10 Terrifying Horror Movie Phone Calls You'll Never Forget

10. A Nightmare On Elm Street

Getting a phone call from Freddy Krueger is never a welcoming proposition - but even more so when the fedora-adorned murderer is slipping his slimy tongue in on the action.

Famously, 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street not only introduced the world to Freddy, it also gave us Krueger's tongue coming directly through a phone line to torment somebody - in this case, Heather Langenkamp's Nancy.

Whilst the Elm Street franchise eventually began to veer a little too much towards cheese and humour, this creepy call with Krueger had some genuine dread and shock to it due to the property still being fresh and unique at that point.

That first Elm Street picture is obviously the best entry in the seven-film run of the original franchise, and likely in second place in that standing is 1994's Wes Craven's New Nightmare. And wouldn't you know it, but New Nightmare - the seventh of the original run of movies - likewise saw Freddy causing havoc by telephone.

In New Nightmare, the meta element of the film meant that it was actress Heather Langenkamp getting directly targeted by Freddy Krueger - rather than merely the character of Nancy Thompson.