A Nightmare on Elm Street

Ranking All of Freddy Krueger’s Kills in the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Series
Ranking All of Freddy Krueger’s Kills in the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Series
Ranking All of Freddy Krueger’s Kills in the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Series
Freddy’s body count isn’t as high as his colleagues, but that’s okay. Because while others just stab their victims and are done with it, Mr. Krueger transforms his kills into events. Each one is a spectacle worthy of examination. On a recent re-watch of the entire series (including the 2010 remake of the first film), we counted 34 kills across eight movies, not including flashbacks or deaths that were total figments of the imagination conjured up to unsettle victims. And we ranked them all, from the lame and tame kills to the nasty, unforgettable violence that made Freddy a horror icon on the first place.
15 Things You Might Not Know About ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
15 Things You Might Not Know About ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
15 Things You Might Not Know About ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
Even though Freddy Krueger is the main villain in A Nightmare on Elm Street and one of the most iconic horror villains of all time, he’s actually only in the original movie for less than seven minutes. That’s just one of the many facts packed into the latest episode of You Think You Know Movies, which dreams a little dream about the original A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Another ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Reboot Is in the Works
Another ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Reboot Is in the Works
Another ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Reboot Is in the Works
It was only five years ago that Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes released their reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street, starring Jackie Earle Haley as iconic boogeyman Freddy Krueger. That reboot didn’t go over so well — Haley was the only highlight in an otherwise drab and underwhelming horror flick. It seems New Line didn’t learn much from that attempt at restarting the franchise, as the studio is currently plotting yet another reboot.
Elm St. Then & Now
Elm St. Then & Now
Elm St. Then & Now
Unleashed in 1984, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' gave everyone, well, nightmares with its horrific and instantly iconic villain Freddy Krueger -- a psychotic man who is burned to death by the parents of the children he murdered, and has returned to kill their teenagers in kind by terrorizing them in their sleep. The film gave us several sequels and a remake in 2010, but today we take a trip back to