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What can I say? This is a classic. When people that havent seen the movie think of A Nightmare on Elm Street, they think sex, killing, and language. That's wrong. There is no sex in this film, only moaning, and that is used for comical intentions. There is a lot of blood, but its totally fake and very unrealistic. There were only 4 f bombs and a handfull of other mild explitives. A must see for tweens.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Little kids beware, this is not a movie for you. But teens and adults must watch it! Freddy is #4 on my top 5 favortie slashers.
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Good Halloween scare, in today's standards, a PG-13 flick
My MPAA Rating, PG-13: Brutal horror violence and gore, strong language, terror, sexual situations, and use of alcohol
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Perfect For Young Teens.
Not bad. The killings are creative, there's good acting. Oddly enough, Krueger himself isn't all that scary. Every two seconds he's spewing out badly-written puns. On the plus side, there's a very young Johnny Depp. It's definitely not a great movie, but it's an alright movie. It has it's flaws, but it's pretty enjoyable. I think the only disappointment is the ending, which is just an obvious cliff-hanger.
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"A Nightmare on Elm Street" isn't terrible but be cautious about showing it to your children
"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.
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Kids Love Freddy
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.
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Kid, 3 years old
September 1, 2011
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For mature kids and teens only
No matter what your age is, you must be mature to see this.
This is fun for the whole family if the whole family is mature.
4 uses of f**k and 2 more swears, but this was made in the 80's! Ratings were higher back then! Today, It would be PG or PG-13. I saw this and the remake when I was like 7! Most of you adults and parents have seen this at my age (or maybe 9 years old). So let your kid see this if there mature, PLEASE!
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For bieng scary: 5 stars. For bieng appropriate 2
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.
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not to scary
its not very violent there is hardly any blood or gore not to scary either
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perfect for teens
i watched this movie last night and theres not to much "sexual content" at all u just hear them u dont see anything also there is alot of blood and gore but its very fake not to much use of f--- mostly s--- b--- a-- and a bit more but i think its a great movie for people that like to be scared very good thriller
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A Classic.
This movie is Wes Craven's best work. It's a rare slasher film that's intense without being a full-out gore-fest. There's a chilling ending to it as well. This a must see movie for any horror fan. Mature teens 14 and up should be able to handle this movie.
14+ for intense disturbing images, some bloody violence, alcohol and cigarette use, language, and brief sexuality.
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Not THAT violent
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.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
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.
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Okay for teens
The only bad stuff is when Freddy does things to himself, like ripping his face off so you can see his skull.
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Isn't Terrible
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.
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Wes Craven scare may be too scary for younger preteens. Still an excellent film for teens.
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
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Good Movie
A really good movie for mature pre-teens. But, I really think that some younger kids should avoid this horror film. NOTE: It is a HORROR film and does contain violence.
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Kid, 11 years old
April 22, 2012
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good movie
Ok lets get this straight it TOTALLY depends on what you're child can handle. This is the type of film some fourteen year old's won't be able to handle but some ten year old's will. Note this a horror film and it does have violence. The sexual content near to nothing you can hear two people having sex from the next room then you can see them in bed together post coital. And the language it has a few F-bombs but nothing severe, but this is my opinion you may think you're child is ready for this film or is not ready. PS the main reason it gets a 16 plus here is because it's about a child killer and that's terrible also another thing you probably didn't know that the original script called for Freddy to be a child molester but as soon as the script was made up they changed it. Also the parents keep secrets from their children. Last thing some of the films are MUCH more dark than others!
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