Oh it's A NIGHTMARE, all right — but for the people in the seats, not
ON ELM STREET. With the exception of one funny line, there is not a
worthy performance or special effect in this thrill- and atmosphere-
free dud whose every phony “scare” is a cliche. This is what
screenwriter Wesley “Cape Fear” Strick has come to?? Why is it that
the movies we most look forward to so often let us down? — Jeff Schultz