My wife watches A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) for the FIRST time 

A little fun fact: A Nightmare On Elm Street is based on a true story that happened. Basically in the 1970s, Hmong refugees that were fleeing to the US because of war and genocide suffered nightmares and sleep paralysis. So they either couldn't or refused to go to sleep. Some people died in their sleep. In one story, a son from one of the families said that he was having very disturbing nightmares. He told his parents he was afraid that if he slept, the thing chasing him would get him so he tried to stay awake for days. When he finally fell asleep, his parents thought this crisis was over. Then they heard screams in the middle of the night and by the time they got to him, he was dead. Their are a few documentaries on it you can watch on RU-vid. As I am a Hmong American, in our culture when you have sleep paralysis, it is believed that there is an evil being (Ghost, Demon, Etc.) out to get you.

I used to work for Heather Langenkamp (Nancy) and her husband. Absolutely lovely people. Heather was always bringing snacks to work and making sure everyone had breakfast.

Either this film holds up REALLY well or Jen is more of a scaredy cat than she likes to admit ;) - Great reaction guys!!

The bedroom scene where it looks like Freddy is pushing through the wall was a practical effect. Jim Doyle was the special effects designer. He came up with the idea of creating a wall with a hole and putting spandex over it, so that when Freddy pressed against the spandex it gave the illusion that he was trying to reach Nancy through the wall. Another fun fact is it wasn't Robert Englund (Freddy) who pressed against it in the scene, but Doyle himself :)

"A Nightmare on Elm Street" is the pinnacle of slasher films that Wes Craven made before he made the "Scream" franchise over a decade later. Thanks for the reaction, guys!💯

Just when I think Jen can’t surprise me any more with the movies she hasn’t seen you bring out another classic. This is one of my favorite not just horror wise but overall

I love Holden’s supernatural reference. 😂 Never knew y’all were supernatural fans.

Freddy VS Jason is exactly what it needed to be.. the horror equivalent of a WWE match. If you only ever saw it on TV, you really do not "get" what the experience was like in the theater... it was the closest I've been to Muhammed Ali VS Joe Frasier levels of audience excitement. It was rowdy, there was audience participation, it was maybe the best movie going experience of my life.

Wes Craven actually hates the ending but the studio made him add it to leave room for a sequel, which he didn't return for but did come back for part 3 and part 7: Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Holden, your wife's jump scares 😱 makes this reaction that more awesome 👌. You definitely gotta do parts 3 and 4.

You gotta do parts 3 and 4. The best two in the series. Definitely appreciate y'all for this reaction.

Out of all the popular horror icons of the 80s, Freddy has the most personality and is the most recognisable (aside from Pinhead). Unlike Michael and Jason, he talks and at the same time is the most creative with his kills. He has enough "dark" humor to him, but not too much to not be taken seriously. He's a genuine threat. Especially cos you can see he does sadistically enjoy tormenting his victims.

Freddy has got to be my favorite horror icon hands down. Would love to see you guys go through the rest of that franchise to compare how they may have gotten either scarier or more campy, better or worse writing etc. Especially since the first one was done on such a low budget.

Out of all the 80s horror flicks, this one scared me the worst as a kid. For almost my entire childhood, I was terrified of Robert Englund. Freddy really traumatized me lol.

Glenn’s and Tina’s deaths were made using a rotating room. For Glenn’s death there was so much blood that it all moved to one side and the blood also broke the light fixture causing the blood to become electrified. One of the guys who was working on set activity got electrocuted by the blood.

You should watch “Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy”. It’s a four hour documentary about the movies and how they did them. It’s pretty cool how they did stuff like the bedroom scene where she’s all over the walls they made a room that spins around.

If Jen hasn't seen The Thing(1982) and Friday the 13th(1980), it would be fun to see her reactions.

The explanation about cordless phones ringing was gold 😂

I love the reaction. I would like you guys to react all the series, but if you have to choose only one sequence, I'd suggest you to watch Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors. It's considered the best sequel among fans and it's a direct sequel to the first one (the second one is ignored along the series, they changed the rules of the first and Freddy possesses the protagonist body to murder in the real world). Nancy is back on three, Patricia Arquette and Laurence Fishbourne are on it too. In terms of creativity of the kills, this movie is a step above. It's a very fun ride. There is also New Nightmare, the comeback of Wes Craven to the franchise with his meta aproach before scream. So, 1-3-7 is a great trilogy within the franchise.

As someone who lost a parent young, the visual of the mother descending into the bed, then being dangled, smiling and happy, then being viciously snatched away, really freaked me out.

in a deleted scene, (that in my opinion, should NOT have been deleted) it was revealed that Nancy's sister was one of Freddie's victims, which helps to explain why Nancy's parents participated in tracking Freddy down and also explains why Nancy's mom had a serious drinking problem.

Fun fact Robert England was roommates with a young upcoming star that he informed about a casting call for a small indy film syfy And talked him in to going and trying out for the roll of one of the lead rolls. The movie was Star Wars and the roommate was Mark Hamil.

I actually think Freddy vs Jason is kind of fun for what it is

The scene you were questioning with the wall moving was actually practical, they made a fake wall with some sort of plastic while freddy pushed into it :)

Fun fact:Heather Langenkamp stars as Dr Stanton on Netflix’ series by modern horror auteur Mike Flanagan in The Midnight Club!

Props on the speed racer t shirt Holden! As a fellow speed racer fan myself its nice to see my boy get some recognition on social platforms, especially much more in recent years.

The female school teacher you mentioned being in the movie Insideious is actually the sister of Bob Shay (producer of the film and one of the top guys at New Line Cinema).

Easily a Top 5 Horror Film for me. Robert Englund is always so captivating and seeing him in Stranger Things S4 was an awesome cameo.

Fun fact, my eighth-grade science teacher was the Little girl jump roping 4:34

When I was a kid, I was right in the movie and with every "boo" moment until Freddy yelled in pain as the light bulb blows up next thim because that's a yell you'd hear in a episode of "SCOOBY WHERE ARE YOU? then I'd be happily laughing.

I always thought that Nancy realizes at the very end of the movie that it is her mother's dream that she is in, not hers. Nancy has defeated Freddy at this point, so he can't come after her in Nancy's, or her friend's dreams. The sequence with the car is Freddy simply moving Nancy and her friends out of the picture, so he can then proceed to attack one of the people he really hates, Nancy's mom. Nancy's shouts of "Mother!" is our heroine desperately trying to get her mom to wake up from the dream before Freddy gets her. Part 2 of the franchise does give the audience one, brief line of dialogue about the final date of Nancy's mom.

I would advise you guys to jump straight to NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3. I think both of you will appreciate that it's set primarily in a hospital, and Jen will appreciate getting more backstory on Freddy.

Fun fact Heather Langenkamp (Nancy) now does special effect makeup and runs a special effects company with her husband they have done the special effect makeup for films like dawn of the dead, cabin in the woods and tons more

The scene with Tina climbing the walls and being on the ceiling was a rotating room and the actor that played Rod was in a cage that was hanging just off the set so it looked like he was still in the corner of the room. She just kept crawling while the room rotated.

One of my favorite documentaries is "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy". It covers all of the films, including "Freddy vs Jason", along with the TV series. It expanded how simple, yet affective, some of the effects are. Tina's death was done using a room that was built and could be spun around. Freddy coming out of the wall in the dark was just spandex and good lighting. When Rod's actor was in jail crying, it was real because the actor was going through a lot at the time, and realized that could be where he'd be if he didn't fix himself.

I'd love to see you guys do some of the sequels. Part 3 is a must watch.

I would love for you guys to do all of them. Most reaction channels just do the first one - and thus miss out on some of the most iconic kills and lines in the series.

Nice fact for you guys, the scene in which you see Nancy sleeping with Freddy's face and arms coming through the wall was achieved by them putting some latex over a hole and pushing into it, very simple but clever!

Fun Fact, the Desk SGT. at the police station also played the Sheriff in SCREAM.

Fun fact: the scene of Glenn's (Johnny Depp's character) bloodshower was done by building a set with everything nailed down, rotating the room basically being upside down, taking a lot of crew members to make it happen. Then they just poured the blood colored water from the hole in the bed and filmed the outcome. It actually caused a "not so small" incident when the water fried the electrical items and other things going wrong. With what happened in entirety, it was a miracle no one got seriously hurt. But they got the shot in one and it looks great The damn creativity and risks with old movies to cut costs and make great effects both horrifies and amazes people.

Honestly it’s so funny seeing Jenn freak out with horror stuff… can’t wait to see more of it!!

The scene with Tina on the ceiling was in fact done on a rotating bedroom set. Jsu Garcia (Rod) was strapped into a seat in the corner and as the room spun Amanda Weiss (Tina) crawled across the walls and ceiling. Also Lin Shaye, the lady from Insidious, is the sister of producer Robert Shaye. Robert Shaye started New Line Cinema by renting out old movies he bought the rights for to colleges for special screenings and then eventually rereleasing old movies like Reefer Madness and the OG Texas Chainsaw in theaters. This all lead to him funding A Nightmare on Elm Street. Originally it opened the same night as Silent Night Deadly Night, with Silent Night actually making more money opening weekend. But they were running trailers for Silent Night during prime time tv in the evenings. Leading to little kids being scared of Santa Clause (both of these movies released in November btw), which itself lead to a bunch of angry moms getting Silent Night pulled from theaters, later gaining it a cult following on VHS. But that combined with word of mouth lead to Elm Street going on to become the success that lead to the rest of the franchise. This franchise is very much the reason New Line became what it became and lead to other franchises like TMNT, The Mask, Dumb & Dumber and even New Line buying Friday the 13th from Paramount (which is of course how Freddy vs Jason eventually happened). In 1994 Robert Shaye sold New Line to TBS for half a billion dollars, which lead to franchises like Mortal Kombat and Friday. And 2yrs after that TBS was acquired by WB which lead to (obviously) several other franchises like Austin Powers, Spawn, Blade, Rush Hour and even American History X. All of this culminated in New Line being able to buy the rights to Lord of the Rings in the late 90's. So without Freddy we don't get all of those other franchises, at least not in the same way. The Movies That Made Us on Netflix has an episode on A Nightmare on Elm Street that I'd highly recommend! Hope to see a lot more of the horror content from you guys! Marvel's Werewolf By Night is definitely very fitting for October

the bedroom scene, where she's rolling around on the ceiling, was acheived by building an upside down set and filming it upside down. the same idea was used for fred astaire in 1951's "royal wedding" where he dances on the ceiling. the kid in the corner watching her on the ceiling is a "back-projection" of the ceiling footage was filmed with him in front of it. he was basically filmed watching a film of her on the ceiling that was shot at an earlier date. its not likely they used a "green screen" because that technology wasn't perfected yet in 1984.

Tina's death with her being dragged to the ceiling was done with a rotating room. Rod and everything in the room was strapped down and the light coming in from the window was also spinning with the room so the shadows didn't move.

This is my fav movie and series! There was a time when I was obsessed with this nightmare on elm Street movies..brings back so many memories it's like a nostalgic roller-coaster

The bedroom scenes were done by building a set on a giant wheel. So everything was starched and as she started going up the wall and onto the ceiling the set was rotated until the ceiling was on the ground. There was a camera attached to the set that turned upside down with the set. Rod was strapped into a chair to also rotate with the camera behind him. The same was was redecorated and used in Glenn's death the same thing was done turned it upside down and and sprayed a gallons of cow blood with fake blood into the room. Final fact is those scenes and that set were build on the same studio where I Love Lucy was filmed.

How is this possible to have never seen this movie before. Very difficult to hear someone say they are a horror fan but mix up the guy with the meorrw and the hockey mask.. oh boy lol

The doctor is played by Charles Fleischer aka the voice of Roger Rabbit. The English teacher was also Magda in There's Something About Mary. I love these old school cameos. Also, I suggest you two check out Freddy's Nightmares on Tubi. It was a Twilight Zone/Outer Limits-style TV show that aired back in the late '80s. Freddy became so popular that they gave him his own TV show. Very campy, very late '80s but worth a watch (it wasn't a long series, I think it was on for 1 season).

You have no idea how happy this makes me!

Still a great classic to this day. The fact that someone can haunt you in your dreams is terrifying. Great reaction all around Mr. and Mrs. Hardman.

Such a great franchise, I’d love to see you guys react to more of these

Something neat about Robert Englund is that in 1977 he was friends with Mark Hamill, I think roommates as well, and he's actually the one who convinced Mark to go and audition for some sci-fi picture called Star Wars

Can't wait to see you guys react to more of these

I saw this when I was 17 year old (1984) and I could not sleep for a few weeks. Freddie was and is a most terrifying character.

A extra nice aspect of Robert Englund's role in Stranger Things was that he was explaining the murdering trance-monster to a girl called Nancy.

the sequals get better as they found their grove with how Freddy acts

Good morning, this was a fun video to wake up to!

As a doctor, I don't think I would ever describe dreams as "body hocus pocus" if a patient asked

Glen was taken by the Freddy blender lol. There's an interview with Wes Craven and he goes on to tell how he was creeped out by "Freddy" as a kid. A guy followed him and when he got home he looked out the window and the guy was staring up at him, he was wearing a striped red and green jumper and a brown fedora style hat aka the inspiration for Freddy's wardrobe.

Please continue to watch all of them!! My favorite classic horror movies! The comedy in them is what I love

To create the effect of Freddy Krueger coming through the wall to get to Nancy, special effects designer Jim Doyle came up with the idea of creating a wall with a hole and spandex over it, so that Krueger could press against it and give the illusion that he was trying to reach Nancy through the wall.

Finally watched this series a few years ago, I was really missing out.

There was a deleted part of that scene where Nancy's Mom tells her about Freddy and what he did when they were children. Nancy had a sister that was killed by Freddy when she was younger. Multiple endings shot as well.

The direct sequel to this movie is actually part 3 - Dream Warriors. Really worth a watch.

The Movies That Made Us on Netflix has an episode that goes into the details of how some of the effects were done. Holden would probably dig it.

Robert Englund is one of the most delightful actors you could ever meet and he truly loves his fans.. Especially if you know his other work such as when he played the Phantom of the Opera, or the kindly alien "Willie" from the TV series "V"..

My first ever memory of seeing a movie in a movie theater was this one. Yea, my mom was one of those people. To this day the blood geyser scene in the bedroom is SEARED into my memory. I was terrified to sleep in my bed for years.

Holden, ‘Freddy vs. Jason’ friggin ROCKS!!! You bite your tongue 😆

Given that Jen likes the premise of the villain going into dreams, you should add Dreamscape to your list, for another 80s "classic".

rods neck was broken - u can hear the crack...thats why he died so fast

I love it when you guys do the Halloween movies!

Yessir!! Now when y’all are reacting to my favorite horror franchise of all time!!🔥🔥can’t wait til y’all get to my favorite one which is dream warriors

My mom mixes up Freddy and Jason too, I didn’t know it was that common of a thing to do lol

FUN FACT: Johnny Depp was just a dude in a band who was friends with child star Jackie Earle Haley at the time. Jackie went to audition for a role in the original Nightmare and Johnny went with him. Jackie did not get the role, but Wes Craven’s daughters saw Johnny, thought he was hot and told their dad to cast him. Johnny went on to super stardom and not so much for Jackie, however in a strange twist of fate, Jackie Earle Hailey wound up playing Freddy Krueger decades later in the remake.

I'm 12:30 in, and while I'm loving the reaction so far, I just gotta say my heart is melting over the adorable doggy!!! ❤️

The bedrooms where Tina and Glenn were killed were in fact the same one. It was a room that was made to spin around and upside down. Giving the illusion that Tina was being dragged around, and Glenn's blood straight up. If you watch that scene again, you can see his blooding start seeing his blood and other objects shifting to one side. It's because the blood had started to pool up in one corner and was shifting the room. And the reason it's seems like there are multiple endings, is because Wes Craven wanted one. Executive producer Bob Shaye wanted another. Lots of arguing. And they decided to just use em all. Also, I've met Robert Englund at comicon a couple years back and got his autograph. I was so nervous, and he ended up being the nicest person. Loved this video and reaction! Happy season of scares!

There is a show on Netflix called “the Movies that made us” in season 3 they have an episode on Nightmare on Elm Street, in that episode they explain how they did the special effects.

I recommend looking into the behind the scene for this movie there are so many interesting things about it and what went into making some of the amazing effects

I remember when i first saw A Night Mare On Elm Street!! And yea it was terrifying!! And yeah i was scared to watch it unfold and then afterwards fall asleep at 10pm!!! I was born in 1975 and this came out in 1987 i believe? So i was a kid when i saw this and at that time this was a nuttty movie that spooked the hell out of me!!!

YES FINALLY!!!! One of my absolute favorites!

After seeing this, y'all should definitely do more horror movies.

I watched all the Jason and Freddy movies with my son a couple years ago and we had so much fun with it and thoroughly enjoyed the crossover movie and of course we chose our favorites. I highly recommend watching them all and doing that.

Ayyyee Holden out hear rockin the Speed Racer shirt

A fact Jen will love: The music video for Disturbed's Stricken was filmed in some of the same boiler rooms, where the movie was filmed. Jen has a great taste in music

The bedroom scene was shot with a room they made that could be rotated upside down. They reused it for Johny Depps death scene as well.

I love horror movie's so thank you holden and jen I have all of a nightmare on elm Street franchise on DVD

1,2 freddys coming for you, 3,4 better lock the door, 5 ,6 grab your crufix, 7,8 better stay up late, 9,10 never sleep again🤘🤘

As a representative for all things Halloween/spooky season, thank you for giving us a couple one offs here and there around this time (:

Nancy's dad was John Saxon who was good friends with Bruce Lee and played in the movie with him Enter The Dragon.

best thing with landlines phone were when the annoying salesman called, you just put phone to side and then he could not call out again, he had to wait to make a call until i hanged up, which sometimes took half a day lol, now days they call 1000 numbers at once and talk to the person who pick up first, if few hundred gets blocked is no problem, next day it is up to 1000 numbers again on the server to call out from

Fun fact the doctor at the clinic where Nancy and her mother go to is played by Charles Fleisher who does the Voice of Roger Rabbit. :) that might be another film you guys want to check out if you haven't seen the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Good to see you guys are expecting again how far along is Holden??

They did the bedroom scene at the start and the Glen death scene with a rotating room with a camera attached. So when the room rotated it appeared to not be moving at all. And Rod wasn’t actually in the room when he was reaching for her as she was reaching for him.

The public service announcement to the kids, about the landline phones 😂😂

Nancy in #3 The Dream Warriors is my fave Freddy movie

You are correct about the Johnny Depp death scene. It was shot in a spinning room that was flipped upside down, and gallons of paint water were dropped through it to make the blood. The room was also used to shoot a scene in "Breakin' 2 : Electric Boogaloo." I am pretty sure it was also used for the Tina kill scene.

I love that it doesn’t relay on CGI and that’s what makes this so much better and creepier and scary

Jen's reaction to Freddy's hand coming up in the bath made me laugh so hard. I had been anticipating it expecting some sort of outburst but no, total fear induced shutdown lol

Really like that this was Johnny Depp's debut film credit. As for the room effects, the production crew nailed the furniture down and made the room a rotating room.

We used to watch these when we were under 10 years old. 80’s were great. Hellraiser 2 was a blast!