A Nightmare on Elm Street (Films)

Guide Note

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a series of horror films written and directed by Wes Craven. The films revolve around Freddy Krueger, a killer with the supernatural ability to enter teens dreams.

Fast Facts

1. 1984: A Nightmare on Elm Street
2. 1985: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
3. 1987: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
4. 1988: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
5. 1989: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
6. 1991: Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
7. 1994: Wes Craven's New Nightmare
8. 2003: Freddy vs. Jason: is a cross over between Nightmare on Elm Street, and Friday the 13th
9. Cast: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Johnny Depp, Nick Corri, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley

1. The 1984 movie was Johnny Depp's first movie
2. Freddy Krueger was named after a bully that tortured Wes Craven at school
3. First film to be distributed from New Line Cinema
4. Freddy Krueger's wardrobe was based on a homeless man that scared Wes Craven when he was a teen
5. Banned in Finland, censored in Germany
6. Takes 4 hours to put rubber and make-up on Freddy

My children... from the very beginning, it was the children who gave me my power. The Springwood Slasher, that's what they called me. My reign of terror was legendary. Dozens of children would fall by my blades. Then the parents of Springwood came for me, taking justice into their own hands. When I was alive, I might have been a little naughty, but after they killed me, I became something much, much worse. The stuff nightmares are made of. The children still feared me, and their fear gave me the power to invade their dreams, and that's when the fun REALLY began. Until they figured out a way to forget about me. To erase me completely. Being dead wasn't a problem, but being forgotten, now that's a BITCH. I can't come back if nobody remembers me. I can't come back if nobody's afraid. I had to search the bowels of Hell, but I found someone, someone who'll make 'em remember. He may get the blood, but I'll get the glory, and that fear is my ticket home. — Freddie Krueger — IMDb