DVD Movie Rating for: Nightmare On Elm Street Collection

5 out of 5

Movie Plot of: Nightmare On Elm Street Collection

1984: Nancy is having nightmares about a frightening, badly-scarred figure who wears a glove with razor-sharp "finger knives". She soon discovers that her friends are having similar dreams. When the kids begin to die, Nancy realizes that she must stay awake to survive. Uncovering the secret identity of the dream killer and his connection with the children of Elm Street, the girl plots to draw him out into the real world.

1985: A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him to continue his murdering in the real world

1987: As Freddy Krueger continues his murdering, the kids, led by Freddie's main opponent in the first film, prepare to fight back

1988: Following up the previous Nightmare film, dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise...

1989: Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again

1991: In part six of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, dream monster Freddy Krueger has finally killed all the children of his hometown.

:1994: Freddy Kreuger, upset that he was killed off in the last "Nightmare on Elm Street" movie, attempts to murder his creators and actors from his previous films.

DVD Production Details of: Nightmare On Elm Street Collection

Starring: Robert Englund

Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
Format: Color, Widescreen, Box set

Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18.
Studio: New Line Studios
DVD Features:
Commentary by director Wes Craven, actors Heather Langenkamp & John Saxon, and director of photography Jacques Haitkin on A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 1

Commentary by director Wes Craven on WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE

Theatrical trailer(s)

All seven "Nightmare on Elm Street" films, plus a bonus 8th disc, "The Nightmare Series Encyclopedia."

DISC 1: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 1 (1984, 92 min., Anamorphic 1.85:1) - Directed by Wes Craven (Scream), starring Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp and Johnny Depp. DISC 2: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE (1985, 87 min., Anamorphic 1.85:1) - Directed by Jack Sholder (The Hidden). DISC 3: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS (1987, 96 min., Anamorphic 1.85:1) - Directed by Chuck Russell (Eraser), featuring Patricia Arquette & Laurence Fishburne. DISC 4: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER (1988, 99 min., Anamorphic 1.85:1) - Directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2).

DISC 5: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD (1989, 90 min., Anamorphic 1.85:1) - Directed by Stephen Hopkins (Lost in Space). DISC 6: FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (1991, 96 min., Anamorphic 1.85:1) - Directed by Rachel Talalay (Tank Girl), with appearances by Roseanne, Tom Arnold, Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp. Includes the original 3-D finale, with 2 pairs of glasses included. DISC 7: WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE (1994, 112 min., Anamorphic 1.85:1) - Directed by Wes Craven. DISC 8: THE NIGHTMARE SERIES ENCYCLOPEDIA: A bonus disc available only in the box set. Includes interviews with cast members, all of the directors and the production design team. Plus never-before-available footage (like Freddy's appearance on MTV!), music videos from the films, original press kit materials, and all 7 theatrical trailers. DVD-ROM content includes all seven screenplays, trivia games, and an interactive Freddy Krueger to haunt your computer!

Includes Commemorative Booklet.

Widescreen anamorphic format

Cast of the movie: Nightmare On Elm Street Collection

• Robert Englund
• and many many others

Photo Gallery of the movie: Nightmare On Elm Street Collection

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Reviews of the movie: Nightmare On Elm Street Collection

In the trinity of modern horror films, there's the father (Michael Myers of Halloween, the first masked maniac), the son (Jason of Friday the 13th fame, a knockoff), and the unholy spirit, Freddy Krueger of the Nightmare on Elm Street films. The spectral man who haunted the nightmares of unsuspecting teenagers with deadly consequences, Freddy (as played by Robert Englund) was a truly frightening bogeyman and icon for the '80s. Unlike the hockey-masked Jason, who dispatched horny teenagers with mechanical and monotonous ease (he never talked, never took off his mask), Freddy was a truly creative and diabolical villain, with a sadistic and blackly funny personality. The hallmarks of the Nightmare on Elm Street series were imaginatively gruesome suspense pieces, set in the overactive imaginations of the teen victims. The first film of the series, Wes Craven's truly intelligent and scary film, was so hugely successful it begat not one, not two, but six more sequels, each pretty much diluting the originality and horror of its predecesor. (Horror fans will fondly remember Drew Barrymore's assertion in Scream that the first Nightmare film was great but all the rest sucked.) Still, there's fun to be had in the remaining films in the series, seeing as a number of aspiring filmmakers cut their teeth on the continuing saga of Freddy. Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) and Chuck Russell (The Mask) worked on the third installment, Dream Warriors (starring a young Patricia Arquette), and Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2) came to prominence with the ingeniously macabre fourth film, The Dream Master, coscripted by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential). Craven and original star Heather Langenkamp did return for the last film, New Nightmare, which presaged the tongue-in-cheek postmodernism of the Scream films and resharpened Freddy's ability to scare