply intimidated and didn’t think Depp would do it. He was already a huge star by then. Johnny Depp later commented that he would’ve been glad to appear if Wes Craven had simply asked. Depp did make a cameo in Nightmare on Elmstreet 6 under a different director.

Love that you call Nancy a warrior! The 3rd film in the franchise is called A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

My mom took me to see this in theaters...in 1984! She was a warrior!

19 years latter he fought Jason Voorhees. 10:11 18:51 I tried that once with a brick of gold. It's doesn't work. 13:10 People do die from slipping in the tub, I don't know about sleeping in the tub. (if yes alcohol is probably involved) 25:00 His parents were some of the parents that burned him to death. I actually met Robert Englund in real life, he's a good listener, friendly, respectful, very polite, a really cool guy, he signed my A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) DVD and I would actually trust him with my nieces. He's nothing at all like Freddy.

I love the reaction as he slowly realizes.

This is a prime example on how to do amazing practical effects and how an incredible film comes out as a result. I wish they did practical more often these days instead of relying on CGI. The wall panel being spandex when Freddy's face comes through over Nancy. The rotating room for Tina's death they used for Glenn's room when the bed shoots out blood but really it's the bed on the ceiling and the blood is pouring out. A tank being underneath the tub and the prop designer Jim Doyle who built the glove was the one who had his hand come out from a hole. And when they yank Nancy down it's actually at a pool with a tarp over it so you feel like it's a dark abyss in the water. Jim's then gf played Nancy in that shit and they had a scuba team with them to make sure it was safe.

I always love how Nancy gets her father to agree to bust inside the house to arrest Freddy, then proceeds to boobytrap the entire house, so if the father was to actually follow her request, he would have died in her traps

Nancy Thompson is one of the greatest final girls of all time! RIP Wes Craven. Can’t wait to see you watch the rest of the Elm Street films. Dream Warriors, the third film, is my personal favorite.

4:36 "He look like Michael Jackson" You know, I'm so glad I'm not the ONLY one who thought that! Thank you!!

"Close your legs, Nancy!" Tina's the one who should have took that advice! 😂

Must admit I nearly avoided this one because of the thumbnail...so glad I didn't...its my all time fav film..Nice job mate

I love this movie. I was one years old

23:06 🤣🤣 You say the funniest 💩!! You keep me laughing, thank you for that. I love your reactions and I love you! 💜💜

"Freddy is a perv." Well..., yeah. He was a child murderer before he died. They never explicitly say he was also a child rapist, but I think it is implied at times. In the reboot, it is explicitly stated he is a child rapist and murderer.

Nancy's boyfriend Glen was a very young Johnny Depp. I think his first movie.

I love our Mr. Movie! Has been killing it lately with the classic movies!

I love how “modern” society always tries to make it out like we didn’t have strong female leads before- they just weren’t watching the right kind of movies. They are many in horror movies and even some action ones while I was growing up. Nancy is badass in all the Freddie movies. Kirstie in the hellraiser movies is just another one.

“You gotta get some better coffee…Folgers or sumn” 😅😂 your commentary is too funny!

Ive seen all these since 12 years old, back then Lol. You can do the math.❤ I've watched you from you started, and enjoy your reaction videos. Good people here.

We third shift people (or night owls in general) would be perfect for keeping guard. It's always ticked me off when in TV shows/movies a character says they'll stay up but end up conking out in no time, putting everyone at risk of danger. The trope is _rarely_ ever played for laughs like when Clark falls asleep behind the wheel in _Vacation_ and only wakes up (screaming) when Ellen tells him to "turn off the TV and come to bed". Other than that, I'd have no reservation on punching someone in the mouth for failing that ONE job to stay awake.

We need classic horror all this month

"oh no. The stairs turned into marshmallows." - a quote by someone tripping on LSD or someone watching nightmare on elm Street

Back in the day the stay awake pills were called no doze and we would buy them at a gas station or grocery store. My friends and I used them when we’d have sleepovers at my house and we’d sneak out and run around the neighborhood

Two words: Event Horizon You need to react to that movie. Its one of the few that actually scare me. Definitely a good one, and well worth a watch. Sam Niel (Jurassic Park) Lawrence Fishburne (John Wick and more)

You go first Little Johnny lol. Love this

Johnny looks like a baby in this. Hi Leo btw! Love youuuuuu 💜

Nancy is one of my favorite female characters. Remember when Jennifer Lawrence said she was the first female action star? I thought of Nancy right away.

Johnny Depp so YOUNG in this 😅😂❤

I can tell you that a major part of the ending of the film was changed from the original ending by producer Bob Shaye. He and Wes Craven butted heads behind the scenes. He wanted the ending to have more of a twist ending. The original ending was that it was going to end happy, the only remnant of Freddy Krueger was the kids singing the jump rope song. Freddy possessing the car, the mom getting pulled through a window was due to a compromise the two made on the ending.

Leo watching them classic hitters 💪 More horrors for October please!

I couldn't stop having nightmares after I got back from Iraq, so I had my own Elm St moment where I tried to stay awake. Luckily they make pills that keep you from dreaming. Though that was a weird experience. Having dreams makes you feel like you slept, because there's a passage of time. Do you know how weird it is to close your eyes and then open your eyes and 8 hours has gone by?

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Johnny depps first movie and has one of the best death scenes ever

Leo your reaction to this was priceless!! Love it, keep ‘em coming!! ❤

One of the cops also stared with Bruce Lee in the movie i think it was called Enter The Dragon

"he's at pearl harbor now" had me lmao

I'm literally in the process of rewatching these for the umpteenth time. I'm on Nightmare on Elm Street 4 Dream Master

Waking up with something out of a dream sounds kinda dangerous! I would wake up with an alien, a skillet, or a 40lb. flathead catfish😎

I remember being a little girl with my sister telling me that a blue door meant she was still dreaming in a red door met. She was still awake. However, when she’s going through that whole fight scene at the end with Freddy, the door is blue.😮

Glad this is the OG Nightmare on Elm Street. Wasn’t sure from the thumbnail. Time for Halloween season 👍

The first time I saw this movie years ago it scared the crap out of me because I never knew when they were actually awake or dreaming.

"Oh no, the stairs turned into marshmallows" is something I would say if I were on shrooms.

I watched this at my slumber party when I was 8 in 1986 (thanks Mom) and it scared the shit out of me for years. lol

It was nice of nancys dad to let rod keep his close and not a jump suit i aint ever had that treatment

Freddy likes to party. Some of the most creative deaths are from him. My favorite is part 3. Dream Warriors.

This was the first horror movie I ever watched as a kid and I was hooked ever since

This was one of the first movies I remember watching on the vcr

4 minutes in and I know I am going to enjoy this reaction way more than I should 😂

This movie was Johnny Depps first movie!! The movie was a struggle to make because of lack of money. Closer to finishing the movie, the actors had agreed to not get paid until it was released and hoped it would be a success. Of course it was a HUGE success!!!

Fun fact. This movie is the first that Johnny Depp played in, one of my favorite actors. Plus Freddy Krueger is just a magnificent villain. How freakin cool is that he haunts you in your dreams? Still gives me chills.

weird fact: This *almost* became a Disney film! Seriously... Before going to New line Cinema, Wes Craven shopped it around to a bunch of studios and the one that was willing to produce it was *Disney.* However, they wanted the gore cut down and all the sex and swearing to be removed. After saying no, Wes tried out New line (which was a fairly new studio at the time) and the rest was history!

I loved this movie as a kid. I even dressed as Freddy Kruger for Halloween one year.

When you daughter describes a man BEFORE you told her about him... GOTTA realize her story is TRUE.

I grew up on this film series, and it's still my favorite 35 years later

Guess I haven’t paid attention because I was shocked to see you have 183k subscribers 😮!! Wow!! That’s great!

Great reaction! 😊 This is one of my all-time favorite horror classic horror movies. Fun Fact # 1: This was Johnny Depp's very first movie. Fun Fact #2: 21:04 - 21:57 There's an extended scene of this scene that reveals that Nancy, Glenn, Tina, and Rod all had a sibling that Freddy had killed. That was more motivation for the parents to go after him. The scene can be found here on RU-vid. I very highly recommend "Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" and "Wes Craven's A New Nightmare". Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊

When you said “Freddy freaky” I couldn’t stop laughing, that is one of the funniest things I have ever heard

I’m so glad you are watching the original…. Thought it was the remake……. This one is better … 😊 … we had awesome movies back in the day …. I was 10 when I first seen this movie in 1985 … loved it then … still love it today

One of my favorite franchises without counting the remake 😂🤦🏾‍♀️ I hope you continue during spooky season 🧟‍♀️🧛🏽

John Carpenters movies from the 80s were really on a different level. You should go through his greatest hits on here.

I grew up watching horror movies. This is one of the few that actually scared me. The other is the first Saw, Spoilers (Saw) when buddy bursts out the closet both in the lil girls room and when they get Adam.

The HEAT has Arrived!!! Let’s go !!!!!!

They'll never catch me, Mr. Video! 😂

If it weren't for the fact that I know you can't stay sane without dreaming, I would think I never do. I haven't remembered a dream in at least ten years. Everyone talks about their dreams and I literally have nothing. I used to get nightmares, but not even that anymore.

I don't know if the campiness was intentional or not to give an "off", unsettling vibe, but it's great. Totally makes it scarier like you're in a dream where anything could happen.

I love how when she got the hat your reaction was that if she can do it then so can you lmao