Freddy was the first of the big monsters to invade my dreams and make me pay attention to a genre of film that i grew to adore. I also thought and still do think that Scream was a breath of fresh air for horror at the time of it's release.
My old man once said to me, you know you're getting old son, when the people you grew up watching on the TV are all dead and you prefer to watch the videos in the cupboard over the ones at the cinema. He was spot on.
At least we still have a few good one's with us, Jackson, Romero, Hitchcock ect ect.
RIP wes