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[[File:freddy-krueger-wih-chain.jpg|frame|The Bastard Son of 100 Maniacs, The Springwood Slasher, The Man of Your Dreams.]]
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''Five, six; grab a crucifix''
''Seven, eight; gonna stay up late''
''Nine, ten; never sleep again''
|'''The song of the series'''}}
{{quote|''If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all.''|'''Tagline of the first movie'''}}
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Directed by Wes Craven and starring Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, the film is considered by many to be a classic horror film. Due to the popularity of the original film, sequels were made. [[Sequelitis|Many sequels.]]
''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' was added to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2021.
'''''A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge''''' (1985)
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'''''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare''''' (1991)
'''''Wes Craven's New Nightmare''''' (1994)▼
A [[Series Fauxnale]] vaguely set [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|ten years from now]], this installment has Freddy, having killed off almost every non-adult in Springwood since the last film, concoct [[Gambit Roulette|a complicated scheme]] to escape Springwood's borders and begin killing elsewhere by finding his long-lost child, since only hitching a ride in the psyche of his own flesh and blood will allow him to escape the dying town. Released in 3D, the film explores [[Start of Darkness|Freddy's background]] ''and'' brings the campiness of the last two entries [[Up to Eleven]]. While it has a few fans, it's usually viewed as mediocre, since Freddy's [[Grand Finale]] ended up being treated in such a farcical manner.
▲'''''Wes Craven's New Nightmare''''' (1994)
[[In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It|As you can tell]], Wes Craven returns to the franchise for the third time, writing and directing this meta picture; unlike the other films, this one is set in the real world, where Freddy is nothing more than a fictional horror icon. After Craven starts developing ideas for a new installment in the terminated franchise, [[Ultimate Evil|an ancient evil]], [[Sealed Evil in a Can|imprisoned]] in the film series since the first and released by Freddy's death in the sixth, decides it doesn't like the idea of being trapped again and sets out to stop the production; its main targets are Heather Langenkamp (who the entity views as "Nancy" and the only one who can stop it) and her young son. The arguable precursor to ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'' (also by Craven), ''New Nightmare'' received a degree of praise for its study of the [[No Fourth Wall|nature of reality]].
'''''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]''''' (2003)
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* [[Eighties Hair]]: Especially Nancy.▼
* [[3D Movie]]: ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare''.
* [[Abandoned Hospital]]: A large portion of Westin Hills, until it gets renovated sometime before ''Freddy vs. Jason''.
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* [[Big Bad]]: Freddy Krueger
* [[The Board Game]]: One of the many, many pieces of merchandise these movies gave birth to.
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Averted in {{spoiler|
* [[Book Ends]]: ''Freddy's Revenge'' begins and ends on a bus ride to Hell.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: The seventh and final film in the original series, ''New Nightmare'', is about the making of a new "Nightmare" film, which is done {{spoiler|in order to keep the real Freddy demon from coming into the real world.}}
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* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Freddy vowed revenge on the parents who burned him by killing their kids just because they killed him so he couldn't hurt them in the first place. Who are we kidding? Freddy would've done what he's done even if he wasn't set ablaze. The only thing that burning Freddy did was free him from his mortal existence so he could become a nightmare god. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Way to go, parents]].
** Also done in the remake, except this time, he goes after the kids [[The Stool Pigeon|because they were the ones who told their parents what he was doing]].
* [[Double Standard]]: In the remake, it is made very clear that all of the kids were molested by Freddy. "You're gonna pay for what you did to my son!" and other lines. But the film only shows Freddy taunting and flirting with the girls, and at no point did Quentin seem to blink at the realization of "hey, ''I'' was raped too!" But if you think about it, there is a reason for his attitude towards Quentin, compared to the others. Nancy was always Freddy's 'favoritie', so when he learned about Nancy and Quentin's feelings for each other, he got [[
** More than likely Freddy only raped the girls and that it was just assumed that he raped Quentin and other boys.
*** Pedophiles in [[Real Life]] sometimes exchange kiddie porn with one another in secret. Possibly Freddy took dirty pictures of the boys to trade for similar photos of girls.
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* [[Dream Within a Dream]]: Freddy loves screwing with people this way.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Freddy's mother, after hearing about her son's release.
▲* [[Eighties Hair]]: Especially Nancy.
* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: Played straight in the remake when {{spoiler|you find out all the victims went to the same preschool that Freddy worked at in life}}.
** Also justified. {{spoiler|Freddy only went after those particular kids ''because'' they went to school together.}}
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* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]: Nancy gets her [[Skunk Stripe]] when she brings Freddy's hat from the dream world.
* [[Losing Your Head]]: Mrs. Parker in Kristen's dream in ''Dream Warriors''.
* [[Lucid Dream]]: The whole movie series centers around this and Freddy Krueger, who can enter his victims' dreams and manipulate them.
** ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' centers around a psychiatrist's efforts to help a bunch of teens learning how to use their dreaming to fight him.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'' reveals that {{spoiler|Freddy had a daughter named Katherine, who thankfully looks nothing like him.}}
* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: Joey in ''Dream Warriors''.
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{{quote|'''John Doe''': I know why you let me go.
'''Freddy''': Oh. Do you think ''I'm'' your daddy? Mm-mm! Wrong!}}
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* [[You Need to Get Laid]]: Spencer's response to Tracy's bitchiness in ''Freddy's Dead''.
* [[Your Head Asplode]]: Carlos in ''Freddy's Dead''.
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