What Makes The Nightmare On Elm Street "Trilogy" Unique?
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The original Nightmare on Elm Street trilogy stands out in the horror genre for its iconic villain, Freddy Krueger, who invades victims' dreams with his terrifying presence and dark humor. Wes Craven's innovative concept of blending reality with the dream world creates a unique and surreal atmosphere. At the same time, the creative special effects and memorable death scenes elevate the films' visual impact. The trilogy delves into deeper themes of fear, guilt, and the loss of innocence, with a strong protagonist in Nancy Thompson adding a compelling narrative arc. Balancing scares with entertainment, the trilogy's cultural impact is undeniable, cementing its legacy as a groundbreaking and influential horror series.
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1, 3 and New Nightmare (the Nancy trilogy) has always been the trilogy for me. Wes and Heather were the special sauce.
exactly they are the only ones that i really watch anymore
Agreed, the rest are almost unwatchable for how poor they are
3,4,5 is the Dream Trilogy, 1 and New Nightmare are opening prologue and closing epilogues.
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.
I get what you are saying, and I do agree, but think of it like this. What if he was real? Someone like him when he was human doing those things to those kids, and while he did it, he's having that much fun with it! If you keep that in mind while he's cracking wise, if you remember that while those children were trapped in his boiler room dungeon, screaming out in abject terror, begging him to stop, screeching with ever hoarsening voices for their mommy to come and save them...
It makes his wisecracks hit in a whole different way...
And yeah, admittedly it is hard to keep that in mind because his jokes take you out of the moment, and it is a really hard thing to fit into a healthy mind so we don't WANT to think about it!
2 has the best Freddy makeup of the entire franchise. Those reddish brown eyes and witch nose still haunt me
But the movie sucked
Scariest iteration of Freddy-that scene where he threatened Jesse in the hallway was the best Freddy encounter IMO.
@@nicholasbennett7367 Not for me and clearly not for the narrator. Keep your opinions to yourself.
@@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax first time on the internet? Soft ass grape
Freddy was truly frightening in 2. Very little comedy. He was vicious, aggressive, and almost always very darkly lit. He came across as genuinely threatening. People tend to forget about that because Jesse's stuff was so unintentionally campy.
OG, Dream Warriors, and New Nightmare.
That's my top 3.
Hard agree. Dream warriors is so damn good and you can’t get much better than OG and New Nightmare
@@markymarkeaton Facts.🙌
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.
You forgot the perhaps most important aspect... relatability...
After you watched the movie you would go to bed... people of all ages have had nightmares, and it's very easy to imagine them becoming real..
@@ophe1867 Ah yes ofc you are right
Agreed! Not only were the heroines great, but they didn't diminish the heroes to make the heroines look great either. Alice Johnson is one of the great heroines of fantasy cinema!
Dream Warriors & Dream Master are my two favorite from the series
They are the two most entertaining for sure and I have watched them the most
Mine too! Love the feel and intense story of part 3, followed by the fun and imagination of part 4.
For me it’s 1,3,&4.
Dream Warriors the puppet death....omg i remember the feeling when i saw it in the early 90s....great stuff
One of the best scenes in the franchise! My other favorite was the tv scene in part 3.. welcome to prime time biatch lol 😅
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)
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.
Not only that he didn’t even like the movie
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
That’s right
Me too! With 3 being my favorite one
4 is the batman forever of the franchise. Love the soundtrack too.
Yes. Part 2 often feels like it the script was originally for a completely different horror movie, and they then inserted Freddie into it, especially when Freddie can randomly appear in the real world at the pool party and still act like he's in a dream.
Facts!
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.
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."
So weird a future A list actor and future Oscar winner came from this trilogy.😊 Johnny and Patricia.
Not his first film, but Lawrence Fishburn also appeared in the 3rd.
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.
"What do you think I'm some kind of fruitcake or something?!"
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.
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.
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.
what about new nightmare?
You better add 4 to that
@@Look-at-the-ghost 4 is not bad I just hate how they kill off all of my favorite characters from part 3.
@@thecunninlynguist the design of Freddy in new nightmare is pretty cool.
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
I love revenge. Robert is dark as hell in this movie.
too bad most scenes with Fred were with a different actor
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
NOEM 2 is a dolled up installment. That is, it was an unrelated project that got shoehorned into the NOEM franchise to get green lit. I advise newcomers to the franchise to just skip it and skip the remake.
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 like the second one but then again I liked them all in one way or another
@@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax I agree with you. Considering all of the different opinions from the creative minds across the first three movies, I know viewing this as a traditional trilogy is really built on fan interpretations. Still, there is so much there which makes me think about what could of been, like exploring what it might have been for Nancy to have been viewed as her mom’s killer (never acknowledged in text but seems like a reasonable assumption based on story details), the role her dad might of had hurting Freddy by keeping his name out of public domain, how the events of the 2nd movie could have caused the new spike in deaths preceding the 3rd and maybe the idea that dream powers are a byproduct of having had dreams with Freddy. Sigh…minor vent over.
Or you can just skip number 2. It’s not a real NOEM anyway. It’s a dolled up installment. That’s the real reason it’s so different.
Actually The Beginning of part 2 in the bus is the only Dream kill with the 2 girls and Jesse waking up Screaming✅️
1, 2, 3, and 4 is my Nightmare canon. New Nightmare makes a nice book end as well.
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.
3 is my favourite
I feel like NOES 4 should be included to truly have the trilogy. It was so satisfying to see some of the dream warriors come back (even though they didn't last long).
Also NOES 4 has one of my favorite movies opener songs (from Tuesday Knight). ❤
Grady should’ve been Jesse’s love interest instead of Lisa.
Dream Warriors would make a sick RPG.
It would have been good if they were a couple but we all know that in the early 80's they wouldn't have got away with that storyline.
Favourite one is Dream Warrriors!
Twirling lawnmower 😀👍👑
Freddy driving the car at the end of 1 would have been awesome
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 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.
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.
Dream Warriors is my favorite of the franchise
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.
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.
It's defintely is a good movie but yeah.....it is a stand alone and shouldn't really be a part of the trilogy.
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.
I agree with the concept of an Elm Street trilogy. The first film is the best - spooky and effective. The second film is fairly underrated - weird and homoerotic but Freddy comes across as truly dark and scary and the movie expands the lore just a bit. The third film is my personal favorite - creative, interesting, and brings together all the elements needed to wrap up both Nancy and Freddy's stories nicely. All the other Elm Streets are just disposable non-canon fun to me.
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.
I love 1,3,4,New Nightmare
My favorite horror movie series of all time and yes some of them got dumb like all series but I love them all!!!
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.
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.
A Nightmare On Elm Street, Freddy's Revenge, and Dream Warriors are definitely the best three of the franchise.
I listen to the videos on my route ...your voice is the best ..
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
Freddy pioneered the ceiling crawl
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.)
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.
fredys prosthetics was wicked as hell in part 1 and 2
My favorites are the original and New Nightmare.
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
Wes cravens new nightmare for me was the best and scariest
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
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 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
I always felt like Nancy’s mom was trying to get her taken out by Freddy
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.
Yeah I always thought the "girl next door" was meant to be like a wholesome Marianne type as opposed to a sultry Ginger type.
Hiding alcohol bottles is just a normal part of parenting. You never know where you'll be when you need a drink
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.
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 about LOVE this. Thank you.
Freddy's glove can also be seen in Evil Dead 2 and Ash vs Evil Dead.
2 has some of the scariest scenes in the franchise
1 and 3 make a fantastic and horrifying epic. Its seamless
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 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
1 & 3 with New Nightmare as the spin off is always mine - though the version of Freddy in 2 is fantastic
A lot of people hate on part 2 but the more I watch it the more I love it.
That bus scene is one of my favorite nightmares if not the best one of all. The pool scene. When Freddy comes out of Jesse. The tongue.
Nowadays, they call it the gay nightmare but thats only in hindsight. People don't understand that IT WAS THE 80S, people didn't see it back then the way they do now. People forget that Freddy is FUCKING WITH JESSE.
1,2&3 were in a era that was fresh out the bag
Is that the Bye Bye Man!?! 😂
1 and 2 are my favourites
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.
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.
Dream Warriors was my favorite. The first one was my second favorite and the second one was... kind of weird but not too bad. The rest became a bit too silly though.
3 was always my favorite. Wish 3 was the end of the series. It would have been a perfect ending
If we ever get a prequel, then it should be titled Springwood Slasher.
That tigers hat. Detroit son. Lol
Glens death was pretty impressive. They did that entire room on the ceiling for the effects.
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.
I guess everyone was❤crushing on Nancy😉
The Nancy Trilogy of the original movie, the third, and New Nightmare is the trilogy. Everything else in the series are just lesser sequels.
The second one is solid. It also has the best Freddy look.
@@lex_rodriguez I agree in the sense that it’s the first sequel, so improved upon Freddy’s look. But if there’s a trilogy within the series of films, it’s the Nancy Trilogy.
…..is that a goat
No it was a sheep😂
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.
Happy Father's Day!
It’s funny you say if Freddy wanted to hurt someone why would he only hurt their kids, how fucked up that is. Reminds me of a pretty well known story about a Pharaoh and plagues from God, one being the death of each first born. Freddy isn’t the only one going after kids
1, 3, 4 and 5 are a complete story and the only ones that matter.
@Stang2023 You got something against Alice? She did more than Kristen and Nancy were able to. 👍😅
5 sucks, sorry
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.
You mentioned the poster instead of the glove in the shed?
Somehow Freddy came back
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
1 & 2 were the scariest 😈
The rest were just funny but had some cool moments 👍
Part 2 is really good, it had its goofy parts and i didnt care bout the gay stuff. The effects and him terrorizing jesse was good
@@wallcity318 It was scary
So was part 1
But it's a running gag about all the gay weirdness In part 2 I didn't notice as a kid but on a current re-watch you notice
@@Dr_1212 yea i didnt notice for literally most my life, i guess thats why it dont bother me, other than the fact it doesnt matter
@@wallcity318 You right 👍
I actually feel pt2 is underrated it deserves more props as a good horror movie & 1 of the best in the Elm street movies
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
Very true... I sat myself down waiting for these "gay undertones" only to realize there were gay "OVER TONES" it wasnt even subtle haha
Favorite movie
My stance is….. Part 1 is the scariest, part 3 is the best, part 2 is my favorite. I know that’s a strange ranking, but I love Freddy’s Revenge for going rogue, and it’s just a wild ride (no pun intended to the opening). The films after the first 3 don’t matter to me at all. This would be one of the best trilogies ever if it stopped at 3
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.
They should have a Freddy Kruger: Inception. A crew goes into the dream world through Inception to battle Freddy.
South Park did it
The correct trilogy is actually 1,3,7
It's a biblical truth
However in Hollywood traditional method it's 1,3,4 leading towards the next trilogy to come.