Hailed as one of the most intelligent and terrifying horror films of the 1980s, celebrate 40 years of Wes Craven's nightmarish masterpiece with us this Spooktober!

Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile, her boyfriend Glen (Johnny Depp) and her high-school friends, who are having the very same dreams, are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares – Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). When the police ignore her explanation, she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm.

Craven employs some startling horror setups and knows how to make his audience jump – and it’s actually … kind of fun? Don’t miss! Or your dreams may become nightmares!