A Nightmare on Elm Street | Tier List Ranking 

Love the idea of you doing tier list! Would love to see big tier list with multiple franchises or random movies!

Wes really created something special with this franchise. Essentially it's just a slasher but the antagonist is so unique!

Nightmare 3 to me is the most disturbing, because each victim was completely relatable and you didn’t want to see anything happen to them. It was the one out of all of the chapters (with the exception Shiela’s and Debbie’s kill from part 5) that was so heartbreaking to me

Nightmare 4 and 5 are criminally underrated entries, they have the best nightmare sequences in the series and really unique for having a more gothic and arthouse take, both very stylistically directed, both have sick soundtracks and after watching Doctor Strange 2 the visuals really remind me of that. 3, 4 and 5 forms a nice Dream trilogy while 1 and New Nightmare are good prologue and epilogue/anthology, forming a nice complete 5-part saga.

I agree about Jackie Earle Haley. He's an insanely talented actor thrust into a bad script and a film that forgot what makes Freddy so great. He plays with his food, but they just had Haley whisper at everyone. When he's pre-fire Freddy, he's incredible. Wish he'd get a second chance in the role.

Part 2 was the darkest most terrifying Freddy of the series. This was the first one I saw…I watched it premiere on HBO in early 1986. As a 6 year old kid I watched it about 20 times over that weekend and fell in love with the series before it was even a series.

It’s the nostalgia for the reason of not wanting to rewatch the new nightmare….Sometimes it’s not just about the movie but also the memory it brings to you. This is why I always fall back on movies like Phantasm, Sandlot, Speed, Mighty Ducks, Burbs….Good memories watching these when young and free!

Thank you Cody I always said New Nightmare is a prototype for Scream and always got shit for it. Finally someone else said it too.

Great list Cody. Hope see a Childs Play and Friday the 13th tier list. Keep rocking. Always appreciated this franchise and the imagination of each film. Love em or hate em, ANOES franchise is creative.

Freddy vs Jason is the perfect movie to get stoned/drunk on Halloween with some friends and just have a great time. It has one of my favourite lines in the series - “Dude, that goalie was *pissed* about something.” I totally agree about Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy. I think he did a great job with what he was given and deserves more credit.

I’ve never seen any nightmare on elm street movies except for the remake. I own the complete collection on Blu-ray just haven’t gotten around to watching yet. This fall I definitely will. I love these tier lists that your buddy Sean always does. Very cool! Ken from mid level media does them too. You definitely need to do more of these!

Loved this tier list! Definitely got my thumbs up to do more!!😁

As a huge Freddy fanatic myself, I would love to see a video of your pitch for a possible Nightmare sequel/remake. I think as fans of this franchise we can’t help but think of cool things we’d like to see in a new Nightmare movie (if it’s possible to ever even get one) and I think you’d have some awesome ideas. Love the channel!

I loved Nightmare on Elm Street part: II. The final boy was nice to see, because it’s rare to come by. But killing Nancy in part III was the worst. Also; it’s too bad that Julie died. She seemed like a very likable character. As for Freddy Vs Jason; it was a good movie! They should of made a follow up.

My A Nightmare On Elm Street Ranking 1. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 2. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3. A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 4. A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge 5. Freddy vs. Jason 6. Wes Craven's New Nightmare 7. A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: Dream Child 8. A Nightmare On Elm Street (Remake) 9. A Nightmare On Elm Street: Freddy's Dead

These tier list videos and the setup for them is great, feels so natural rather then the usual setup. 👌🏼

I love the tier lists, it’d be great to see more! For me; Dreamy: ANOES, Dream Warriors, New Nightmare, FVJ Good: 2 Watchable: 4 Snoozefest: 5, Remake Nightmare: Freddy’s Dead

would love more tier lists like this one, right on! Dreamy! - Dream Warriors, Nightmare 1984 Good - The Dream Master, Freddy vs. Jason, New Nightmare Watchable - Freddy’s Revenge Snoozefest - The Dream Child, Nightmare 2010 (literally anything…) Nightmare! - Freddy’s Dead

Freddy vs Jason is peak cinema idc what anyone says 😂😂😂😂 and imma Jason fan. He was used right i liked the plot

Great video. Tier lists have always gotten me intrigued and it’s cool that you tried it out

Loved that you did a tier list to my favorite horror franchise of all time. The original and part 3 are by far the best ones, but I have the remake in watchable, I do agree that the cast is really bad except for Jackie Earle Haley who did a great job for what he was given, there was to much information about the child touching and I definitely could have lived without that. Rooney Mara was horrible and acted like she didn't even wanna be in the movie. As far as the rest of your list goes I absolutely agree. Love the channel and content alot, keep up the great work cody.🤘😊

Thanks for bringing constant entertainment when I need it man. I love this channel like I have for years.

Dream warriors is more watchable to me than the original. i love the original but it is a slow burn for the most part. I also grew up with movie 4 so i'm softer on it because of Nostalgia. and new nightmare to me, actually scared me for ONE scene. when freddy's glove comes through the bed. i think that would've been a wild way to bring about deaths. good list, same as mine, i think that for the most part most people can agree on this list

Fire cody just fire I believe the future tier list is Halloween?

Great tier list man! Completely agree on each film. Personally, Dream Warriors is my favorite Freddy movie. The cast was awesome and the writing was great. Overall superb entry.

Tier list is the way to go I think. You have a great grasp on horror and its always interesting to see any and all opinions you have

Kinda screwed yourself brother.. Now I want every horror franchise tiered this way and I'll bet I'm not alone

I’m gonna be honest, I’ve only seen 3 of them lol 😂 3. A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) 2. Freddy vs Jason 1. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

Great content Cody love it as always

5:16 I thought u hated how he came back with the dog taking a piss lmao

Honestly if I could bring back the Nightmare on Elm Street films, I would definitely pick it up after Dream Warriors, like Cody said, have Jackie Earle Haley reprise his role as Freddy as a second chance, and give it a dark, metal ASF story since the original and Wes Craven's New Nightmare. And definitely give it a post credit scene for Freddy vs Jason Part 2. And yes, I want Derek Mears back as Jason

So, I have a special place in my heart for New Nightmare. My older sister rented it from the video store & she was babysitting me with her friends over & it was my very first horror movie at age 4. I’ll also say this. I agree for the most part on the reboot. Definitely relied heavily on CGI. Practical is just always better. Rooney Mara shouldn’t have gotten the role. Probably could’ve cast anyone else. I mean put an ugly beanie wig on me, I was available to film in 2009. I do think the homage to Tina’s Death with Kris wasn’t bad. It did make me jump & especially since it isn’t right from the get. The other scenes they pay homage too were unnecessary like you said. I also don’t think this Freddy actually killed any kids. Just you know as well as mutilating them. Lately I’ve been craving horror films where I’m legit terrified & I don’t wanna root for them per-say. So them making him more of a predator didn’t bother me. I also liked the Micro Naps idea.

Congrats on 80k man!

I can’t wait for a child’s play/Chucky ranking 😏

Love the idea of doing Tier Lists! Love the content Cody

This was fun! Hope you enjoyed making this enough that you do more. Child's Play, Friday the 13th, Halloween, you name it! They'd be awesome! Good work man. Killin' it 👍

My favorites are Original Nightmare On Elm Street Movie and Freddy Vs Jason. Great ranking Cody and take care and stay safe 👍.

Great list. Honestly I didn’t like the remake. I think Jackie Earle Haley is a good actor and I think he got the voice down with the character. I just think the remake wasn’t that great to me.

Cool idea similar to what the horror show channel has done, respect CL look forward to more of these.

I agree with you on every one. Also I think you should do more Tier List videos

I pretty much agree with your entire list. Though I might place Freddy vs. Jason in "Dreamy!" because it's the movie that got me into horror.

My List Is 9. A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) 8. A Nightmare On Elm Street 5 7. New Nightmare I Just Thought New Nightmare Was Just Boring. 6. Freddy Vs. Jason 5. Freddy's Dead 4. A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 3. A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 2. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) 1. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 My 9th Favorite Horror Movie Of All Time.

Awesome.. I like the tier ratings. I would of put part 4 at “good”. I think part 3 & 4 can always be watched as a double feature. I know Freddy lost some menace in 4, but there are some top notch sequences in that movie that none of the other movies in the franchise even come close to.. I wish the remake went in the direction of parts 3 & 4, and of course part 1

Part 2 has the darkest most menacing looking Freddy for me. Had they continued making him darker in the movie’s that followed , from 4 on Freddy’s Revenge might be looked upon differently my favorite three are the first three in order the original, revenge and dream warriors . I didn’t think the remake was terrible I didn’t like the reveal, I liked them playing with the idea of Freddy maybe being innocent and then they took it there and made everyone feel gross kinda pulling for Freddy a little bit. Yeah we didn’t need the concrete evidence, the innuendo was part of the the character, but I totally get what you’re saying. I still think the Friday the 13th remake is awesome and way better than the first three Fridays combined

This tier list is on point. And of course, Dream Warriors is amazing. It's too bad the warriors didn't do more in future sequels.

Great video Cody!you should do more of these

Yes Cody! 👍 I don’t watch many tier lists either, but you make this fun, and I always enjoy you chatting about films. Looking forward to more!

I can’t be the only one who headbangs to the intro of this guy’s videos! 🤘

My personal favorite movies are 4 and 7, part of why i like 4 is because it was directed by a Finnish guy like me Renny Harlin, whose also born in the same city as me (Riihimäki).

Dreamy: 1984 original Dream Warriors New Nightmare Good: Freddy vs. Jason Freddy's Revenge Dream Master Watchable: 2010 remake Freddy's Dead Snoozefest/Nightmare: Dream Child Awesome tier ranking, pretty badass idea, Cody

As soon as you said my first review was in 2016 i was shocked ive been watching you for 6 years and started watching you around 6000 subs

Just a idea to throw around for you, Cody… Horror movie VILLIANS tier list???

The tier list format here works well for me, as it's actually mini condensed reviews + personal reasons how the movies compare to eachother. I'd like to see you continue this format.

Love the tier list. Can you do Final girl tier list?

Cody, you’re probably gonna love season four of Stranger Things because it gives off a lot of a nightmare on Elm Street vibes! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it!

Dream Warriors best movie from the big 3!!!

Hey cody would you ever consider a ranking of the dream sequences in the nightmare on elm street franchise

To be honest, I like Quentin Smith's character in the remake but he never got any proper spotlight cuz he was so sidelined until Kris’s death in Act 2. He had potential but nothing much really worked for him. I’m glad that he did get the proper treatment in the video game Dead by Daylight for his backstory and inclusion to the game but that doesn’t change the movie itself. Poor Quentin.

Would definitely love to see your tier list of marvel and dc films or with other horror franchises

Like this format. Can't wait for more.

Definitely do this with the horror franchises

#1. ANOES 3: Dream Warriors #2. ANOES (Original) #3. Freddy vs. Jason #4. ANOES 4: The Dream Master #5. New Nightmare #6. ANOES 5: The Dream Child #7. ANOES 2: Freddy's Revenge #8. ANOES (Remake) #9. Freddy's Dead

This is my 2nd favorite horror series. Love them all! Never rated them except say that "ANOES 3: Dream Warriors" is my favorite. "ANOES 1", Cody, you took the words right out of my mouth! NOBODY had EVER come up with a concept for a movie(horror, even otherwise) whereby when you died in your sleep, you died in real life! Best part is, nobody would dare copy it, or else risk hearing:"Oh, come on, dude! You're just aping 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'!" "ANOES 2: Freddy's Revenge", perhaps(perhaps) they took that out of left field direction because, obviously, there was just going to be NO following that iconic original, so......why not just do something different? I'll probably never truly know the reason they did it. Just a theory. "ANOES 3: Dream Warriors". Besides previous comment on it being my favorite, you get Dokken!!! Also, my favorite one-liner not only in this film, but in the entire franchise, when he forces the aspiring actress's head through the t.v.. "ANOES 4: The Dream Master". Love Freddy in sunglasses, the "Jaws" reference, 2 truly standout lines: When he kills Joey in his waterbed, and when he literally sucks the life out of the asthmatic girl(although that was really sad). "ANOES 5: The Dream Child". Loved Freddy skateboarding(and running his fingerknives on the ground), the dude being transformed into a paper figure and being killed, and when Freddy killed Greta, him pretending to be a French chef(complete with hat) and his pronunciation of Barbie, and his one-liner before killing her, and looking straight into the camera when he said it. "ANOES 6: Freddy's Dead, The Final Nightmare". I love the Nintendo kill, and the way that while the guy was a jumping as his character on the video game screen, the real guy was jumping and destroying ceilings. I loved the references to "The Wizard Of Oz"(music included) and, best of all, Alice Cooper! "ANOES 7: Wes Craven's New Nightmare". I love the fact that it was another highly original, good idea by Wes Craven. Freddy Krueger enters real-life, THAT was sweet! Robert Englund doubles as himself and F.K., as if to say that Freddy was an entity that could, and did, exist separate from Robert Englund. Heather Langenkamp playing herself. Truly great stuff! "Freddy Vs. Jason". All sorts of great! I love when the dude gets killed in the hospital bed(best kill of the movie, to me), when Freddy finds out that Jason harbors a fear of water and taunts him about it, the heretofore unknown lore from both franchises, the cornfield kills(especially the dude getting his head twisted backwards, and the flaming machete being thrown through the fat dude.). Actually, Cody, not to sound like a know-it-all jerk, I promise, but that talk of a movie(which eventually became "FVJ") had been existing since the late 80's, when I was in high school. This was years before smartphones, Internet, social media, any of the instant information formats that we enjoy today. This was just good, old- fashioned word- of-mouth subjects being discussed by horror fans. Considering the fact that that was the route that discussions were forced to take, it's a wonder that word- of-mouth worked as well as it did! But, it did indeed work. Obviously, it wasn't until the ending of "FT13th, Part 9: JGTH, TFF", with "Friday" finally being on New Line Cinema, that this dream was able to be realized, because as badly as we all wanted it, being with 2 different movie companies, our "heroes" couldn't meet, legally. "ANOES 8". Well, for the sake of it being a "ANOES" movie, I love it! Katie Cassidy is a pleasure to view, as well. Jackie Earle Haley, you're right, Cody, did a pretty good job. But.....he was sort of thrust into a position that ANYBODY would've been saddled with: The simple fact that this character is associated with, and ONLY with, Robert Englund. This being said, the actor chosen could've infinitely been a better actor than R.E., and it would've been worth nil. Acting ability is not the issue here, not being Robert Englund is. All in all, GREAT video, Cody!

First time, long time. Just wanted to finally comment and thank you for all the great content. Please keep it coming because you’ve made working from home great! I think you could have another great series with these tier lists.

They didn't just focus MORE on the pedophile aspect in the remake. They totally eliminated the murderer aspect completely, reducing Freddy to a simple Chester molester, and in turn making him far less sinister. This Freddy never kills anybody until after he is dead. That's (for me) the ultimate crime of this abomination, & why it's BELOW Nightmare on my tier list.

Awesome Video Wow I am super early

Great list for Freddy Cody, Can't wait for the Halloween tier ranking, For me: Dreamy: Original, dream warriors Good: Dream Master, Wes craven's New nightmare, FvJ Watchable: Freddy's revenge, dream child Snoozfest: remake Nightmare: Freddy's dead

I first heard that the Nightmare remake had been green lit(without Robert Englund) from Robert Englund himself during a Q&A session at my first Fangoria convention.

This was a good tier listing! Can't wait to see Child's Play, Halloween, Alien, and Friday the 13th. Keep up the good work Cody!!! 👍🎬

My first video on this channel I genuinely detested at the time. But Mr. Leach has won me over and this has become a great channel.

New Nightmare is probably my favorite of all time. So so so good.

The tier list format is better than straight up ranking as you are not forced to make a choice if you consider 2 or more to be on par with each other. As someone who grew up with the Freddy franchise at the time, I too think the 2010 remake received unfair negativity. These people are mainly basing their opinion on the fact that it's not part of the originals but they're clearly forgetting how bad the 5th and 6th movies were. I find the remake watchable as it does add some value to the story. We get to see how he able to get close to the kids along with how he was killed, the latter of which has only been covered in the pilot episode of the TV show Part 2 received a poor score at the time mainly due to the gay undertones to it along with the fact that it broke a rule which had been well established in the first movie which was that Freddy cold only get into the real world if he was pulled in and he'd lose his power in the real world. The movie didn't have the same level of creativity regarding the kills as the first did too. When you watch the movie now and in context with the others, it's actually quite good Like you, when I binge watch the franchise, I tend to stop after the the 4th movie. I'll watch the remake now and again but the rest I just have no interest in

For Your next tier list since you have an appreciation for reboots/remakes you should do one on those. Great start to what can be an interesting new series for you Cody!!!!

"Now we dip and dabblin inta some of dat bullllshittt" lmao im cryin over here.

Great list, as always on target Cody.

Love, love, love your channel and your commentary, and I completely agree with your category rankings here!!!

Another awesome video Cody. I dont usually get a ton of time unfortunately to watch hours of RU-vid from my favorite creators. I am recovering right now from a second surgery on my eye to try again to re attach my retina. So i have to do a lot of face down time. Man i have been binging your channel. Making this laying flat for 45 minutes of every hour, every day for a week a little more manageable. Also, you for sure need to do a lot more ranking videos like these. Viewers love to know your overall thoughts and opinions on these types of things. Awesome video. Amazing channel. Thank you for time and effort.

Great Tier List Ranking A Nightmare On Elm Street Movies One of My Favorite Horror Franchises with Halloween, Scream, The Puppet Masters & Chucky’s Movies S - A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors & New Nightmare A - A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy Revenge & Freddy Vs Jason B - A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master C - A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child & A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) The Remake F - Freddy’s Dead The Final Nightmare

I love that you said part 4 was your favorite as a kid because…same. I LOVED it. But now, I feel that same as you

Besides the Nightmare on Elm Street Remake (which goes in Nightmare for me), we pretty much have the same exact tier list! I am on the same boat as you with Freddy's Revenge. I used to think it was so dumb when I was younger. Once I watched the Scream Queen documentary though, it painted a whole new picture for me and now I enjoy it.

Cody and the nightmare franchise equals an immediate click from me

For this tier list, I'd have to switch the order of the bottom two categories. Nothing is worse than a boring Elm Street movie. If the film is so mind-bogglingly absurd that I spend the whole movie trying to make sense of it, at least it's engaging me somehow. Also, I like the original film less and the fifth film more than the typical fan does, so that's reflected in my own rankings... Dreamy: Dream Warriors, New Nightmare Good: Elm Street '84, Dream Child Watchable: Freddy's Revenge, Freddy vs. Jason Nightmare: Dream Master, Freddy's Dead Snoozefest: Elm Street '10

Here's mine: ... Dreamy: 1,3,7 Good: 2,4, FvJ Watchable: 5 Snoozefest: 6 Absolute Nightmare: (technically even lower, abominable) REMAKE

So I might be the odd one... but I didn't mind the "predator" version of freddy in the remake. I like how it kind of makes sense why he would be out for revenge. He was evil alive and evil in death.

Finally! Someone that doesn’t trash FvJ! Always loved that movie and don’t get why people don’t like it!

if you threw a cut out of Danny McBride on a video and just spoke from that, you wouldn't be able to unconvince me that it wasn't Danny McBride. Love the videos man!

I'm gonna be honest this is list is literally the same as mine but I have new nightmare on dreamy great list tho cody loved it ♥️

Every time I watch Dream Child I like it a little bit more. I think it has some really good atmosphere as well as some interesting commentary on abortion. I think it’s a better movie than it is a NOES movie, because Freddy’s barely in it.

Can't beat more Nightmare content and would certainly not push any Childs Play tier lists away if you chose to do that😋 Great video as usual Cody, something different but still awesome

I’m surprised you haven’t ranked the deaths/defeats of Freddy. He has some really cool deaths specifically his part 4 with those amazing practical effects of the souls fighting to escape.

DUDE...Saw Dream Warriors for the first time last night !! EPIC movie ! Easily in my top 3-5 horror movies of all time

I’m going to Rank my tiers by S-F not by yours S: 1,3, Freddy Vs Jason A: New Nightmare B: Remake C: 2, 4 D: 5 F: 6

Nightmare on Elm street 2. Nightmare on elm street 3 3. West craven New Nightmare 4. Freddy vs Jason 5. Freddy’s Dead 6. Nightmare on elm street 4 7. Nightmare on elm street 2010 8. Nightmare on elm street 5 9.Nightmare on Elm Street 2

My list S: Pt 3, original A: pt 2 B: pt 4 C: freddy vs jason, wes cravens new nightmare D: pt 6 E: Pt 5, remake

Your ratings were PERFECT!!!

I’m pissed about 6 too. I just re binged them a few nights ago and 6 pissed me off 🤣🤣🤣 that opening scene makes my piss boil

Perfect ranking agree 💯

Pretty solid list Cody. My personal ranking would be from best to worst: A Nightmare On Elm Street Dream Warriors New Nightmare Freddy Vs Jason Dream Master Dream Child Freddy's Revenge Freddy's Dead Remake - DNF. I couldn't sit through the whole thing. It was too painful. I love the idea of you doing a tier list. Please do more.

Guess Im one of the few that like Freddy's Dead. Don't get me wrong, everything you said is correct, but its one of those "Good, Bad" movies for me. Me and my wife quote it all the time. Its more of a comedy.

"Part 3: Dream Warriors" is my top tier fave of the franchise, I do like how Lisa Wilcox filled the shoes of the final girl as nicely as Heather Langencamp in 4 and 5 though; Yes, you are the only one who has said that Freddy is dark in Part 2 while others pan it, dark Freddy is a highlight of that movie regardless of the homoeroticism.