NOES-easily. It was truely scary at the time. I agree with others here, its a shame the sequels ruined it. I've thougt att imes that a good prequel done by Craven might offer some type of redemption for the series. It'd be difficult to make jokes or stupid sequences about Freddy as a real person kiling kids in the real world. The biggest problem I see with the idea is that according to the original, Freddy was a " child murderer" I don't really see anyone signing up for or backing any film where young kids are being gutted and sliced up.