Pretty sure the "dream rules" set by this film were religiously followed in every Saturday morning cartoon I watched as a kid where people got sucked up into somebody's head. That's cultural cachet right there!

For that matter, the film itself feels like a Saturday morning cartoon, despite the fright and some ghoulish gore. A bunch of teen friends, teaming up to take the fight to Freddy! A kid flexing their Dungeons & Dragons cred to gain the powers of THE WIZARD MASTER! It doesn't hurt that boppin' vibe that this movie also is a proud soundtrack contemporary of The Transformers: The Movie. Sometimes you want horror to make your blood run cold - sometimes you want to see someone kicking psychic ass with triple somersaults!!