The Nightmare on Elm Street movies can be a bit confusing, but the chronological order of Freddy Krueger's franchise appearances is easy to work out.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Nightmare On Elm Street franchise includes nine movies, which has prompted some viewers to wonder what order these installments take place in. A Nightmare On Elm Street proved a huge hit when director Wes Craven’s iconic slasher horror movie was released in 1984.
Freddy was reduced to spouting corny quips and killing celebrities during ill-advised cameos by the time Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare arrived. The critically abhorred outing effectively killed any lingering interest in the franchise until original director Wes Craven returned. New Nightmare preceded Scream’s meta-takedown of slasher tropes but failed to set the box office alight.
While the chronology of the series is a little choppy later on, the series definitively begins with 1984’s original A Nightmare On Elm Street. This slasher sees Heather Langenkamp’s Nancy Thompson try to work the identity of the monstrous figure haunting her dreams as he kills off her friends. John Saxon plays Nancy’s father while a young Johnny Depp plays her love interest. With a 91-minute runtime, A Nightmare On Elm Street earned a whopping $57 million upon release.
Director Renny Harlin took over after the third outing and A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master picked up only one year after the previous movie’s ending, bringing back numerous characters from its predecessor. However, A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master’s plot was a little more threadbare as Freddy simply started killing victims at random after getting his revenge.
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