RANK - A Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise
 

You know the drill...

Nightmare on Elm Street... Rank 'em.



1- ANOES
2- ANOES 3 - Dream Warriors
3- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (ANOES 7)
4- ANOES 4 - The Dream Master
5- Freddy's Dead: Final Nightmare (ANOES 6)
6- ANOES 2 - Freddy's Revenge
7- ANOES 5 - The Dream Child


I had a little trouble putting my list together because some parts of some of these are kinda blurred together and I'm not exactly sure which is which in regards to certain parts. I may have to rewatch this whole series and once I do, this list could change.

Movies that have more than 1 sequal, always blur together for me. All I know for a cold hard fact is Johnny Depp's in the 1st 1.
So I couldn't even rank em if I wanted to. I love them all equally. :D

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street
2. New Nightmare
3. Freddy's Revenge
4. Dream Child
5. Dream Master
6. Freddy's Dead
7. Dream Warriors

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1- ANOES
2- ANOES 3 - Dream Warriors
3- ANOES 4 - The Dream Master
4- ANOES 5 - The Dream Child
5-Wes Craven's New Nightmare (ANOES 7)
6- ANOES 2 - Freddy's Revenge
7- Freddy's Dead: Final Nightmare (ANOES 6)

Wow! You didn't like that one much huh? How come? After the original, it's my favorite one (As you could probably already tell by looking at my list.)

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Couldn't have said it better myself.

Original
Freddy's Revenge
New Nightmare
Dream Warriors

Dream Master, Dream Child, Freddy's Dead and Freddy's Nightmares rate about the same..... shit.

1. ANOES
2. Dream Warriors
Then all the rest are about the same..

Not counting Freddy vs. Jason, I haven't seen a Nightmare movie in about 2 and a half years but this thread made me start thinking about 'em and I've got another list...

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street
2. New Nightmare
3. Dream Warriors
4. Freddy's Revenge
5. Dream Master
6. Freddy's Dead
7. Dream Child

1. NOES
2. NOES 4: Dream Master
3. NOES 3: Dream Warriors
4. New Nightmare
5. NOES 2: Freddy's Revenge
6. NOES 5: Dream Child
7. Freddy's Dead

I enjoyed most of them, except for NOES 5 and Freddy's Dead.

Are you going to do anymore of these bwind?

1) NOES
2) New Nightmare
3) Dream Warriors
4) Dream Master
5) Freddys Revenge
6) Dream Child
7) Freddys Dead

Freddys Dead was absolutly terrible. The rest I liked. And I agree with YJ, you should deffinantly try this again bwind.

I just figured out that there is a TCM RANK, so you might wanna go and post in that one too!

lol, I just did!

Ok including Freddy VS JAson here it go's
Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child Nightmare On elm street Freddy VS Jason Nightmare on Elm Street 4 Dream Master Wes Cravens New Nightmare Nightmare ON Elm Street 6 Freddy's Dead
Nightmare on Elm street 2 Freddy's revenge

Eventually, I'll get to every major franchise out there, but I want to space them out by a few weeks each. Otherwise everyone will get burnt out on them and they'll all fade to page 2 and beyond before we know it.

We still have Halloween, Friday the 13th, Leprechaun, Child's Play, Puppet Master, Hellraiser, Phantasm (Ack!) to go and those are just the major ones! After that we could always go into Evil Dead, Ginger Snaps, Candyman, Scarecrow, Sleepaway Camp, etc... But we'll get through the main ones first and then take it from there...

If I've omitted any franchises that should be included, please remind me here.

With the exceptions of 'Toy Story 2' and 'Godfather 2', sequels shouldn't even exist. They cheapen the greatness that made the originals great and original. 'Halloween 2' still ranks worst since first one had such a great ending to it.
CK

I really love Halloween 2. But I hear what you're sayin' cause look at The Burning or My Bloody Valentine and how effective in delivery those films are..... but look at the injection of life Friday The 13th Part 2 had the series (which should've ended in The Final Chapter).

Fuck.... and hate for the Phantasm series? (bet you loved Lord Of The Rings hahaha).

I like the boundries that are pushed with a lot of series of films. Phantasm and Re-Aminator are genius entries into escapist entertainment. Shit and the end of Basket Case 2 was worth another entry into the series.

I'd rather see sequels than remakes.

'Basketcase' is a greatness that never should've been diminished with sequels (Belial has a girlfriend ? wtf was that all about ?).
I actually saw 'Halloween 2' before the original and thought it was ok (I was 12 I guess). The ending to first was perfect ! It had been altered in '2' to fit the opening if you ever watch back to back'.
I still haven't sat through 'LOTR' (I have 2 of them here) and I didn't have the heart to tell Reggie Bannister a few months ago that not only have I not seen any of the 'Phantasm' sequels, I always fall asleep to the first one LOL. It takes me 3 nights to see it all the way through and I still have no idea what's going on in it. Of course I fall asleep to anything now so that's not saying much (but 'Phantasm' was the first).
CK

I thought that shit was great. When I first watched that film I thought it sucked but the end was genius and probably ideas not allowed for the first film. But yeh I just love the crazy spins a lot of these films take... however stupid. At least he didn't soil Brain Damage with a sequel. But the Bride of Frankenhooker could be WAY cool.

But yeh Phantasm is a bit of a chore to get thru (definatley not for everyone) but II and III have a good flowing energy that kicked my ass Evil Dead 2 style. They never bothered releasing IV over here so I ain't checked it out yet.

Dwayne and Belial both died in 'Basketcase' ! How can there be a twist on that ?! If I ever stay awake long enough to watch all of 'Exorcist III', I'll end up pissed off that the priest is still alive somehow from the original. Ripley clones in 'Alien' films, etc. Any time your franchise needs to resurrect a dead character to continue, I think your time could be better spent coming up with a new idea for a film.
CK

I think of a lot of those situations in a comic book sense. Shit people have fallen off buildings and lived..... I think Dwayne's modern haircut is the thing that pisses me off the most :D But yeh it seems like Henenlotter spent way to much time on that series and forgot about creating new stories (like the scene in Brain Damage with Dwayne and his basket..... unessary I thought cause that flick stands on its own)
The priest's appreance in EIII is more suggested cause he's a soul possesed by the demon.... definatley worth a watch but you're better off with the book for that one.
But yeh I agree with comming up with a new idea for a film because directors are typecast even more than actors once they start doin that shit.

Man, I just pretty much hate everything about the Phantasm series.

Stupid heros, sucky villain, lame gore, and the plot was just pretty dumb. Like MisterSadistro was getting at, it's boring as fuck too. Despite absolutely detesting this series, I've seen all 4 and I can honestly say that I didn't like any of them any better than I liked the first one. Probably my least favorite mainstream horror series of all.

Oh well not for everyone. Shit I probably hate a bunch of the shit your into.

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YO!

Great series up until number 3 - thereafter, Freddy became an ironic anti-hero and totally unthreatening.

1 is a classic, 2 is very dark and underrated, 3 is a riot!

Come to think of it, 4 had some nifty special effects - but that's about it.

Probably. But I'll watch anything. (Can't knock it 'til ya try it, right? That's why I've seen all 4 Phantasm's despite hating each and every one of them. Haha.)

They were both dead, Elvis ! How can you make a sequel with dead people (please hold all zombie jokes) ?
Even more disturbing than Dwayne's haircut was that they actually brought back the hooker from the first one who was by now a much older, heavier woman and they tried to play it off like it was only moments after the fall from the building.

http://elbauldetimburton.iespana.es/imagenes/EdWood.jpg
"Haven't you ever heard of the suspension of disbelief ?!?" :D
CK

I haven't seen those yet. Guess I'll have to check them out...

I could think of better things to waste money on. There's always the morbid curiosity to see these offshoot sequels years later after a film has gained a quasi cult status (like 'Basketcase'). As usaul, I'd say ignore them and just get the only one that counts: the original.
CK

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I couldnt agree more

i would have to say:
nightmare 3
nightmare 1
nightmare 5
nightmare 4
freddys dead
nightmare 2
new nightmare
fvj

1-ANOES 2-N.Nightmare 3-Dream Warriors 4-F.Nightmare 5-Freddys Revenge 6-Dream Child 7-Dream Master

NOES part 3 dream warriors
NOES part 1
New Nightmare
Freddy vs Jason
Nightmare on elm street 4 the dream master
Nightmare on elm street 5 dream child
freddys dead the final nightmare
Nightmare on elm street part 2 freddys revenge

RANK - A Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise
 

-A nightmare on elm street1.
-A nightmare on elm street3.
-A nightmare on elm street2.(i actually liked this one alot.)
-A nightmare on elm street 4.
-A nightmare on elm street 6.
-A nightmare on elm street5.
-A nightmare on elm street7.(I did'nt really like this one at all.)