The first Wes Craven film I ever saw was the original Nightmare on Elm Street which on first viewing was unbeliveably creepy especially as I was about 10 years old at the time. I remember a few of the other kids in school had seen it and it was considered the must see horror film of the time by most of them so came highly recommended.. Having seen it, the film then remained a favourite of mine for many years and with all of the sequels that made a bit of a joke out of Freddy, it's easy to forget just how great a horror villan he was in the first film.
About a year after seeing Elm Street I then tracked down The Hills Have Eyes which is one of the very few horror films that genuinely frightened me.
To this day I can't really pick a favouite out of the 2 (well maybe by a cats wisker The Hills Have Eyes) but I can clearly remember where and when I was the first time I watched both of them so they must have made a huge impression at the time.
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