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Elm Street Watch Order

Seven sequels, a meta-sequel, a crossover and a remake.

Every A Nightmare on Elm Street film in order — all seven originals plus New Nightmare, Freddy vs Jason and the 2010 remake — with the continuities explained.

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The Original Run

1984 – 1991 · Continuity A · Six films across nine years.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street

9 Nov 1984

Craven's original. A killer who attacks you in your sleep, and a genuinely great premise.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

1 Nov 1985

The odd one out, and reassessed for decades as one of the most openly queer horror films of its era.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

27 Feb 1987

The best sequel. Craven co-wrote it, and the dream logic finally has rules.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

19 Aug 1988

The biggest box-office hit of the series, and where Freddy becomes a wisecracking mascot.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

11 Aug 1989

Darker again, and heavily cut by the ratings board.

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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

13 Sept 1991

Sold as the ending. In 3D, for the last twenty minutes.

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New Nightmare

1994 · Standalone · Craven returns, and breaks the frame.

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Wes Craven's New Nightmare

14 Oct 1994

Set in the real world, with the cast playing themselves. Two years before Scream, and doing the same trick.

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The Crossover

2003 · Continuity A · Freddy meets Jason.

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Freddy vs. Jason

15 Aug 2003

Continues the original continuity, and also the Friday the 13th one. Enormously silly.

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The Remake

2010 · Separate · A 2010 restart that went nowhere.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

30 Apr 2010

A remake with Jackie Earle Haley. No sequel followed.

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