A Nightmare on Elm Street Guía y cronología

Freddy's film history is easier to understand as a release journey than a single uninterrupted calendar. Returning characters and the changing dream mythology matter, but later films also reinterpret what an Elm Street story can be.

The original route contains both the self-aware New Nightmare and the crossover Freddy vs. Jason. The remake has its own beginning and can be watched separately after, or instead of, the older version.

Meet Nancy and Freddy in the 1984 original before the sequels. Keep New Nightmare for after the films it reflects on, and approach Freddy vs. Jason as a crossover rather than a replacement ending.

The original group follows Freddy's screen history, including entries with unusual framing. The remake group contains the separate 2010 interpretation with a different cast and origin presentation.

• Original Freddy Saga (8 entries)

  Freddy's original film history, from the 1984 story through its sequels, New Nightmare's meta reinvention and the Jason crossover. These entries do not all use ordinary sequel framing.

• Remake Continuity (1 entry)

  The 2010 retelling begins again with a separate Freddy interpretation and cast; it does not continue the older film cycle.

Release order lets the recurring characters and Freddy's changing tone develop before the meta film and crossover revisit them.

1. 1
   1984A Nightmare on Elm StreetFilm · 1984
2. 2
   1985A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's RevengeFilm · 1985
3. 3
   1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsFilm · 1987
4. 4
   1988A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream MasterFilm · 1988
5. 5
   1989A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream ChildFilm · 1989
6. 6
   1991Freddy's Dead: The Final NightmareFilm · 1991
7. 7
   1994Wes Craven's New NightmareFilm · 1994
8. 8
   2003Freddy vs. JasonFilm · 2003
9. 9
   2010 remakeA Nightmare on Elm StreetFilm · 2010