Elm St. 3 is a reasonable sequel, co-written by Craven, and Freddy still has the dangerous aspect to him that got lost as he became more popular. But it's not terribly scary.
I grew up watching late-night horror movies with my dad, and at the age of 18, the original movie was the first to scare me since I was quite a small child. I now know the original film back to front, so it was nice to have New Nightmare make me tense up.
Watching the first and last one after the other would be interesting though. The change in directorial style, the different portrayals and realisations of the characters. I think I'll try it at some point down the track.
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I grew up watching late-night horror movies with my dad, and at the age of 18, the original movie was the first to scare me since I was quite a small child. I now know the original film back to front, so it was nice to have New Nightmare make me tense up.
Watching the first and last one after the other would be interesting though. The change in directorial style, the different portrayals and realisations of the characters. I think I'll try it at some point down the track.