A Nightmare on Elm Street (R, 1984)

My MPAA Rating, PG-13: Brutal horror violence and gore, strong language, terror, sexual situations, and use of alcohol

"A Nightmare on Elm Street" is age appropriate for children between 12 and 13 if you feel they are mature enough. It contains intense violence and a scene of sexuality. It also contains a life-affirming message about dominating your nightmares.

ANoES holds the biggest soft spot in my heart imaginable. Here's a series I loved since I was about eight years old. We're at a point in time where Robert Englund's Freddy is just not scary. Really, I can't imagine this scaring a kid over seven at all. Language, yes. Violence, yes, but it's very obviously fake. Nudity? Kind of-ish. When you compare Nightmare on Elm Street to Friday the 13th, you find this is very classy and doesn't use nudity to bring in viewers. There is one silhouette of a nude figure, but it makes sense in context with the scene and it is not at all sexual. Your call, parents. Personally, I'd let a younger kid than twelve watch it, but for the best interest of every parent and child, twelve is a very safe age for a child to watch it.

I only wanted to see this movie because it was around halloween, and I wanted to see something scary. While this was certaintley scary it was also not for kids. Its bloody,gorry, sexual, and just pure evil. The F word is said multiple times, kids sleep together, and many people are grusomley killed by a monster of a man seeking revenge. You also have to have a strong stomach in order to get through it. You see an explosion of blood, and You see Freddy slash open his stomach while cornering one of his victims. I hated it.

its not very violent there is hardly any blood or gore not to scary either

I think this serieswas really good, and none of the violent stuff bothered me, I am in my late teens, and I saw these when I was 12, my sister watched it with me when she was 11, and she was fine, although some other kids may get the wrong idea with the drugs, and language, the violance is not to bad.

I love horror movies, but I'm not a big fan of the slasher sub-genre. However, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is so famous, I figured I couldn't call myself a true scary movie buff until I'd seen it. So, I rented it and gave it a try. The plot is definitely very interesting and different, and it quickly grabbed my attention. The acting was just fine, but not anything special. It was cool, though, to get to see an insanely young Johnny Depp in his first film role as the main character's boyfriend. The effects are okay, but pretty cheesy at times. The music is dated as well, but actually works to the movie's advantage; it really fit. The violence in this movie is definitely over the top gross, with people peeling the skin off their skulls, geisers of blood, slashing, cutting, hanging, and more. You also see two teens in bed together barely clothed, and some sexual innuendos. The language is very strong as well, with uses of f---, s---, a--, and more. Alcohol is another problem: the main characters mother is a heavy drinker. Overall, I wasn't as impressed with "A Nightmare on Elm Street" as I hoped I would be. I enjoyed the interesting plot (although there are some things left unexplained), but the gore and language were too much. The ending was pretty lame also...I mean, what the heck? I did find out later that Wes Craven wanted a different ending, but the studio overruled his decision. Anyway, I'd watch it if you're a big horror fan just so you can say you've seen it, but other than that, it's expendable.

Well it wasen't the scariest movie i've seen but it was pretty gory and voilent. Sexual content isn't anything to be concerned about and the swearing is very breif. Overall it was a good movie.

This is possibly the best Wes Craven film and a classic of the eighties. This movie is scary. It discusses the topic of dreams, something you can't change. It has nightmare content. The blood in this movie is flows, such as a geyser of blood, Freddy mutilating his own body, and more. Just take caution of the effect of the nightmares, can they really be reality? And the effects of them? This classic scare will have you up all night. My suggested MPAA rating, R: Brutal horror violence and gore, disturbing images, language, terror, use of alcohol, and some sexual content