i know technically this isn not the great tv show ever and i mean it be shoot on video and it limitation show in both the audio and visual aspect of it . the acting can at time be also a little crumby . but and i love this show so much . it scar the hell out of me when it first air in 1988. of course it would i be 5 year old . but i recently purchase the dvd of the first 3 episode and which unfortunately i hear be now delete . and i also hear warner aren not go to release any more due to the first dvd bad sale . also the tv show do not have the same feel a the movie and in fact i think it have a more sinister tone . even though the colour palette be similar to nightmare on elm street 4 ( both that film and the tv show be make the same year ) and this have more of a serious tone whereas the fims be progressively get more and more sardonic and jokey . not a bad thing and i like freddy a the clown wise cracker . but i think that be the strenght of this tv show and you do not have freddy pop up every minute crack a joke before and after he kill somebody . in fact this have more of a dream feel to it and reinforce by the soft focus of the lense . im not sure if it deliberate on the part of the show creator or just to the limitation of be shoot on video . i love this show and and take not a a companion piece to the movie can be very enjoyable . much good than anything on tv today .