157-694: The A Nightmare on Elm Street series, created by Wes Craven , focuses on several characters who survive attacks by Freddy Krueger ( Robert Englund ), the spirit of a child murderer who gains the ability to stalk and kill people in their dreams (killing them in reality) after his death at the hands of a vengeful mob. The series consists of nine films: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988), A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) and Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991), in which Freddy
314-498: A This Is Your Brain on Drugs public service announcement (watched by Spencer ) before Freddy hits him on the head with the PSA's frying pan. Marge Thompson is the mother of Nancy Thompson and Donald Thompson's ex-wife. An alcoholic and a heavy smoker, she struggles with Nancy's growing instability from sleep deprivation and nightmares and depends on alcohol and cigarettes to help her cope. Pressured by Nancy, Marge reveals that Freddy
471-585: A crossover film featuring fellow horror icon Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th franchise . A remake of the 1984 film was released in 2010, while a reboot is in development. The original film, written and directed by Wes Craven and titled A Nightmare on Elm Street , was released in 1984. The story focuses on Freddy Krueger ( Robert Englund ) attacking Nancy Thompson ( Heather Langenkamp ) and her friends in their dreams, successfully killing all but Nancy, in fictional Springwood, Ohio . Krueger's backstory
628-409: A remake of the original 1984 film . To provide a freshness to the character, producer Brad Fuller explained that they were abandoning the things that made the character less scary—Freddy would not be "cracking jokes" as had become a staple of his character in later sequels—and focus more on trying to craft a "horrifying movie". There was not agreement among the original crew as to whether it would be
785-403: A spiritual realm, while in others, the individual may be reborn into this world and begin the life cycle over again in a process referred to as reincarnation , likely with no memory of what they have done in the past. In this latter view, such rebirths and deaths may take place over and over again continuously until the individual gains entry to a spiritual realm or otherworld . Major views on
942-464: A 4-hour documentary chronicling the Nightmare on Elm Street series was released. The documentary includes interviews with the cast and crew for all of the Nightmare films. In a wish to utilize individuals who contributed to the series, the makers of the documentary procured poster artist Matthew Joseph Peak to create the artwork for the release poster and DVD cover, and composer Charles Bernstein for
1099-456: A Springwood high student, is Nancy's best friend. Tina tells Nancy that she has been experiencing strange dreams about a scarred man, and learns that Nancy has had a similar dream. Her parents had also participated in Fred Krueger's murder. Tina's father left his family shortly afterwards, and her mother began dating. One night, after sleeping with her boyfriend, Tina is attacked in a dream during
1256-402: A belief in rebirth/ metempsychosis was held by historic Greek figures, such as Pythagoras and Plato . It is a common belief of various ancient and modern religions, such as Spiritism , theosophy , and Eckankar . It is found as well in many tribal societies around the world, in places such as Australia, East Asia, Siberia , and South America. Although the majority of denominations within
1413-442: A child, she absorbs him into herself in an attempt to contain him. In the comic book series Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors , Amanda is summoned by Jacob to help defeat her son. Freddy wounds Jacob (weakening his power), making Amanda disappear. Kristen Parker is one of the last Elm Street children who have nightmares. After falling asleep she is attacked by Freddy, who slits her wrists. Her injuries are seen as
1570-556: A criminal record for drugs and violence. Like Tina, Nancy and Glen, Rod has nightmares but refuses to accept them as meaningful; he is also unaware that his and his friends' parents participated in the murder of Fred Krueger years earlier. After Rod sleeps with Tina, she is murdered in a dream by Freddy and apparently killed by an invisible attacker on Rod. Rod is arrested on suspicion of murder, and no one believes his pleas of innocence because of his past. He tells Nancy (who visits him in jail) about his Freddy Krueger nightmares, leading her to
1727-416: A disfigured, threatening man. After the death of her best friend Tina, Nancy suspects that the dreams are real; when she learns who Krueger was and realizes that he is seeking revenge against the people who killed him by murdering their children, she searches for ways to defeat him. After he kills Glen, Nancy tries to bring Krueger into the real world to defeat him herself. In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 she
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#17331069563161884-682: A duplication of the Pyramid Texts , which would serve as a guide for Egyptian pharaohs or queens in the afterlife. Only if the corpse had been properly embalmed and entombed in a mastaba , could the dead live again in the Fields of Yalu and accompany the Sun on its daily ride. Due to the dangers the afterlife posed, the Book of the Dead was placed in the tomb with the body as well as food, jewelry, and 'curses'. They also used
2041-475: A friend from school. Alice begins inadvertently providing victims for Freddy when she begins pulling people into her dreams while she sleeps. Alice, who begins taking on traits of the friends who were murdered, confronts Freddy. She uses the power of the Dream Master to release all the souls Freddy has taken; they subsequently rip themselves from Freddy's body, killing him in the process. Picking up shortly after
2198-524: A good idea to remake the film. Craven expressed his displeasure, primarily because the filmmakers chose not to have him as a consultant to the film, unlike with the 2009 remake The Last House on the Left where he "shepherd[ed] it towards production". In contrast, Robert Englund felt it was time for A Nightmare on Elm Street to be remade. Englund liked the idea of being able to "exploit the dreamscape" with CGI and other technologies that did not exist when Craven
2355-462: A group delusion. Neil and Don (Nancy's father) search for Freddy's remains to lay him to rest; Freddy's bones revive when they are uncovered, attacking Neil and Don and killing Don. After the bones return to their grave, Dr. Gordon regains consciousness and performs last rites for them (apparently defeating Freddy). In literature, Gordon appears in the 1991 short story collection The Nightmares on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger's Seven Sweetest Dreams. In
2512-458: A high ledge in a tower and severs the tendon-strings, allowing him to fall to his death. Roland Kincaid is a patient at Westin Hills Hospital who is admitted due to his refusal to sleep after a series of nightmares. Roland is aggressive and resistant to being sedated, often kept in solitary confinement and singing songs to stay awake. He and the other young people at the hospital are pulled into
2669-400: A homoerotic subtext implies that Jesse is gay and Freddy is his fear of accepting that fact. Ron is the real object of Jesse's affection, implied when he leaves his girlfriend Lisa after a failed attempt at sex and retreats to Ron's room. Lisa's best friend and confidant, who supports her crush on Jesse. Kerry is impaled by Freddy in a dream at the end of the movie, but it is unclear if that is
2826-459: A loose remake of the original film with Englund replaced by Jackie Earle Haley and the character changed from child killer to a child molester. The franchise also consists of a television series, a video game , merchandise and literature about Freddy Krueger and his exploits, including crossovers with Jason Voorhees and Ash Williams of the Evil Dead franchise. In the series Freddy Krueger has
2983-496: A major accident, Alice becomes ensnared in the dream world by Freddy Krueger in a macabre "Alice in Wonderland" setting. With the aid of serial killer Karl Stolenberg and anthropomorphic armadillo Joe Bob, Jacob eventually finds his mother. A deranged Karl attacks Alice, but Jacob returns him to his senses by force. Alice and Karl cooperate to defeat Freddy, although Karl dies in the battle. With Freddy defeated, Alice and Jacob return to
3140-441: A man, to bring back his soul from the pit to... the light of the living' (Job 33:29–30)." Reincarnation, called gilgul , became popular in folk belief and is found in much Yiddish literature among Ashkenazi Jews . Among a few kabbalists, it was posited that some human souls could end up being reincarnated into non-human bodies. These ideas were found in several Kabbalistic works from the 13th century and among many mystics in
3297-469: A metal replica of his glove, and two action figures : Freddy before he was burned, and the other being him after the burning, including two interchangeable heads. A Nightmare on Elm Street is the shared name of two unrelated video games released in 1989, both loosely based on the series. From among those films, Dream Warriors and The Dream Master were particular influences on the gameplay of each. LJN (programmed by Rare ) released one title for
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#17331069563163454-519: A more diverse set of ideas developed. In some texts, Sheol is considered to be the home of both the righteous and the wicked, separated into respective compartments; in others, it was considered a place of punishment, meant for the wicked dead alone. When the Hebrew scriptures were translated into Greek in ancient Alexandria around 200 BC, the word " Hades " (the Greek underworld ) was substituted for Sheol. This
3611-907: A new intern, and realizes the children are being killed by Freddy. With the help of Dr. Neil Gordon ( Craig Wasson ), Nancy helps Kristen Parker ( Patricia Arquette ), Joey ( Rodney Eastman ), Taryn ( Jennifer Rubin ), Kincaid ( Ken Sagoes ), and Will ( Ira Heiden ) find their dream powers, so they can kill Freddy once and for all. Neil, unknowingly until the end, meets the spirit of Freddy's mother, Amanda Krueger ( Nan Martin ), who instructs him to bury Freddy's remains in hallowed ground in order to stop him for good. Neil completes his task, but not before Freddy kills Nancy. The story of Kristen Parker would continue with 1988's A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master . This time, Kristen ( Tuesday Knight ) unwittingly releases Freddy, who immediately kills Kincaid and Joey. Before Freddy can kill Kristen, she transfers her dream powers to Alice Johnson ( Lisa Wilcox ),
3768-410: A party, but Freddy again takes control and tries to kill her. Jesse fights back and Freddy turns on the other teenagers, murdering seven before disappearing. Freddy goes to the boiler room where he would bring his child victims before killing them. Lisa confronts him and Jesse regains control, exorcising Freddy. Lisa and Jesse's friend Kerry is later impaled through the chest by Freddy on their school bus;
3925-514: A patient at Westin Hills who is experiencing nightmares which make him afraid to sleep. He is quick to connect the dots between his dreams and those of his fellow Westin Hills patients, who see him as a leader. Phillip sleepwalks and Freddy, eager to demoralize the group by eliminating its leader, attacks Phillip in a dream by slicing open his skin, pulling out his tendons and using them like puppet strings to manipulate his movements. Freddy leads Phillip to
4082-489: A period of reflection on their earthly actions and are made aware of what they have done wrong. Some view this period as "re-schooling", with the soul gaining wisdom as one's errors are reviewed. Others view this period as spiritual discomfort caused by past wrongs. At the end of this period, not longer than one year, the soul then takes its place in the world to come. Although discomforts are made part of certain Jewish conceptions of
4239-455: A potential HBO Max series, with the intent to have Robert Englund reprise his role as Freddy Krueger. Beginning on October 9, 1988, Freddy's Nightmares was an anthology series, in the vein of The Twilight Zone , which featured different horror stories each week. The show was hosted by Freddy Krueger, with Robert Englund reprising his role from the films. Freddy played more of a background character, but occasionally showed up to influence
4396-644: A predetermined time to help her escape danger. Glen falls asleep; Nancy cannot awaken him because of interference from his father, Walter, who sees her as a bad influence. Freddy pulls Glen through his bed and murders him, sending a stream of blood vertically through the bed up to the ceiling. Glen's body emerges from the hole of the mattress and falls, hitting the bed; Nancy later finds his headphones in Freddy's realm. Nancy turns her back on Freddy, apparently draining his powers, and dreams that all her friends (including Glen) and her mother are alive. Nancy and her friends go out;
4553-621: A psychiatric study institute in Gainesville, Florida . However, Dr. Gordon is actually a patient (with certain phone privileges due to his medical background) being treated for a sleep disorder—as he is the only known adult to be terrorized by Krueger. Dr. Gordon recounts the events of Dream Warriors and Krueger's perverse background to Dr. Curtis. In Gainesville, Neil learned via a letter sent from Alice Johnson that Kristen Parker , Roland Kincaid and Joey Crusel were murdered by Krueger, but that Alice herself took care of him. Knowing that Alice
4710-439: A psychiatric ward, his sentencing for murdering Ron Grady and the apparent disappearance of Lisa's body, his escape from the psychiatric institution, and his efforts to build a new identity. Jesse still wrestles with Freddy Krueger in his mind, and panics when Hollywood begins making the Nightmare on Elm Street films based on his and Nancy Thompson's journal entries. Lisa Webber is a wealthy and popular girl at Springwood High who
4867-410: A remake of the original Nightmare on Elm Street was released. Here, Freddy ( Jackie Earle Haley ) stalks the dreams of Nancy Holbrook ( Rooney Mara ) and her friends as they discover that they all share a common link from their childhood; they were all molested by Freddy before he was murdered by their vengeful parents. Now a supernatural force in their dreams, Freddy kills off the children that alerted
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5024-844: A room in the tower of the hospital's abandoned psychiatric wing out of guilt, where she dies. Her body is never found, and she has an empty plot in Springwood Cemetery; like her son, her spirit is uneasy. As an elderly nun, Amanda returns to help Neil Gordon defeat Freddy. She returns in Dream Child in her young form, brought back by Freddy to resurrect him; her son keeps her from telling Alice how to stop him. When Alice tries to find Amanda in her dreams, Freddy lures her away by attacking her friend Yvonne (forcing Alice to rescue Yvonne). While Alice tries to fight Freddy, she sends Yvonne to Amanda's resting place to free her. Using Alice Johnson's child (Jacob Daniel Johnson) and his power to revert Freddy into
5181-402: A sequence of human and animal forms. Traditional Hinduism teaches that each life helps the soul (jivas) learn until the soul becomes purified to the point of liberation . All major Indian religions , namely Buddhism , Hinduism , Jainism , and Sikhism have their own interpretations of the idea of reincarnation. The human idea of reincarnation is found in many diverse ancient cultures, and
5338-479: A sleepover and murdered by Freddy Krueger, her body dragged up the wall and across the ceiling. Her boyfriend Rod is suspected and arrested. Freddy uses images of the dead Tina to torment Nancy when she falls asleep. Her death is echoed in Wes Craven's New Nightmare with Julie, and in the 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street with Kris Fowles. Although Wyss did not appear in Wes Craven's New Nightmare , her character's death
5495-416: A suicide attempt; Kristen is admitted to Westin Hills Hospital, where she meets other children who are having similar nightmares. After meeting Nancy Thompson (the original Freddy survivor), she learns to control an ability which allows her to summon other people into her dreams and learns Freddy's motives. Calling Kincaid, Joey, Taryn, Will and Nancy to help, they defeat Freddy but lose Will, Nancy and Taryn in
5652-473: A technicality after a series of child murders. After this, he divorces Nancy's mother. When Tina Gray is murdered, Don (a lieutenant in the Springwood police department) uses his daughter as bait to capture Rod Lane, the suspected killer. After Rod's apparent suicide, Don ignores Nancy's reports about a resurrected Freddy Krueger and fails to help her; he and his daughter become estranged. Don realizes that Nancy
5809-652: Is Friday the 13th at $ 908.4 million, The Scream film series is in fourth place with $ 779.5 million, followed by the Saw series with $ 688.3 million, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with $ 459.7 million, and the Child's Play film series rounding out the list with $ 305.2 million. In August 2015, it was reported that Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema were developing a second remake with Orphan writer David Leslie Johnson , with Toby Emmerich , Walter Hamada and Dave Neustadter producing it. In June 2016, Brad Fuller said
5966-474: Is a friend of Kristen Parker, the last Elm Street child. Freddy Krueger requires her to bring him more children, eventually tormenting her enough to summon Alice. Kristen is killed by Freddy after she gives Alice (and Freddy) the ability to summon others into her dreams; freddy then begins summoning Alice's friends to him in their dreams to kill them. When he does, their dream powers and personality traits are absorbed by Alice (making her stronger and revealing her as
6123-401: Is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the death of their physical body. The surviving essential aspect varies between belief systems; it may be some partial element, or the entire soul or spirit, which carries with it one's personal identity. In some views, this continued existence takes place in
6280-708: Is a student who moves into Nancy Thompson's old house on Elm Street with his family and begins having nightmares about Freddy Krueger. He learns that his father paid a bargain price for the house; one of its previous owners had been mysteriously killed, and it is rumored to be haunted. Freddy possesses Jesse, using him to kill in the real world and slowly gaining the strength to manifest his own form. He uses his powers to kill Jesse's abusive coach, and tries to kill Jesse's sister; however, Jesse resists. He confides his fear to his friend Ron, and asks him to watch over him while he sleeps. Ron passes out; Freddy manifests, and murders him. Jesse retreats to his girlfriend Lisa's house during
6437-431: Is a teenaged patient at Westin Hills Hospital who refuses to sleep after experiencing horrific dreams and self-harms to stay awake. An aspiring TV star, she watches shows to learn techniques but inadvertently falls asleep. Unaware that she is dreaming, she approaches the wall-mounted TV in the hospital when it displays strange images. The TV sprouts arms and Freddy's head; the arms restrain and lift her, slamming her head into
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6594-737: Is an "ancient, mainstream belief in Judaism". The Zohar makes frequent and lengthy references to reincarnation. Onkelos , a righteous convert and authoritative commentator of the same period, explained the verse, "Let Reuben live and not die ..." (Deuteronomy 33:6) to mean that Reuben should merit the World to Come directly and not have to die again as a result of being reincarnated. Torah scholar, commentator and kabbalist, Nachmanides (Ramban 1195–1270), attributed Job's suffering to reincarnation, as hinted in Job's saying "God does all these things twice or three times with
6751-400: Is an American supernatural slasher media franchise consisting of nine films, a television series, novels, comic books , and various other media. The franchise began with the film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), written and directed by Wes Craven . The overall plot of the franchise centers around the fictional character Freddy Krueger , the apparition of a former child killer who
6908-507: Is an intern specializing in nightmare disorders at the Westin Hills hospital, helping children who are dreaming of Freddy Krueger. With the children, she apparently defeat Freddy; however, he uses the guise of her father to get near her and stabs her in the abdomen. Before Nancy dies, she stops Krueger from killing Kristen by stabbing him with his own glove. As Heather Langenkamp, she is a main character in Wes Craven's New Nightmare because
7065-515: Is asleep, and tries to kill her, but is thwarted by Jesse. Jesse also sees an apparition of Angela one night during a dream, in which she is wearing an old-fashioned white dress and playing jump rope, reciting Krueger's nursery rhyme. Amanda Krueger is Freddy's mother. She decides to become a nun, chooses Mary Helena as her religious name and is assigned to Westin Hills Hospital. Amanda is accidentally locked inside with psychopaths and killers for several days at Christmastime. Beaten and raped, when she
7222-452: Is attracted to Jesse Walsh when he moves into her neighborhood. They begin dating, but Jesse becomes increasingly erratic under Freddy Krueger's influence. Lisa tries to convince Jesse that Freddy is dead until she sees him manifest in Jesse's body. Freddy tries to kill her, but her proclamations of love weaken his hold on Jesse (apparently allowing Jesse to banish him from his body). While riding on
7379-475: Is based on the arresting officer, Lt. Tim Blocker, not reading him his Miranda rights , which is different from the original Nightmare that stated he was acquitted because someone forgot to sign a search warrant . After the town's parents burn Freddy to death he returns to haunt Blocker in his dreams. Freddy gets his revenge when Blocker is put to sleep at the dentist's office, and Freddy shows up and kills him. Between 1987 and 2003, Freddy Krueger appeared in
7536-432: Is dating Dan Jordan and becomes pregnant with his child. Freddy returns, using her unborn son Jacob 's dreams to murder people (including Dan) and feeding Jacob the souls of his victims to make him more like himself. Alice defeats Freddy with the help of the spirit of Amanda Krueger and Jacob. She later gives birth to Jacob and moves away from Springwood; in the original script for Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare , Alice
7693-544: Is determined directly by the actions of the individual in the ended life. Theist immortalists generally believe some afterlife awaits people when they die. Members of some generally non-theistic religions believe in an afterlife without reference to a deity. Many religions, such as Christianity , Islam , and various pagan belief systems, believe in the soul's existence in another world, while others, like many forms of Hinduism and Buddhism , believe in reincarnation. In both cases, these religions hold that one's status in
7850-460: Is for her to "play Nancy one last time". Langenkamp pursues "Krueger", who has kidnapped her son, into the dream world as "Nancy". There, she and her son trap Krueger in a furnace until he is finally destroyed. In 2003, New Line pitted Friday the 13th's Jason Voorhees against Freddy Krueger. The film, Freddy vs. Jason , explains that Freddy Krueger has grown weak as people in Springwood, his home, have suppressed their fear of him. Freddy, who
8007-406: Is found she is barely alive and pregnant . In September 1942, Amanda gives birth to Frederick Charles Krueger; she gives him up for adoption, rejecting her son because the circumstances of his conception make him "an abomination to God and to man". Amanda follows his trial for the murder of several children in Springwood, and supposedly hangs herself after his release; she actually bricks herself into
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#17331069563168164-400: Is impersonating Pamela Voorhees , the mother of Jason Voorhees, sends Jason ( Ken Kirzinger ) to Springwood to cause panic and fear. Jason accomplishes this, but refuses to stop killing. A battle ensues in both the dream world and Crystal Lake between the two villains. The winner is left ambiguous, as Jason surfaces from the lake holding Freddy's severed head, which winks and laughs. In 2010,
8321-451: Is killed by Freddy (who pushes her into the boiler room and burns her to death). She passes her ability to Alice and (unintentionally) Freddy, beginning a chain of events which turns them into enemies. According to Nightmare on Elm Street 4 producer Rachel Talalay, Arquette was not approached by New Line to reprise her role. Knight made a cameo appearance as a fictitious version of herself in Wes Craven's New Nightmare . Jennifer Caulfield
8478-469: Is mentioned in the second issue of the prequel comic A Nightmare on Elm Street the Beginning , with his mother being terrified that Freddy will kill him after being released, causing his parents to join the mob that kills Freddy. Story notes for the final issue (which was never written due to the comic company's bankruptcy) intended for Mrs. Kincaid to be killed by Freddy prior to his decision to start targeting
8635-576: Is no reference to reincarnation in the Talmud or any prior writings, according to rabbis such as Avraham Arieh Trugman, reincarnation is recognized as being part and parcel of Jewish tradition. Trugman explains that it is through oral tradition that the meanings of the Torah, its commandments, and stories are known and understood. The classic work of Jewish mysticism, the Zohar, is quoted liberally in all Jewish learning; in
8792-452: Is not uncommon among many Jews, including Orthodox. Other well-known rabbis who are reincarnationists include Yonassan Gershom , Abraham Isaac Kook , Talmud scholar Adin Steinsaltz, DovBer Pinson, David M. Wexelman, Zalman Schachter , and many others. Reincarnation is cited by authoritative Biblical commentators, including Ramban (Nachmanides), Menachem Recanti, and Rabbenu Bachya. Among
8949-509: Is one of the earliest known in recorded history. When the body died, parts of its soul known as ka (body double) and the ba (personality) would go to the Kingdom of the Dead. While the soul dwelt in the Fields of Aaru , Osiris demanded work as restitution for the protection he provided. Statues were placed in the tombs to serve as substitutes for the deceased. Arriving at one's reward in afterlife
9106-417: Is really an evil entity that has been trapped in the realm of fiction by all the movies that have been made. Since the movies have stopped, the entity, which likes being Freddy Krueger, is trying to escape into the real world. The only person in its way is Heather Langenkamp, who the entity sees as "Nancy" – the first person who defeated him. Craven explains to Langenkamp the only way to keep the entity contained
9263-507: Is reflected in the New Testament where Hades is both the underworld of the dead and the personification of the evil it represents. The Talmud offers several thoughts relating to the afterlife. After death, the soul is brought for judgment. Those who have led pristine lives immediately enter the Olam Haba or world to come . Most do not enter the world to come immediately but experience
9420-460: Is responsible for helping look after and secure the young patients suffering from nightmares. Although he follows orders, Max cares about his patients' well-being and pretends not to see Jennifer watching TV past her curfew after she begs to be allowed to stay awake. Dr. Neil Gordon is trying to treat the young at Westin Hills for their refusal to sleep and nightmares. After meeting Nancy Thompson, he begins to believe that their dreams may be more than
9577-533: Is revealed by Nancy's mother, Marge, who explains that he was a child murderer. The parents of Springwood killed Krueger after he was acquitted on a technicality. Nancy defeats Freddy by pulling him from the dream world and stripping him of his powers when she stops being afraid of him. Freddy returns to possess the body of Jesse Walsh ( Mark Patton ), the new teenager living in Nancy Thompson's house, in 1985's A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge . Jesse
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#17331069563169734-545: Is seemingly killed. A demonic interpretation followed in Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), in which Freddy Krueger attempts to break free from the films into the real world . Nearly a decade later, Freddy was involved in a crossover with Jason Voorhees of the Friday the 13th franchise in Freddy vs. Jason (2003). The series was rebooted in 2010 with A Nightmare On Elm Street ,
9891-565: Is showering, objects begin flying off shelves in Schneider's office and furniture moves around. A jump rope binds his arms, and he is dragged into the showers in front of Jesse. Freddy Krueger takes over Jesse's body and slashes Schneider's back, killing him. Angela Walsh is Jesse's younger, eleven-year-old sister. She is a minor character, appearing in a handful of scenes, however Krueger attempts to kill her while in possession of Jesse's body: late one night, Krueger creeps into Angela's room while she
10048-576: Is temporarily saved by his girlfriend Lisa ( Kim Myers ), who helps him exorcise Krueger's spirit. Wes Craven returned to write A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors , released in 1987. In the second sequel, Freddy is systematically killing the last of the Elm Street children. The few remaining children have been placed in the Westin Hills Mental Institution for allegedly attempting suicide. Nancy Thompson arrives at Westin Hills as
10205-463: Is the third highest grossing series in adjusted US dollars. In 1988, a television series was produced with Freddy as the host. The pilot episode focused on the night Freddy was burned alive by the angry parents of the children he had killed, though the rest of the series featured episodes with independent plots . Twelve novels, separate from the adaptations of the films, and multiple comic book series were published featuring Freddy Krueger, as well as
10362-407: Is to create new "Elm Streets", and begin a new killing spree after having killed all of the children in Springwood. Maggie, utilizing new dream techniques, uncovers Krueger's past, which include: being taunted by schoolmates for being the "son of 100 maniacs", being cruel to animals, beaten by his stepfather, the murder of his own wife when she discovers he has been killing children, and the moment when
10519-719: The Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam do not believe that individuals reincarnate, particular groups within these religions do refer to reincarnation; these groups include the mainstream historical and contemporary followers of Kabbalah , the Cathars , Alawites , the Druze , and the Rosicrucians . The historical relations between these sects and the beliefs about reincarnation that were characteristic of neoplatonism , Orphism , Hermeticism , Manicheanism , and Gnosticism of
10676-471: The Dream Demons arrive in his boiler room to make him the offer of eternal life. Eventually, Maggie pulls Freddy out of the dream world, and uses a pipe bomb to blow him up. Wes Craven returned to the Nightmare series a third time with New Nightmare in 1994. This film focuses on a fictional "reality", where Craven, Langenkamp, and Englund all play themselves, and where the character of Freddy Krueger
10833-474: The Hebrew Bible , is a place of darkness ( Job 10 :21–22) to which all the dead go—both the righteous and the unrighteous—regardless of the moral choices made in life (Genesis 35:37; Book of Ezekiel 32; Isaiah 16; Job 30 :23), a place of stillness ( Psalm 88 :13, 94 :17; Ecclesiastes 9:10), at the longest possible distance from Heaven ( Job 11 :8; Amos 9 :2; Psalm 139 :8). The inhabitants of Sheol were
10990-510: The NES , and Monarch Software the other for the Commodore 64 and IBM PC compatibles . David Bergantino, video game developer, wanted to produce a Freddy vs. Jason game called Freddy vs. Jason: Hell Unbound , but the film being stuck in development hell constantly delayed any release of a video game, and once a release date had been set for the film, there would have been insufficient time to develop
11147-482: The Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy documentary, some smaller documentaries have been made; The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV' (1989) and The Making of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) covered the making of part 4 and 6 respectively. MTV released another short promotional special Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story in 1991. Robert Englund also narrated
11304-536: The Roman era as well as the Indian religions have been the subject of scholarly research. Unity Church and its founder Charles Fillmore teach reincarnation. Rosicrucians speak of a life review period occurring immediately after death and before entering the afterlife's planes of existence (before the silver cord is broken), followed by a judgment , more akin to a final review or end report over one's life. Heaven ,
11461-499: The Rosh and Leon de Modena . Saadia Gaon, in Emunoth ve-Deoth (Hebrew: "beliefs and opinions"), concludes Section VI with a refutation of the doctrine of metempsychosis (reincarnation). While rebutting reincarnation, Saadia Gaon further states that Jews who hold to reincarnation have adopted non-Jewish beliefs. By no means do all Jews today believe in reincarnation, but belief in reincarnation
11618-464: The "opening of the mouth". Ancient Egyptian civilization was based on religion. The belief in the rebirth after death became the driving force behind funeral practices; for them, death was a temporary interruption rather than complete cessation of life. Eternal life could be ensured by means like piety to the gods, preservation of the physical form through mummification , and the provision of statuary and other funerary equipment. Each human consisted of
11775-583: The "shades" ( rephaim ), entities without personality or strength. Under some circumstances, they were thought to be able to be contacted by the living (as the Witch of Endor contacts the shade of Samuel for Saul ), but such practices were forbidden ( Deuteronomy 18:10). Whereas the Hebrew Bible appears to describe Sheol as the permanent place of the dead, in the Second Temple period (roughly 500 BC – 70 AD),
11932-407: The 2010 franchise reboot starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy, the character is changed from a child murderer to a child molester (Craven's intention in the original films). His bladed glove is a gardening tool instead of a handmade item, as in the original film series. Although some films in the series were critical and financial flops, it is considered one of the most successful media franchises in
12089-422: The Dream Master, Freddy's opposite). Alice confronts Freddy with her new abilities, but cannot defeat him. She then recites a rhyme her mother taught her about the Dream Master, which allows her to gain control of her dream; using a piece of broken glass, she forces Freddy to see himself. Alice opens the positive dream gate, allowing Freddy's captured souls to escape and destroying him. In The Dream Child , Alice
12246-579: The Earth's surface and often include entrances to hell from the land of the living. Other afterlife destinations include purgatory and limbo . Traditions that do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward merely describe hell as an abode of the dead , the grave, a neutral place (for example, Sheol or Hades ) located under the surface of Earth. The afterlife played an important role in Ancient Egyptian religion , and its belief system
12403-557: The Earth, looking down at the small planet, from far away. In Book VI of Virgil 's Aeneid , the hero, Aeneas , travels to the underworld to see his father. By the River Styx, he sees the souls of those not given a proper burial, forced to wait by the river until someone buries them. While down there, along with the dead, he is shown the place where the wrongly convicted reside, the fields of sorrow where those who committed suicide and now regret it reside, including Aeneas' former lover,
12560-486: The Elm Street children. Taryn White is a fellow patient at Westin Hills Hospital. She has a history of drug abuse, and is sexually harassed by male orderlies. Taryn goes into her dreams with the other sleep-deprived patients and Nancy Thompson to try to defeat Freddy, who is holding Joey hostage. In her dreams she transforms into a punk beauty and gains the ability to fight with a pair of sliding knives , which she uses to try to defeat Freddy. Freddy subdues her, transforms
12717-598: The House of Hades). Hermes would leave the soul on the banks of the River Styx , the river between life and death. Charon , also known as the ferry-man, would take the soul across the river to Hades, if the soul had gold: Upon burial, the family of the dead soul would put coins under the deceased's tongue. Once crossed, the soul would be judged by Aeacus , Rhadamanthus and King Minos . The soul would be sent to Elysium , Tartarus , or Asphodel Fields . The Elysian Fields were for
12874-623: The Springwood Slasher and two lawyers during the legal proceedings. Englund claims that John McNaughton was considered for directing the prequel, but these plans were forgotten after New Line Cinema was merged with Turner Broadcasting System in 1994. McNaughton came back later around the millennium shift and hoped to produce an alternative prequel story, alongside scriptwriter R.J. Tsarov, which would have been set in Hell , where McNaughton imagined Freddy to have been stuck in between his lynching and
13031-453: The TV screen and electrocuting her. Joseph "Joey" Crusel is a mute patient at Westin Hills and also the youngest, who refuses to speak or sleep after experiencing nightmares. After he falls asleep Joey is seduced by an attractive nurse who, after restraining him supposedly for sex, reveals herself as Freddy Krueger. Krueger holds him hostage in the dream world to lure Nancy and the other teenagers at
13188-454: The US. The series contained the first film appearances of Johnny Depp ( A Nightmare on Elm Street ) and Patricia Arquette ( Dream Warriors ), both of whom went on to successful, award-winning careers. Donald "Don" Thompson is the father of Nancy Thompson and Marge Thompson's ex-husband. Years before the events of the first film, he participates in the murder of Fred Krueger when Krueger was freed on
13345-524: The Zohar, the idea of reincarnation is mentioned repeatedly. Trugman states that in the last five centuries, the concept of reincarnation, which until then had been a much-hidden tradition within Judaism, was given open exposure. Shraga Simmons commented that within the Bible itself, the idea [of reincarnation] is intimated in Deut. 25:5–10, Deut. 33:6 and Isaiah 22:14, 65:6. Yirmiyahu Ullman wrote that reincarnation
13502-737: The ability to enter people's dreams and control them, taunting and murdering them with his glove (with four blades attached to the fingers, allowing him to slash and stab his victims). Nancy Thompson ( Heather Langenkamp ) survives his attacks in the original film, and appeared in Dream Warriors . She was replaced by Alice Johnson ( Lisa Wilcox ) as the protagonist of the fourth and fifth installments, who has special abilities in her dreams which allow her to fight Freddy's machinations. Killed off by his daughter Maggie Burroughs ( Lisa Zane ) in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare , he returns in subsequent media. In
13659-424: The actual Kerry, or just a dream version of her appearing as an illusion to Jesse, Lisa or both. Schneider is Jesse and Ron's abusive coach. Unable to sleep and experiencing strange events around his home, Jesse wanders the streets and seeks shelter from the rain in a sadomasochistic nightclub. Schneider confronts him when he tries to drink, and forces him to run laps around the school track as punishment. While Jesse
13816-469: The afterlife derive from religion, esotericism , and metaphysics . Some belief systems, such as those in the Abrahamic tradition , hold that the dead go to a specific place (e.g., paradise or hell ) after death, as determined by their god, based on their actions and beliefs during life. In contrast, in systems of reincarnation, such as those of the Indian religions , the nature of the continued existence
13973-460: The afterlife is determined by their conduct during life. Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each death. This concept is also known as rebirth or transmigration and is part of the Saṃsāra /karma doctrine of cyclic existence. Samsara refers to the process in which souls ( jivas ) go through
14130-419: The afterlife, or in exceptional cases, enter heaven alive. Heaven is often described as a "higher place", the holiest place, a paradise , in contrast to hell or the underworld or the "low places", and universally or conditionally accessible by earthly beings according to various standards of divinity , goodness , piety , faith or other virtues or right beliefs or the will of God . Some believe in
14287-432: The afterlife, the concept of eternal damnation is not a tenet of the Jewish afterlife. According to the Talmud, extinction of the soul is reserved for a far smaller group of malicious and evil leaders whose very evil deeds go way beyond norms or who lead large groups of people to utmost evil. This is also part of Maimonides' 13 principles of faith . Maimonides describes the Olam Haba in spiritual terms, relegating
14444-484: The afterlife. Don has a cameo appearance in Wes Craven's New Nightmare . Donald Thompson is mentioned briefly in the novels A Nightmare on Elm Street: Suffer the Children and A Nightmare on Elm Street: Perchance to Dream as being the first one to start the fire that led to Freddy's death. The comic Nightmare on Elm Street: The Beginning features Don initially attempting to stop the mob after Freddy, then joining them once
14601-506: The blades on his glove into syringes and injects Taryn with a drug overdose, killing her. Will Stanton, a fellow patient at Westin Hills Hospital and a fan of Dungeons & Dragons -style games, is paralyzed from the waist down after a suicide attempt to escape his nightmares. When Freddy captures Joey in his dreams, Will joins the other patients and Nancy Thompson in the dream world to fight him. Although he can walk and make magical attacks in his dreams, Freddy catches and kills him. Alice
14758-545: The box office worldwide. The original film was released in 1984. A series of sequels produced by the independent film company New Line Cinema followed. New Line often attributes the growth of their company to the success of the Nightmare series. The film series as a whole has received mixed reviews by critics, but has been a financial success at the box office. When comparing the United States box office grosses of other American horror film series, A Nightmare on Elm Street
14915-446: The bus careens off the road, revealing that Freddy is still alive and has again trapped Jesse (whose fate is uncertain). Jesse and Freddy's relationship was intended to have a homoerotic subtext, with Freddy representing Jesse's fear of coming out . Critics noted the lack of interest Jesse shows in Lisa and his retreat to Ron's bedroom after a failed attempt to kiss her, implying that Ron is
15072-472: The car Glen is driving is revealed as possessed by Freddy. Locked in, with Glen not knowing what is happening, they go down the street as the film ends. Glen's death was mentioned by a limousine driver in Wes Craven's New Nightmare . This was Depp's first film role and he performed his own stunts in the bedroom death scene. Depp returned to the film series when he made a cameo appearance as Teen on TV in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare , in which he presents
15229-453: The comic series Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors as the co-founder (with Maggie Burroughs) of a support group for survivors of Freddy and Jason's massacres. After Freddy and Jason launch an attack on Washington, D.C., Gordon and Nancy's spirit use the Necronomicon to cast Freddy into hell. In the comic, he still struggles to recover from Nancy's death. Phillip Anderson is
15386-552: The conclusion that a supernatural entity is haunting their street. Freddy kills him in his dreams, which makes his death look like a commits suicide by hanging himself with bedsheets. Corri made a cameo appearance as a fictitious version of himself in Wes Craven's New Nightmare . According to story outlines for an unfinished issue of the prequel comic, A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Beginning , Freddy drives Rod's father insane with nightmares, causing him to beat his wife in front of Rod and eventually commit suicide. Christina "Tina" Gray,
15543-444: The creation of several comic book series published by companies such as Marvel Comics , Innovation Comics , Trident Comics , Avatar Press and, most recently, WildStorm Comics . Writers such as Steve Gerber , Andy Mangels, Chuck Dixon and Brian Pulido have all contributed stories to the various series. There have been crossovers with other franchises, such as Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors . On May 4, 2010,
15700-527: The dead: the faithful saints who await resurrection in Paradise , the merely virtuous who await their reward, the wicked who await punishment, and the wicked who have already been punished and will not be resurrected on Judgment Day. The Book of Enoch is considered apocryphal by most denominations of Christianity and all of Judaism. The book of 2 Maccabees clearly describes the dead waiting for future resurrection and judgment, along with prayers and offerings for
15857-552: The deceased to alleviate their sins. The author of the Gospel of Luke recounts the story of Lazarus and the rich man , which shows people in Hades awaiting the resurrection either in comfort or torment. The author of the Book of Revelation writes about God and the angels versus Satan and demons in an epic battle at the end of times when all souls are judged. There is mention of ghostly bodies of
16014-456: The demon Ammit . Egyptians also believed that being mummified and put in a sarcophagus (an ancient Egyptian "coffin" carved with complex symbols and designs, as well as pictures and hieroglyphs) was the only way to have an afterlife. What are referred to as the Coffin Texts , are inscribed on a coffin and serve as a guide for the challenges in the afterlife. The Coffin texts are more or less
16171-472: The documentary Freddy Speaks in 1992, both as himself and as Freddy Krueger. Heather Langenkamp released her own documentary called I Am Nancy in 2011, while Mark Patton also released a personal documentary, Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street in 2019. In February 2010, Funko released a Freddy Bobblehead . Also in 2010, NECA released a 10" puppet of Freddy Krueger from Phillip's death scene in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors ,
16328-566: The doors and bars on the windows to keep Nancy in and Krueger out. When Nancy pulls Freddy into the real world in her dream, he finds and kills Marge by suffocating her and burning her to death with his fiery body. After Nancy defeats him, she finds her mother alive and well and runs off to join her friends. Marge waves to her and Freddy's arm bursts through the window, pulling Marge in to an unseen fate. In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 , Nancy says that her mother died in her sleep. Nancy and her friends are targeted by Freddy Krueger in nightmares about
16485-416: The dream world by Kristen Parker to help defeat Freddy and free Joey, who is being held hostage. In the dream world, he has superhuman strength which he uses to help the group overcome obstacles and defeat Freddy. In A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 , Roland leaves the hospital after the nightmares end and tries to get on with his life. Freddy returns, however, capturing him in a dream and murdering him. Roland
16642-458: The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge , with details unseen on screen: hints that Jesse's father is a pedophile; Jesse's platonic love for Lisa; his homosexual feelings for a classmate, and his feeling that Nancy Thompson is a kindred spirit. Jesse supposedly kills Lisa Webber at the power plant rather than the film's final bus sequence, although she is later shown to have survived. The remaining 38 entries focus on Jesse's time in
16799-453: The events of The Dream Master , A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child involves Freddy using Alice's unborn child, Jacob (Whitby Hertford), to resurrect himself and find new victims. The spirit of Amanda Krueger (Beatrice Boepple) returns, revealing that Freddy was conceived when she, a nun working in a mental asylum, was accidentally locked in a room with "100 maniacs" and raped "hundreds of times". Amanda Krueger convinces Jacob to use
16956-473: The events of the 1984 film. New Line Cinema rejected this idea due to the film Little Nicky (2000) having been partially set in Hell while also being a box-office bomb , deterring the company from producing another film set in Hell at that time. On January 29, 2008, Variety reported that Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes production company would be rebooting the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with
17113-448: The film overlaps reality. At the end, she finally destroys Freddy. Heather then finds a copy of the film's screenplay, with thanks from Wes for defeating Freddy and playing Nancy one last time. Nancy appears as a spirit in the comic-book crossover Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors , where she helps Neil Gordon use the Necronomicon to cast Freddy into hell. Rod Lane, a Springwood High student and Tina Gray's boyfriend, has
17270-414: The film's main title music. As part of a special offering, the filmmakers gave away a limited edition poster to anyone that ordered the documentary from the official website. Those same individuals would also be entered into a drawing to win one of three 27" × 40" teaser posters signed by dozens of people who worked on the films and were interviewed in the documentary. Michael Gingold of Fangoria felt
17427-413: The filmmakers did an amazing job bringing together all of the behind-the-scenes footage, picture, never-before-seen deleted scenes, FX scenes, and other "treasures". Gingold noted that even die-hard fans would find something new. Bloody Disgusting 's Ryan Daley praised the film for being educational, and looking at the legacy of both A Nightmare on Elm Street and New Line Cinema. Daley believed that there
17584-419: The first six films. Written by Bob Italia, each was under one hundred pages and followed the films' plot. The final two books, Wes Craven's New Nightmare and Freddy vs. Jason , were published by Tor Books and Black Flame . These novels also followed the films closely, with the adaptation of Freddy vs. Jason containing a different ending than the movie. The popularity of the film series also led to
17741-595: The future heroes of Rome who will live if Aeneas fulfills his destiny in founding the city. Other eschatological views populate the ancient-Greek worldview. For instance, Plato argued for reincarnation in several dialogues, including the Timaeus . The Poetic and Prose Eddas , the oldest sources for information on the Norse concept of the afterlife, vary in their description of the several realms that are described as falling under this topic. The most well-known are: Sheol , in
17898-609: The game to correspond with the film's release date. The game would have continued on from Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) and have been its own storyline instead of being based on any screenplay. Bergantino considered Dreamcast , PlayStation 2 and later Xbox as possible platforms for the video game. The game would have allowed up to four players with Freddy or Jason as player characters , in various forms such as "Hooded Jason" or "Snake-Freddy". The premise would have been that Freddy and Jason are permanently stuck in Hell due to their countless unforgivable sins; Death makes
18055-480: The heavens, Seven Heavens , pure lands , Tian , Jannah , Valhalla , or the Summerland , is a common religious, cosmological , or transcendent place where beings such as gods , angels , jinn , saints , or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned , or live. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to earth or incarnate , and earthly beings can ascend to heaven in
18212-426: The hospital. Joey is later freed by Nancy and Kincaid before discovering that his dream power was a powerful, deafening voice which he uses to save them from Freddy's attack. In A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 , Joey leaves Westin Hills and begins a normal life with Kristen and Kincaid; however, Freddy returns and kills him by drowning and stabbing him in his waterbed. Max Daniels is an orderly at Westin Hills Hospital who
18369-417: The killer threatens Nancy. Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger (a.k.a. The Springwood Slasher) is a child killer who is responsible for the kidnapping and murder of several children before he is captured. He is released due to a legal technicality, and the parents of the murdered children burn him alive. After his death, Freddy gains the ability to infiltrate and control dreams; he uses this to stalk and murder
18526-509: The late 16th century. Martin Buber 's early collection of stories of the Baal Shem Tov 's life includes several that refer to people reincarnating in successive lives. Among well-known (generally non-kabbalist or anti-kabbalist) rabbis who rejected the idea of reincarnation are Saadia Gaon , David Kimhi , Hasdai Crescas , Yedayah Bedershi (early 14th century), Joseph Albo , Abraham ibn Daud ,
18683-534: The longest of any woman. It believes the false door is a 'door to the Afterlife'. According to the archaeologists, the door was reused in a structure in Roman Egypt . The Greek god Hades is known in Greek mythology as the king of the underworld , a place where souls live after death. The Greek god Hermes , the messenger of the gods, would take the dead soul of a person to the underworld (sometimes called Hades or
18840-465: The many volumes of Yitzchak Luria, most of which come down from the pen of his primary disciple, Chaim Vital, are insights explaining issues related to reincarnation. His Shaar HaGilgulim ("The Gates of Reincarnation") is a book devoted exclusively to the subject of reincarnation in Judaism. Rabbi Naftali Silberberg of The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute notes that "Many ideas that originate in other religions and belief systems have been popularized in
18997-667: The media and are taken for granted by unassuming Jews." Mainstream Christianity professes belief in the Nicene Creed , and English versions of the Nicene Creed in current use include the phrase: "We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come." When questioned by the Sadducees about the resurrection of the dead (in a context relating to who one's spouse would be if one had been married several times in life), Jesus said that marriage would be irrelevant after
19154-558: The metal fin of a Cadillac. Freddy later poses as Don to trick Nancy into dropping her guard, allowing him to fatally stab her. In the Nightmares on Elm Street comic miniseries, Don has been trapped and tortured since his death in Freddy's realm. When Freddy breaks through into the real world, he forces Don to summon and kill Nancy's spirit in exchange for freedom. Although Don shoots her, Nancy has become similar in power to Freddy. She forgives her father, and uses her powers to free him into
19311-501: The novelization of each of the films. The first five films were adapted by St. Martin's Press . Those adaptations follow the films closely, with minor changes to specific details that occurred in the film. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 does not follow the respective film, instead utilizing the same plot elements to tell a different story altogether. This novel also provides a different backstory for Freddy. In 1992, Abdo & Daughters Publishing Company released adaptations of their own for
19468-438: The object of Jesse's affection. At a gay S&M club he is confronted by Schneider, his homosexual gym teacher. Although the storyline is muted, Robert Englund and writer David Chaskin admitted the subtext; the casting of openly-gay actor Mark Patton as Jesse was deliberate. In 2012, Patton published "Jesse's Lost Journal" online. Sixty-eight journal entries span the period from 1982 to 1985. The first 30 entries closely follow
19625-537: The offer that whoever of the two can fight their way out of Hell, against demons and others of its denizens, gaining the highest body-count, would have been allowed to leave Hell, while the loser will remain stuck there forever. As each of the slashers are stuck in their personal hells, versions of Elm Street and Camp Crystal Lake would have existed there in some form. Freddy-based levels would have been more surreal, while Freddy could have toyed with Jason's perceptions. Afterlife The afterlife or life after death
19782-586: The ones that lived pure lives. It consisted of green fields, valleys and mountains, everyone there was peaceful and contented, and the Sun always shone there. Tartarus was for the people that blasphemed against the gods or were rebellious and consciously evil. InTartarus, the soul would be punished by being burned in lava or stretched on racks. The Asphodel Fields were for a varied selection of human souls including those whose sins equaled their goodness, those who were indecisive in their lives, and those who were not judged. Some heroes of Greek legend are allowed to visit
19939-423: The parents about his transgressions. Freddy slowly works his way to Nancy, his favorite of the children, and manipulates her into going without sleep long enough that her body falls into a coma, resulting in permanent sleep and life with Freddy forever. Nancy is awakened when her friend Quentin ( Kyle Gallner ) injects adrenaline into her and pulls Freddy out of the dreamworld, where she and Quentin kill him and burn
20096-571: The phenomenon "Asian Death Syndrome". The condition itself afflicted only men between the ages of 19-57 and is believed to be sudden unexplained death syndrome and/or Brugada syndrome . The 1970s pop song " Dream Weaver " by Gary Wright sealed the story for Craven, giving him not only an artistic setting to "jump off" from, but a synthesizer riff from the Elm Street soundtrack as well. It has also been stated that he drew some inspiration after studying eastern religions . Initially, Fred Krueger
20253-559: The physical body, the ka , the ba , and the akh . The Name and Shadow were also living entities. To enjoy the afterlife, all these elements had to be sustained and protected from harm. On 30 March 2010, a spokesman for the Egyptian Culture Ministry claimed it had unearthed a large red granite door in Luxor with inscriptions by User , a powerful adviser to the 18th Dynasty Queen Hatshepsut who ruled between 1479 BC and 1458 BC,
20410-473: The plot of particular episodes. The series ran for two seasons and a total of 44 episodes , ending March 10, 1990. Although most of the episodes did not feature Freddy taking a major role in the plot, the pilot episode "No More Mr. Nice Guy" depicts the events of Krueger's trial, and his subsequent death at the hands of the parents of Elm Street after his acquittal . Directed by Tobe Hooper , creator of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise , Freddy's acquittal
20567-491: The possibility of a heaven on Earth in a world to come . In Hinduism , heaven is termed Svarga loka . There are seven positive regions and seven negative regions to which the soul can go after death. After completing its stay in the respective region, the soul is subjected to rebirth in different living forms according to its karma . This cycle can be broken after a soul achieves Moksha or Nirvana . Any place of existence, either of humans, souls or deities, outside
20724-425: The powers he was given by Freddy against him, which gives her the chance to subdue Freddy long enough for Alice and Jacob to escape the dream world. Two years later, 1991's Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare followed the exploits of " John Doe " ( Shon Greenblatt ), an amnesiac teenager from Springwood, who was sent out to find Freddy's daughter Maggie ( Lisa Zane ), who he needs to leave Springwood. Freddy's goal
20881-593: The process. In A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 Kristen is a false protagonist similar to Nancy's deceased friend, Tina. She is released from Westin Hills, returning to school and a normal life with a new group of friends including Kincaid and Joey. Her poor relationship with her mother worsens when Kristen learns about her participation in Fred Krueger's murder from Nancy and discovers her motive: sadism. Freddy returns, killing Kincaid and Joey. After Freddy attacks Kristen in her dreams, she unwittingly pulls her friend Alice Johnson into her dream. Trying to protect Alice, Kristen
21038-492: The prophesied physical resurrection to the status of a future miracle unrelated to the afterlife or the Messianic era . According to Maimonides, an afterlife continues for the soul of every human being: soul now separated from the body in which it was "housed" during its earthly existence. The Zohar describes Gehenna not as a place of punishment for the wicked but as a place of spiritual purification for souls. Although there
21195-414: The prophets and the transfiguration . The non-canonical Acts of Paul and Thecla speak of the efficacy of prayer for the dead so that they might be "translated to a state of happiness". Hippolytus of Rome pictures the underworld ( Hades ) as a place where the righteous dead, waiting in the bosom of Abraham for their resurrection, rejoice at their future prospect; the unrighteous are tormented at
21352-727: The remaining children on Elm Street. Despite several defeats, Freddy repeatedly resurrects himself and continues trying to kill children. Glen Lantz, a student at Springwood High, is Nancy Thompson's boyfriend. Before the film's events (and unbeknownst to Glen), his parents participated in the murder of Fred Krueger. He begins having a series of tormenting nightmares of a man who turns out to be Krueger's spirit, does not tell his friends, and would not let them keep him from getting some sleep, believing that they are just dreams. When his friends Tina and Rod die, Glen does not believe that their dreams were responsible. Nancy prepares to confront Krueger in her dreams, and asks Glen to stay awake and wake her at
21509-603: The remains of his body. The basis for the original Nightmare on Elm Street has been said to have been inspired by several newspaper articles printed in the LA Times in the 1970s on a group of Khmer refugees, who, after fleeing to America from the Khmer Rouge Genocide in Cambodia, were suffering disturbing nightmares after which they refused to sleep. Some of the men died in their sleep soon after. Medical authorities called
21666-480: The remake was in development hell . Englund expressed interest in returning to the series in a cameo role. He later expressed interest in having Kevin Bacon to portray Freddy. In October 2018, Robert Englund reprised his role as Freddy Krueger on a Halloween-themed episode of The Goldbergs . In December 2018, Leslie Johnson said the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street was still in development, but New Line Cinema
21823-582: The resurrection as the resurrected will be like the angels in Heaven. Jesus also maintained that the time would come when the dead would hear the voice of the Son of God , and all who were in the tombs would come out; those who have heard his "[commandments] and believes in the one who sent [Him]" to the "resurrection of life", but those who do not to the "resurrection of condemnation". The Book of Enoch describes Sheol as divided into four compartments for four types of
21980-555: The school bus later with Jesse, their friend is impaled through the chest by Freddy; the bus careens off the road, revealing them as again trapped in a Freddy dream. Lisa's fate is also uncertain. Ron Grady, initially Jesse's rival, grows close to him while they are punished by Schneider. Jesse confides his fears about Freddy to Ron, and asks him to watch over him while he sleeps to make sure that Freddy does not gain control. Ron falls asleep, Freddy seizes control and transforms Jesse into Freddy, and murders Ron. According to Robert Englund,
22137-411: The story "Le Morte De Freddy", Dr. Andy Curtis of Springwood Mental Health Center is struggling to treat several adolescent patients who are being terrorized by Freddy Krueger . He is encouraged to study the archived files of Westin Hills (which had closed five years prior to the story's events) and Dr. Neil Gordon's research. The death of his patient Gayle Ann Millikin forces Dr. Curtis to visit Gordon at
22294-456: The tangible world (heaven, hell, or other) is referred to as otherworld . Hell , in many religious and folkloric traditions, is a place of torment and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hell as an eternal destination , while religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations. Typically, these traditions locate hell in another dimension or under
22451-471: The underworld. The Romans had a similar belief system about the afterlife, with Hades becoming known as Pluto . In the ancient Greek myth about the Labours of Heracles , the hero Heracles had to travel to the underworld to capture Cerberus , the three-headed guard dog, as one of his tasks. In Dream of Scipio , Cicero describes what seems to be an out of body experience , of the soul traveling high above
22608-514: The waking world. She also appears in Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: Nightmare Warriors , where a vision of Freddy causes her to meet other Freddy and Jason survivors. She reveals that her dream powers have caused a terminal illness and sacrifices herself to pass her powers to her son, the main protagonist in Natasha Rhodes' novel A Nightmare on Elm Street: Perchance to Dream. A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise) A Nightmare on Elm Street
22765-464: The warriors and shades, Tartarus (where the titans and powerful non-mortal enemies of the Olympians reside) where he can hear the groans of the imprisoned, the palace of Pluto , and the fields of Elysium where the descendants of the divine and bravest heroes reside. He sees the river of forgetfulness, Lethe , which the dead must drink to forget their life and begin anew. Lastly, his father shows him all of
22922-494: Was a child murderer who was freed on a legal technicality. She and Donald participated in Krueger's murder with other parents who lived on their street, including Glen's, Tina's and Rod's. Marge shows Nancy Krueger's glove (which is hidden in their boiler) in an attempt to convince her daughter that he is dead and cannot hurt her. However, Marge is still afraid that Krueger is somehow still alive and seeking revenge; she installs locks on
23079-500: Was a demanding ordeal, requiring a sin-free heart and the ability to recite the spells, passwords, and formulae of the Book of the Dead . In the Hall of Two Truths, the deceased's heart was weighed against the Shu feather of truth and justice taken from the headdress of the goddess Ma'at . If the heart was lighter than the feather, they could pass on, but if it were heavier they would be devoured by
23236-599: Was based on the DC Comics character Plastic Man , and Craven chose to make Krueger's sweater colors that of red and green, after reading an article in Scientific American in 1982 that said the two most clashing colors to the human retina were this particular combination. Robert Englund has revealed that at a time, there was a serious development toward a prequel for Freddy's story called The First Kills , which would have been centered around two policemen chasing for
23393-409: Was burned alive by the vengeful parents of his victims, who returns from the grave to terrorize and kill the teenage residents of the fictional Springwood, Ohio in their dreams. Craven returned to the franchise to co-script the second sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), and to write and direct Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994). The films collectively grossed $ 472 million at
23550-554: Was intended to be a child molester , but Craven eventually decided to characterize him as a child murderer to avoid being accused of exploiting a spate of highly publicized child molestation cases that occurred in California around the time of production of the film. By Craven's account, his own adolescent experiences led to the naming of Fred Krueger. He had been bullied at school by a child named Fred Krueger, and named his villain accordingly. The colored sweater he chose for his villain
23707-463: Was making the original Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. The Nightmare on Elm Street series, when compared to the other top-grossing American horror series— Halloween , Child's Play , Friday the 13th , Saw , Scream , and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre —and adjusting for 2023 inflation, is ranked third with $ 793.5 million. Halloween is the highest-grossing horror series in the United States at approximately $ 1.09 billion. Next in line
23864-502: Was mentioned by a limousine driver and footage from the first film was used. In the original Freddy vs. Jason script by Damian Shannon and Mark J. Swift, Tina appears in Lori Campbell's first nightmare of Freddy Krueger. Bloody, affixed to the ceiling and wearing her blue nightshirt, she tells Lori: "Freddy is coming back. It's okay to be afraid, Lori. We were all afraid. Warn your friends ... warn all your friends." Jesse Walsh
24021-535: Was more focused on The Conjuring Universe : "It's still happening. Nothing is percolating just yet. The Conjuring universe is sort of first and foremost on [New Line Cinema's] horror burner. Everybody wants to see Freddy again I think, so I think it's inevitable at some point". In September 2019, it was announced that film rights had reverted to Wes Craven's estate. By November, the estate had begun work on future project pitches for new A Nightmare on Elm Street projects; with pitches received for both feature film and
24178-474: Was no better horror documentary. Nick Hyman of Under the Radar noted that Never Sleep Again , unlike the earlier His Name Was Jason documentary, provided a more candid interview process with the people involved. Hyman pointed out that the best part of the documentary is the look at New Line's success through the Elm Street films, and the financial struggles and deadlines that plagued the film series. Aside from
24335-483: Was right about Freddy, and Rod did not kill Tina. He becomes an alcoholic, and loses his job. In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 , Freddy resumes his attacks on children at a clinic where Nancy works. She and Neil Gordon visit Don and persuade him to reveal the location of Freddy's body so it can be properly buried, believing that this would force Freddy into the afterlife . When they uncover his body, Freddy seizes control of his skeleton . He kills Don by impaling him with
24492-509: Was to be killed by Freddy early in the film. In Nightmares on Elm Street , a six-issue miniseries published by Innovation Comics, Alice returns to Springwood after her father's death and is forced to face Freddy after he tries to use the pre-pubescent Jacob to kill. In the anthology The Nightmares on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger's Seven Sweetest Dreams (1991), Alice appears in Philip Nutman's "Dead Highway, Lost Roads". After being involved in
24649-447: Was ultimately wrong, Dr. Gordon and Dr. Curtis return to Springwood, Ohio , and embark on a time travel mission to trick Krueger into eliminating his past self. Neil returned in Nightmares on Elm Street , a canonical six-issue comic book series published by Innovation Comics from 1991 to 1992. In the series, he joins forces with Nancy Thompson , Jacob Johnson and Alice Johnson to fight Freddy in his nightmare world. Neil appears in
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