It’s sleazy but not cruel.Īnd Freddy, the child-murderer with the fistful of claws, is iconic. It’s so attentive to its audience’s lowest pleasures (the hand in the bath!!!!!) without feeling contemptuous toward its characters. It really captured the gooey logic of dreams: Freddy’s absurd undulating arms, the sticky stairs, the primary colors and the violence.
But when I finally saw the original NOES I was enthralled. I’m not into slashers as a rule even Halloween I only like. Then I grew up, and assumed I wouldn’t actually like the movie that much.
