A Nightmare on Elm Street

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Our Fright Fest season at Kirkstall Abbey kicks off with a tribute to the great horror genius that is Wes Craven.

Before the film, you’re encouraged to take part in the Sneaky Game Changer, our live, interactive board game.

You want to play the game? You play by the Gatekeepers rules.

You and your team are the board pieces. Only once the Gatekeeper has instructed you can you enter the board.

Roll the dice to see where the path takes you.

Follow the route, complete the challenges, follow the clues but most of all, avoid your worst nightmares and make it back ALIVE!

…. Oh, and if I was you, I’d learn the words to Ring a Ring a Roses.

Begin the game and step into your nightmare.

A Nightmare on Elm Street

In Wes Craven's classic slasher film, several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger, a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams -- which, in turn, kills them in reality. After investigating the phenomenon, Nancy begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by her and her friends' parents may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can Nancy and her boyfriend Glen solve the puzzle before it's too late?

Take yourself back and remember how terrifying the original Nightmare on Elm Street actually was. Sure, over the years the Elm Street sequels went for laughs as much as they did scares; now is the time to go back and revisit Wes Craven’s film, to remember why it became a classic in the first place.