A Nightmare on Elm Street Movies in Order

A classic horror franchise centered around the iconic character Freddy Krueger, The “A Nightmare on Elm Street” film series was created by Wes Craven in 1984.

The story starts when the teenagers in the town of Springwood begin to be haunted by nightmares of a disfigured man with razor-sharp knives for fingers—Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund).

When Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) and her friends discover that dying in their dreams means death in reality, they must find a way to stop Freddy’s vengeful attacks.

Here are the A Nightmare on Elm Street Films in Order

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: 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 (2003)*
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)**

Freddy’s Nightmares (1988–1990) is a horror anthology television series with each episode introduced by Freddy Krueger that was programmed in syndication.

*It is a crossover between the A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th franchises.
**It is a remake of Wes Craven’s 1984 film with Jackie Earle Haley playing Freddy Kruger.

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