Nightmare on Elm Street Movies: Release Order
A Nightmare on Elm Street introduced the world to Freddy Krueger, the burned child killer who haunts the dreams of Springwood's teenagers. Created by Wes Craven, the franchise became a cornerstone of 1980s horror cinema, blending supernatural terror with creative dream sequences and dark humor.
This release order includes the complete saga from the original film through the final chapter, plus the meta-commentary of New Nightmare, the crossover Freddy vs. Jason, and the 2010 remake. While the core narrative spans the first six films (1984-1991), each entry offers a different perspective on the Elm Street mythology.
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Linear Timeline: Release Order = Story Order

A Nightmare on Elm Street
When teenagers in a small town begin dying in their sleep, Nancy Thompson discovers they're being stalked by Fred Krueger, a burned child killer who attacks his victims through their dreams. Nancy must find a way to stop this supernatural menace before she becomes his next target.

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Jesse Walsh moves into the former home of a Freddy Krueger survivor and finds himself tormented by nightmares and violent impulses as the dream-stalking killer attempts to possess him.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A group of troubled teens in a psychiatric ward discover they share a common enemy in dream-stalking monster Freddy Krueger. Together, they must learn to harness their dream powers to fight back against the razor-gloved killer who hunts them in their sleep.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Freddy Krueger returns to terrorize the remaining Elm Street teenagers, but when Kristen passes her dream powers to her friend Alice, a new Dream Master emerges to battle the nightmare killer.

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
Alice discovers that Freddy Krueger has found a new way to terrorize victims by invading the dreams of her unborn child. The deadly dream killer continues his supernatural reign of terror through an unexpected new connection.

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
In the sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, psychologist Maggie Burroughs discovers she shares horrific nightmares with one of her patients. Their investigation leads them to the infamous house on Elm Street, where Freddy Krueger awaits to turn their nightmares into deadly reality.

New Nightmare
The cast and crew of A Nightmare on Elm Street find themselves terrorized when Freddy Krueger crosses over from fiction into the real world, blurring the lines between movie and reality.

Freddy vs. Jason
Freddy Krueger recruits Jason Voorhees to terrorize Elm Street and restore fear in his name, but the two iconic horror villains eventually turn against each other in an epic supernatural showdown.

A Nightmare on Elm Street
A group of teenagers discover they're being hunted by Freddy Krueger, a sinister killer who stalks them through their dreams. As they uncover a shared connection that makes them targets, they must find a way to survive his deadly nighttime attacks.
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