The film has a 94% approval rating based on 53 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes with and average rating of 7.77/10 and with the site's consensus saying: "Wes Craven's intelligent premise, combined with the horrifying visual appearance of Freddy Krueger, still causes nightmares to this day." The film is also considered one of the best of 1984 by Filmsite.org. In 2010, the Independent Film & Television Alliance selected the film as one of the 30 most significant independent films of the past 30 years. It ranked at number 17 on Bravo's "The 100 Scariest Movie Moments" (2004)—a five-hour program that selected cinema's scariest moments. In 2008, "Empire" ranked "A Nightmare on Elm Street" 162nd on their list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. It also was selected by "The New York Times" as one of the best 1000 movies ever made.