"In a strange, bizarre way, the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise became a sort of It’s a Wonderful Life for Halloween. This great nesting experience, cuddling with dad or mom before they passed away, watching and getting scared. The fun of tormenting your kid brother or sister, having dad go outside the kids’ bedroom at night with a fork and a knife and scratch the window and scare the bejesus out of them."
-- Robert "Freddy Kreuger" Englund, in the New York Post