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I understand some peoples contention that Nightmare on Elm Street is overrated/hyped. I am not a member of that club, though, I'm a pretty big fan of it, but for me some of its stature in the horror community has a lot to do with the "right place, right time concept". It's a cultural thing at this point, the movies good but it's assent into horror classic status is not just due to the movie, it's about the myth and it's place within the 80s horror boom.
I'm also pretty down on the Amityville Horror movies. I've only seen the original and the remake, not any of the original sequels, but both movies greatly disappointed me. I seem to remember another, more lower budget, movie based more closely on what the family actually claims to have happened that I was more impressed with. Or maybe I'm confusing it with the dramatization sequences of a history channel show on the subject that also included the real interviews of the family. I don't know. Either way, the Amityville franchise is a big bomb for me in the horror movie sense (though I admit I should try to see some of the sequels)
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