Written and directed by Wes Craven Released October 1994 New Line Cinema Five years after Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare New Line resurrected its most well-known movie character with this film, released in time for the 10th anniversary of the original film (dang, it’s almost hard to believe that they did so many films in…
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Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
Written by Rachel Talalay and Michael De Luca Directed by Rachel Talalay Released September 1991 New Line Cinema While A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child was a financial success on its own, making over $22 million on an $8 million budget, that was still less than half what A Nightmare On Elm…
A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Written by John Skipp, Craig Spector, & Leslie Bohem Directed by Stephen Hopkins Released August 1989 New Line Cinema As I pointed out last Sunday, despite its flaws, A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master was the biggest financial success of the franchise, and so almost exactly a year later New Line rushed…
A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Written by William Kotzwinkle, Brian Helgeland, & Scott Pierce Directed by Renny Harlin Released August 1988 New Line Cinema Wes Craven may have allegedly hoped that A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors would be the end of the Elm Street saga, but it ended making even more money than the first two films,…
A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Written by Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Frank Darabont, & Chuck Russell Directed by Chuck Russell Released February 1987 New Line Cinema Despite the critical disappointment of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge it was a financial success, proving that there was still interest in the property, so New Line Cinema proceed to get…
A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Written by David Chaskin Directed by Jack Sholder Released November 1985 New Line Cinema Just a year after the first film, New Line put out this sequel, without any involvement from Wes Craven or any of the stars of the previous film, except for Robert Englund who returns as Freddy Krueger. This film makes some…
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Written and directed by Wes Craven Released November 1984 New Line Cinema This is my all-time favorite horror movie. And unlike my friend Annie Riordan I don’t find it dated in the slightest, re-watching it today I find it just as suspenseful as I did when I first watched it as a wee lad. The…
FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH II: THE NIGHTMARE WARRIORS
The first miniseries was obviously a success, because two years later Wildstorm and Dynamite published this follow-up 6-issue miniseries. Once again Jeff Katz is credited with the story, while James Kuhoric wrote the script, and Jason Craig handles the majority of the art, with Cruddie Totian (love that name) is credited with “additional art” in…
FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH
After the success of 2003’s Freddy Vs. Jason film, New Line Cinema originally planned to make sequel, adding Bruce Campbell playing Ashley J. Williams aka Ash from the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness film franchise. I remember hearing about it and thinking it was a good idea, as a sequel with the two monsters fighting each…
