


This is important to emphasize with something like A Nightmare on Elm Street: the film that turned Robert Englund as Freddy into a horror icon, and arguably established the foundation upon which studio New Line Cinema would become an industry juggernaut. Some of the movies that didn’t make the cut are some of the greatest horror movies in the history of the medium itself - 26 is a small, small number when compared to the sheer volume of contenders. It may seem like a knock on one of the best slasher movies ever made that it’s resting at the “bottom” of this list, but A Nightmare on Elm Street is a singular masterpiece. Once upon a time, Freddy Krueger was too busy being scary as hell to be fun. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) A Nightmare On Elm Street Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)Ģ6.
