Overview :
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Release Date : 10/31/84
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Original Title : A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Overview :
Jesse Walsh moves with his family into the home of the lone survivor from a series of attacks by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. There, he is bedeviled by nightmares and inexplicably violent impulses.
Release Date : 11/1/85
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Original Title : A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Overview :
During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends her to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens.
Release Date : 2/27/87
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Original Title : A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Overview :
Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who can draw others into her dreams, wills her special ability to her new friend, Alice.
Release Date : 8/19/88
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
Original Title : A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
Overview :
Alice finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child.
Release Date : 8/11/89
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Original Title : Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Overview :
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams. Their quest for answers leads to a certain house on Elm Street -- where the nightmares become reality.
Overview :
Cast and crew from earlier A Nightmare on Elm Street installments are terrorized by Freddy Krueger and his razor-fingered glove as he crosses over into the real world.