History YMMV / ANightmareonElmStreet1984

* AwesomeMusic: The menacing, atmospheric synth score by Charles Bernstein. For just a sample, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Gf_A8B1s0 here's his take the main theme.]]

** [[Creator/LinShaye Lin Shaye]] is in a movie where dreams were dangerous before {{Film/Insidious}}.

* HolyShitQuotient: Glen's death.

* RetroactiveRecognition: This was the first movie Creator/JohnnyDepp played in.

** Tina mentions that nightmares sometimes foreshadow earthquakes; exactly what signifies Freddy's presence in ''WesCravensNewNightmare'' years later.

** In Nancy's dream in the school, when Freddy pulls his sweater up and cuts his chest, the effect itself is pretty good, but his torso is jarringly un-burned compared to his hands and head.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Freddy's stretching arms look rather shaky by modern standards. The mom mannequin at the end doesn't hold up either. In two scenes where a character jumps, you can see the mattresses.
** When Freddy is set on fire at the end, it is painfully obvious that it is a stunt double.
** In the scene just before Tina's death where Freddy chops his own fingers off, causing green ooze to spew from the stumps, it is painfully obvious that the effect is not working properly: only his pinky bleeds the ooze, even though he also cut off his ring finger. The problem is even clearer if you watch Freddy's face as the effect occurs- Robert Englund's eyes quickly dart back and forth from the camera to the hand, as though he's nervously observing the flub.
*** Robert's expression kind of works and even makes the event more horrifying if you consider that, in a certain way, Freddy looks as if he's ''excited'' about harming himself, and wants to see both his hand and Tina's reaction to it for his own enjoyment.

-->'''Nancy''': You know Tina, she dreamed this was gonna happen... She had a nightmare, that someone was trying to kill her. ''(breaks down sobbing)'' That's why we were there, mom. She just didn't wanna sleep alone.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Widely regarded as the best film in the franchise and a landmark in horror films.

** Creator/JohnnyDepp getting killed off by a man with knives for fingers. Depp later gets out of ''[[Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet Jump Street]]'' by playing a man with [[Film/EdwardScissorhands scissors for hands.]]

** Freddy's actor ended up getting married in 1988 and he and his wife are still together. His wife's name? Nancy. [[Main/NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No really.]]

* AwesomeMusic: The menacing, atmospheric synth score by Charles Bernstein. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Gf_A8B1s0 Here's the main theme.]]

** [[Film/{Insidious}} Elise Reiner]] is Nancy's teacher.

** [[Film/Insidious Elise Reiner]] is Nancy's teacher.

** With the advent of the Internet and online stalkers, the movie's themes have become more relevant than ever.

-->'''Nancy''': You know Tina, she dreamed this was gonna happen...She had a nightmare, that someone was trying to kill her. ''(breaks down sobbing)'' That's why we were there, mom. She just didn't wanna sleep alone.

*** Robert's expression kind of works and even makes the event more horrifying if you consider that, in a certain way, Freddy looks as if he's ''excited'' about harming himself.

*** Robert's expression kind of works and even makes the event more horrifying if you consider that, in a certain way, Freddy looks as if he's ''enjoying'' harming himself.

** When Freddy is set on fire at the end, it is painfully obvious that it is a stunt-double.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Freddy's stretching arms look rather shaky by modern standards. The mom mannequin at the end doesn't hold up either.

-->'''Nancy''': You know Tina, she dreamed this was gonna happen...She had a nightmare, that someone was trying to kill her. (breaks down sobbing) That's why we were there mom. She just didn't wanna sleep alone.

** Creator/JohnnyDepp getting killed off by a man with knives for fingers. Depp later gets out of [[Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet Jump Street]] by playing a man with [[Film/EdwardScissorhands scissors for hands.]]