Best Movies In the Nightmare On Elm Street Series

This one is by far the best! It took itself more seriously than the others, even though some of the kills in it are not as imaginative as the ones in the other movies. (I admit that I like the sequels. They're not as good as the first one, but they're still entertaining.) The Nightmare series does have a way of combining many different genres: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction, Mystery, and of course, Horror. The last one just seems to stick with the Comedy and Mystery aspects, which, for a Nightmare film, isn't good.

After the original, part 2 took a big slide downward. Part 3 came back bigger and better than either. Each teen possessing powers in the dream world was really awesome! It didn't hurt that Dokken was used twice in the soundtrack. Great movie!

This movie has a great screenplay, not only by Wes Craven but also by Frank Darabont. I've seen other movies he's written for, including The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, that '80s remake of The Blob, and that 2010 remake of Godzilla.

Out of all the sequels in the series, this one has to be the best. A very sick but enjoyable horror film.

I always thought this film didn't get the credit it deserved. This was such a creative way to revive the series. After so many films, the stories do tend to get a little repetitive. They were really thinking outside the box for this one, so I give them lots of credit. I really love this movie.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare is as good, maybe even better, than the original.

Described by Robert Englund as a "love letter to the fans," Freddy vs. Jason is an absolutely entertaining entry into the slasher genre that finally pits the two biggest villains against one another. Their over-the-top, gory fight is just what fans had been waiting for.

Of course, not the greatest, but I still love the movie nonetheless. Great acting, and I LOVE Robert Englund... Am I the only one?

This movie was also Robert Englund's last performance as Freddy. He had to retire from his Freddy performance anyway because he was getting old at that point.

This movie was the first time Robert Englund got his name in the opening. He wasn't a mystery anymore. He was Robert Englund!

Wes Craven seemed to like it and said that Renny Harlin was a gifted director and that he did so much the other directors couldn't do.

This should be number 1 or at least number 2. For the best, I'm stuck between this and the first one.

Between being the gayest horror film ever, defying standard notions of the slasher genre, featuring both gay bars and exploding parrots, and creating the most ghastly incarnation of Freddy Krueger to date, Freddy's Revenge is perhaps the best of the franchise.

My fave is the first one, but many people hate this one (for whatever reason), and I just want to say this one was also excellent. Picture yourself as Jesse. If you don't want that happening to you, I'd say you should vote for this.

Peter Jackson's original screenplay was that Freddy was a joke, and the kids of Springwood would take sleeping pills just so they could go into their dreams and beat up Freddy. I wonder what made the producers skip that script?

Despite how horrible this movie is, there are some positive moments. It's cool that we're given a backstory to how Freddy became who he is, even if much of it has already been mentioned. The soundtrack is great, and the end credits featuring an entire montage of the best moments from all six films are pretty cool. Even these aren't enough to save this disaster of a movie.

Why is this movie so low and so hated by the fanbase? For an ANOES film, it's actually pretty great.

The dream sequences are very Gothic and surreal, and the consistency of the environment was an interesting concept, hearkening back to the boiler room of the older films. The kills, while relatively few in number, are very elaborate and gruesome, and this film likely shows Freddy at his most sadistic and cruel. Alice really becomes more fleshed out as a character, with the film using her to tackle mature themes of abortion, pregnancy, and motherhood. As for her friends, they are used to explore themes of drunk driving, excessive parental pressure, and the nature of human relationships. Also, the characters in this film are simply some of the better ones in the franchise.

Freddy is also at what may be his best: he's particularly chatty, actually fairly clever and funny. But he's incredibly menacing, and unlike the previous films, where one may have laughed at his jokes, his darkness causes one to merely acknowledge the sadism and masochistic nature of his humor. His use of Alice's unborn child for resurrection is perhaps his most fascinating and structurally sound resurrection yet, and the ending, where Amanda Krueger absorbs his weakened soul in an attempt to stop him, is likely his best "death" of the series.

The cinematography is top-notch, with many peculiar angles being used alongside a variety of shots ranging from close-ups to wide pans. Regarding the special effects, many of them are, again, very elaborate and well done.

Overall, The Dream Child is, for an ANOES film, pretty damn good, and I'd dare to call it the best of the franchise. So, with that being said, go watch it again with an open mind, ye haters, and reconsider your opinion.

This movie was not that bad (I like it), but it lost all the psychological suspense of the first movie, and this is sad. Also, the makeup of Freddy could be better. Even the main actor, Jackie Earle Haley, couldn't save the movie from the critics.

It is a good remake. Don't listen to the original lovers. They're annoying.

Why do people hate this movie? I loved it. It was great, and it was just as scary as the original.