4 FILM FAVORITES: NIGHTMARE ON ELM MOVIE

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Titles include: A Nightmare On Elmstreet A Nightmare On Elmstreet 2: Freddy's Revenge A Nightmare On Elmstreet 3: Dream Warriors A Nightmare On Elmstreet 4: The Dream Master

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In the trinity of modern horror films there's the father (Michael Myers of Halloween) the son (Jason of Friday the13th fame a knockoff) and the unholy spirit Freddy Krueger of the Nightmare on Elm Street films. The spectral man who haunted the nightmares of unsuspecting teenagers with deadly consequences Freddy (as played by Robert Englund) was a truly frightening bogeyman and icon for the '80s. Unlike the hockey-masked Jason who dispatched horny teenagers with mechanical and monotonous ease (he never talked never took off his mask) Freddy was a truly creative and diabolical villain with a sadistic and blackly funny personality. The hallmarks of the Nightmare on Elm Street series were imaginatively gruesome suspense pieces set in the overactive imaginations of the teen victims. The first film of the series Wes Craven's truly intelligent and scary film?? was so hugely successful it begat not one?? not two?? but six more sequels?? each pretty much diluting the originality and horr