What Makes The Nightmare On Elm Street "Trilogy" Unique? 

1, 3 and New Nightmare (the Nancy trilogy) has always been the trilogy for me. Wes and Heather were the special sauce.

OG, Dream Warriors, and New Nightmare. That's my top 3.

Freddy was honestly terrifying in the original film. As a kid, he was the most horrifying thing I'd ever seen. And knowing what he was in his human life, there's nothing worse. He hurt little children. The lowest of the low. The first 3 films kept that and didn't make him quite such a goofball. The later movies seemed to forget what he was. He's not a comedian. He's a monster. Even though he did make a few jokes in Dream Warriors, he wasn't quite the Freddy's Dead level of ridiculous.

2 has the best Freddy makeup of the entire franchise. Those reddish brown eyes and witch nose still haunt me

Dream Warriors & Dream Master are my two favorite from the series

What makes this trilogy so unique is: #1: Iconic villain #2: Fantastic special effects #3: Memorable moments #4: Strong female heroines #5: Made the slasher genre good again as it was starting to get stale by 1984.

The "trilogy" was unique in showing how powerful Fred had become within that time span. We got glimpses of his power in nightmare 1...then his expanded power in 2...and arguably his peak in 3 (if we ignore FD)

A compliation of the Mostly Serious Freddy Kruger Trilogy is the perfect Father's Day Present.

1, 3 and 4 are the true trilogy for me

Dream Warriors the puppet death....omg i remember the feeling when i saw it in the early 90s....great stuff

When I was about 10 years old, Freddy had already been a reocurring star in my nightmares. I was always terrified of him, but fascinated at the same time. I think that is what makes characters like this so great. Nightmare on Elm Street is still my all time favorite horror franchise 30 years later, even though it horrified me as a child.

One of the saddest things I've ever heard was that an actor in the remake said they'd spoken to Haley right before shooting began and he said he'd just watched the movie for the first time like the night before.

"What do you think I'm some kind of fruitcake or something?!"

I always admired how strong and resilient the female heroines were in this franchise, especially Nancy, who is the first example who springs to mind whenever you hear "Final Girl."

To me the 'Dream Trilogy' of 3, 4 and 5 is the Nightmare on Elm Street trilogy, a trilogy that a lot of people overlook, and these three flows so well if you watch them back to back. Stylistically Nightmare 3 is more similar to 4 and 5 than 1 and New Nightmare. The three films have good continuity with cast carried over from one to the next and introduced Freddy's backstory with Amanda Krueger in 3, established the Dream Master Alice in 4 and wrapped it up in 5. I think 1 and New Nightmare are good opening prologue and epilogues for the trilogy of 3-4-5 in the middle, making it a nice 5-film saga.

So weird a future A list actor and future Oscar winner came from this trilogy.😊 Johnny and Patricia.

I take part 2 as Nancy drained most of his energy so he needed people to remember and fear him again to get strong enough to kill again in the dream world. Like they kind of showed in Freddy v jason...he needed Jason to make kids fear him again.

I think the poster for Dream Warriors was made during pre-production when no one had any clue what the movie was going to be. Look closely. NONE of those people actually appear in the movie.

I love revenge. Robert is dark as hell in this movie.

1 and 3 are really the only two that I enjoy. Which is crazy because I can watch all of the Paramount Friday movies no problem.

The first 3 are only a trilogy in name only. For a closer trilogy I’d have to go with either 1,3 and 4 or 3,4 and 5. Part 2 is just too different to what the rules of 1 were and what he was in 3

Grady should’ve been Jesse’s love interest instead of Lisa. Dream Warriors would make a sick RPG.

I loved the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' movies, TV series, etc. so much...I had freddy Krueger tattooed on my back looking like he's rpping his way out of it. When my wife saw it, she jokingly said: Now I have to wake up to 2 horrors every morning...lol. That was 30 years (ish) ago...although I'm nearly 60 now, it is extremely faded as tattoos tend to do over time.

I know people don't care for Part 2, BUT Part 2 was actually the last time Freddy was actually dark and scary. Until New Nightmare

Great subject - Love Nightmare on Elm Street. Those "rocks" thrown at Tina's window weren't rocks ... They were teeth. yeah, look real close. (Gives an even greater darkness to that scene, huh?) Also we knew Tina wasn't the main character throughout the film , after all, Nancy is the one on the Poster, and The caption reads: "If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all." - Also Nancy is shown, right away to be the "Moral compass" - the smart girl - I don't see why people would think she wasn't the lead role all along. Oh by the way - that wasn't a goat - it was a sheep. It's symbolic. (Lamb to slaughter - "Counting sheep to sleep" - even may have a religious significance.) The scene in which Tina is standing in her white body bag, her feet surrounded by squirming eels, (just before the centipede comes out of her mouth) was very religiously symbolic as a Virgin Mary statue with snakes at her feet. Wes Craven went deep while remaining subtle in his technique. The first Nightmare on Elm was the best for fear - and kept Freddy's "smart-ass" to a minimum - using his words as threats and to insight fear and not for some kind of "4rth wall break entertainment value." This, Freddy, in my opinion, was the best Freddy.

I wonder why no one ever talks about the cut scene with Nancy and her Mom talking in their basement about Freddy. The cut scene makes the parents of Elm Street motive for vigilante justice make much more sense. I didn’t see the deleted scene until almost 30 years after initially viewing the film. Freddy basically kill3d Nancy, Tina, Glen, Rod and the other Elm Street kids older siblings!! They didn’t even know they had older siblings.

Twirling lawnmower 😀👍👑

Hiding alcohol bottles is just a normal part of parenting. You never know where you'll be when you need a drink

Favourite one is Dream Warrriors!

The 1st one is more hardcore and a creepier one all around but the 3rd one my favorite is a perfect combo of action, great cast and horror. Part 2 was soso. I loved watching these with my aunts uncle's and cousins in the mid 80s.

Freddy pioneered the ceiling crawl

I about LOVE this. Thank you.

The big problem with trying to say that part 2 is a soft "reboot" is that it directly references Part 1 on multiple occasions, so there is no way it can be a reboot. Instead, let's call it what it really was : a mis-step that they had to course correct in part 3. I enjoy the movie as a stand alone, but don't consider it as part of a "trilogy" with parts 1 and 3.

A Nightmare On Elm Street, Freddy's Revenge, and Dream Warriors are definitely the best three of the franchise.

Dream Warriors is my favorite of the franchise

I find the “soft reboot” interpretation of 2 interesting but considering how much emphasis is placed on Freddy’s power being on a spectrum (more souls=more power), I find the view that Freddy during the 2nd film is trying to regain power (sort of like in Freddy v Jason) more satisfying personally. I think Freddy’s desperation in the beginning conveyed this to me; his lack of quips, to borrow an observation from a tv show, underscores his lack of strength in his current circumstance.That is just my opinion but I think it would actually make the first 3 movies feel more connected and give more weight to Nancy’s initial battle with Freddy.

I listen to the videos on my route ...your voice is the best ..

I always felt like Nancy’s mom was trying to get her taken out by Freddy

I love 1,3,4,New Nightmare

Something you need to consider with A Nightmare on Elm Street is all the controversy that surrounded its filming and release. There were protests by christian groups at movie theaters. They latched on to Freddy being a child murderer and went further claiming he was a full-blown murdering pedophile. Then there was the MPAA threatening to not allow the release unless anyone purchasing tickets/attending the movie had to show ID proving they were 18, and no one under the age of 17 would be allowed in. If you were under 18, you had to have a parent or guardian 18 or older with you, and you needed ID to prove ages and guardianship. So all this made young horror hounds like me have to see this. I was 16 and didn't have my license yet(so no ID). The girl I was dating was in the same boat. I worked at a grocery store with a really cool cashier. She and her husband were both horror junkies. So we made plans to go see it at midnight showing about a week or so after the initial release. We get there. Gary goes up to get all our tickets, and the cashier asks for ID. All our IDs. No ID. No ticket. We'll fuck me Freddy. My girlfriend and I had to see another movie. It ended up being Purple Rain(this made the 3rd time I had seen it). I didn't see A Nightmare on Elm Street for about another 3 years.. on video.. on a tiny 20-inch television. But that was life growing up in the 80s.

Robert Englund’s cameo in Stranger Things 4 really worked as his grand sendoff from playing Freddy, and passing the torch/claws to the next dream-haunting monster. (Also, the character Will’s entire character arc is a long-form reboot of Nightmare 2’s story, about being a closeted gay teen boy in the ‘80s.)

fredys prosthetics was wicked as hell in part 1 and 2

This series also shows us the evolution of Heather Langenkamp's acting ability. In 1 she's..... trying her best let's say lol. But by New Nightmare she's really grown into quite a good actor

3 is my favourite

Actually The Beginning of part 2 in the bus is the only Dream kill with the 2 girls and Jesse waking up Screaming✅️

Wes cravens new nightmare for me was the best and scariest

I've often seen it as Glen is the boy next door type, where as Rod is the bad boy type. So really, getting both extreme opposite sides in the same movie. But yeah, Nancy I'll say ranks up there as one of my fav final girls in horror movies. She is sooooooo badass, I love it! Anyways, thank you so very much, did enjoy your video.

The trilogy for me is 1, 3 and New Nightmare. I also love 4. I try not to hate too hard on 2 but it's not good and I hate that the director didn't give a damn about the original or the rules of Freddy in making part 2. It showed.

My favorite horror movie series of all time and yes some of them got dumb like all series but I love them all!!!

Everyone ignores or doesn’t understand 2, but 2 is honestly one of my favorites. The way I take it ties to the idea that Freddy needs fear and notoriety to kill. Like Jesse comes into the story at a time when the murders of the first film have been almost forgotten, besides the idea that Nancy Thompson went crazy after seeing Glen’s murder. Eventually with the passing of time, Freddy has lost his power to outright kill in dreams but not the ability to influence in them. When Jesse comes in, he’s struggling with the shame and fear that comes from being closeted, and Freddy can sense that fear so he uses it to invade Jesse’s body and bring himself back into the real world, and he uses the attack at the pool party to strike fear in the community again. I also read the ending of that movie as very queer empowering. Like Freddy is feeding off of Jesse’s fear of himself, and when Jesse finds the power to turn that fear supply off he ends Freddy’s hold on him. And the reason Freddy is able to come back in 3 is because his massacre at the pool has drummed up enough fear for Freddy to kill in dreams again.

Nightmare's 1,3 And 7 Are My All-Time Favorites 4 And 5 Are Not Bad Either 2 And 6 Are Good But Not Great And In Closing Happy Father's Day JOBLO Horror. P.S. Can You Guys Do Uncle Sam (1996) For 4th Of July.

1, 2, 3, and 4 is my Nightmare canon. New Nightmare makes a nice book end as well.

Wes craven cleared the scream line up of Casey Becker saying the rest suck, he didn't write that in there someone else did. lol cause it was weird at first considering New Nightmare but he states he had nothing to do w/ that line.

Nice video! Elm Street is a strange series because it has what I consider to be 'series films' and 'anthology films.' For me, the original film, 3,4 and 5 form a perfect series. We go from Freddy's emergence as a threat, through the Dream Warriors, the rise of the Dream Master up to Amanda Krueger, Freddy's mother, taking the burden upon herself to imprison Freddy for all eternity. The Dream Child is a terrific ending and I'm glad it was never undone. It's also a film I appreciated much more as an adult than as a teenager. Meanwhile, Freddy's Revenge, Freddy's Dead, New Nightmare and Freddy vs Jason are anthology films. I consider them the equivalent of a book of Freddy short stories: quirky one-off tales that go outside of canon.

If we ever get a prequel, then it should be titled Springwood Slasher.

1,2&3 were in a era that was fresh out the bag

1 and 3 make a fantastic and horrifying epic. Its seamless

Freddy's glove can also be seen in Evil Dead 2 and Ash vs Evil Dead.

I look at Freddy's Revenge as its own movie 1,3 and 4 are a trilogy what makes it unique the dream sequence, the creative death scenes great cast of characters and a villain who loves to get under your skill

I love freddy's revenge but the rule breaking is the only thing that lets it down,love how freddy gets in Jesse head because he confuses about his sexuality freddy the king at mind games

My favorites are the original and New Nightmare.

Is that the Bye Bye Man!?! 😂

Mr craven did a very good job of filming nightmare on elm Street 😄🤣💯😊 and when I was little I used to watch it 😁🤣🤣🤣 and also I have a DVDs God bless you 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Glens death was pretty impressive. They did that entire room on the ceiling for the effects.

Happy Father's Day!

I've never understood the "X next door" thing. It would imply common and normal, not someone spectacularly gorgeous as well as kind? Those are very very rare.

nightamre 1-4 and new nightmare is Golden for me , Freddy Krueger is a Slasher pop culture icon and defines the 1980s forever total Game changer

The way to reboot Freddy is clear to me. Just make a sequel to Freddy vs Jason set on Christmas with Holiday themed kills and a final showdown between Freddy and Santa Claus... this shit writes itself.

The scene in the alley way when they introduce us to him for the first time is just 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻

That tigers hat. Detroit son. Lol

1 & 3 with New Nightmare as the spin off is always mine - though the version of Freddy in 2 is fantastic

Hmm was watching on my TV and picked up my phone to co-sign a comment thread that spotted this as old content that has been combined/chopped and slapped with a new title but somehow… it has disappeared.

3 was always my favorite. Wish 3 was the end of the series. It would have been a perfect ending

They should have a Freddy Kruger: Inception. A crew goes into the dream world through Inception to battle Freddy.

Somehow Freddy came back

I don't count 2 as even a real Freddy film. It depends on the discussion but I normally think of the entire story as 1, 3 and 4. Sometimes I'll give 5 the nod and include it but it's just so bad that it's hard. Because of New Nightmare though, it tends to feel like 1 and 3 are the only actual canonical films while the rest are side stories or what-ifs.

I found the second movie to be incredibly sad. I felt really sorry for Jesse 'cos I felt how scared and out of place he felt not just with Freddy but with his father and the community in general. And I was 15 years old when it came out and was struggling with my sexuality then too. I saw the subtle signs (and not so subtle with the coach) of the gay subtext, whether it was purposefully written that way or not.

I am definitely the only person who would've liked the ending where Fred drove the Car. I liked a couple of those Alternate Takes too.

I guess everyone was❤crushing on Nancy😉

You mentioned the poster instead of the glove in the shed?

1, 3, 4 and 5 are a complete story and the only ones that matter.

1 and 2 are my favourites

Elijah Wood produced Nicolas Cage as Freddy Krueger

Part 3 will always be the best. Freddy is scary in this one, he tells jokes in this one but he had not become a full comedian like he did in movies after. The 1st movie is a classic, I like part 2 I think freddy is at his most evil in this one, it just does not have the best script. Phillips death is the best death scene in all of the NOES movies.

I would like to see you cover Jeepers Creepers, one of my favorites as well.

Single mom? Am I remembering this as a child and never realized her parents were divorced?

Favorite movie

The Nancy Trilogy of the original movie, the third, and New Nightmare is the trilogy. Everything else in the series are just lesser sequels.

I feel like a total outsider when I say this but Dream Warriors is way too cheese for me. I like certain things, and can't stand other parts of it. So 4 was also not my bag. I loved 1 and 2 so much. Freddy was my favorite for a long long time

How many times is this channel going to rehash Nightmare On Elm Street videos?

…..is that a goat

I did like...1980s THE BURNING and prefered it to FRIDAY 13th, but warching it now, it comes over as nasty for the gore content, too over the top & not frightening, BUT like with NIGHT MARE the concept is clever, in fact it may well have been an inspiration for NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. As it's also about a man horrifically burned who seeks revenge on his tormentors

For me the trilogy is the first, third and Freddy Vs Jason.

Very true... I sat myself down waiting for these "gay undertones" only to realize there were gay "OVER TONES" it wasnt even subtle haha

8:10 bro spitting facts. LOVED ME some Heather Langenkamp*

1 was great, I have yet to see 2, and 3 is on the low side of the series for me. The tv series was fun to watch. Robert Englund is one of my favorite actors.

I've binged through every Nightmare movie so many times. As bad as they are I do enjoy 4 and 5, can't stand 6 though.

1 & 2 were the scariest 😈 The rest were just funny but had some cool moments 👍

Didn't know jhonny deep was in this lol also thought his first moviewas the outsiders

The classic question & problem with the telling of ANY story, is how do you mix what's not real, with what is & still keep it believable? The answer is you blur the dividing line, & that is what so cleverly Wes Craven has done with his NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. film with BAT MAN BEGINS Chris Nolan understood the same thing with the Scare crow character, finding a believable gate way into hallucinagenic fantasy (in that case with a vaporous drug) it also worked so well in- WEREWOLF IN LONDON & even ALIENS in the original NIGHTMARE film, the question of sanity is disbuted & THAT is what is frightening, when reasoning fails.