The Nightmare on Elm Street Series
Springwood, OH used to be a "nice place to live." But that was before a young man by the name of Fred Krueger moved into town. Suddenly, all of the town's children started to disappear. Parents were frantic, so frantic, that when all of the clues and evidence led them to Fred Krueger's doorstep, they forgot to read him his constitutional rights before arresting him. All of the charges--all of the kids he'd murdered--were washed away because of a legal technicality.
But the parents of Springwood weren't about the let a murderer walk free on the streets of their town. They hunted down Krueger and ambushed him in the boiler room where he had taken the lives of all of their children. They set him on fire and watched him burn to the ground, content that they had done their duty as citizens.
The families of Springwood began to grow again. Those who had lost their children to Freddy had new kids. Others continue to raise the children they already had. But before too long...
The kids of Springwood started having nightmares--really bad nightmares. And the scariest part about them all was that the same man was in them all....he wears a dirty brown hat and a striped sweater, and has a glove made out of knives....and he calls himself....
...Freddy!
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Freddy Vs. Jason (2000)
Freddy's Nightmares Television Series
The Freddy's Nightmares television series ran weekly in syndication from 1989-91. Each episode chronicled a different citizen of Springwood (most of them were teens, but not all), and the series contained some of the most graphic scenes ever shown on television at that point. Freddy did not always play a role in the actual storyline of the show, but he was always the host, much like the Cryptkeeper from Tales From the Crypt, leading viewers into his visual nightmare. The pilot episode, "No More Mister Nice Guy," is also notable, for it shows Freddy's trial and explain the events of how he came to stalk the dreams of the children on Elm Street. Freddy's Nightmares, though definitely not Emmy-material, was certainly leaps and bounds above the Friday the 13th television series, at least in terms of its connections to the film series that spawned it.
Nightmare On Elm Street Series Links
Umpteenth Doctor's Nightmare Page
House of Horror's Nightmare Page
--House of Horrors presents one of the most authoritative sites available on the Nightmare series, was essential in the creation of portions of my Nightmare pages. While you're there, check out the other parts to the site. It's one of the best (if not the best) horror sites on the web.
