What Makes The Nightmare On Elm Street "Trilogy" Unique?

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The original Nightmare on Elm Street trilogy stands out in the horror genre for its iconic villain, Freddy Krueger, who invades victims' dreams with his terrifying presence and dark humor. Wes Craven's innovative concept of blending reality with the dream world creates a unique and surreal atmosphere. At the same time, the creative special effects and memorable death scenes elevate the films' visual impact. The trilogy delves into deeper themes of fear, guilt, and the loss of innocence, with a strong protagonist in Nancy Thompson adding a compelling narrative arc. Balancing scares with entertainment, the trilogy's cultural impact is undeniable, cementing its legacy as a groundbreaking and influential horror series.
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[@jameswatkins5483]

1, 3 and 4 are the true trilogy for me

[@sidekick190]

1, 3 and New Nightmare (the Nancy trilogy) has always been the trilogy for me. Wes and Heather were the special sauce.

[@charlieb1976]

I know people don't care for Part 2, BUT Part 2 was actually the last time Freddy was actually dark and scary. Until New Nightmare

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

To me the 'Dream Trilogy' of 3, 4 and 5 is the Nightmare on Elm Street trilogy, a trilogy that a lot of people overlook, and these three flows so well if you watch them back to back. Stylistically Nightmare 3 is more similar to 4 and 5 than 1 and New Nightmare. The three films have good continuity with cast carried over from one to the next and introduced Freddy's backstory with Amanda Krueger in 3, established the Dream Master Alice in 4 and wrapped it up in 5. I think 1 and New Nightmare are good opening prologue and epilogues for the trilogy of 3-4-5 in the middle, making it a nice 5-film saga.

[@zoneclipper]

2 has the best Freddy makeup of the entire franchise. Those reddish brown eyes and witch nose still haunt me

[@thecunninlynguist]

The "trilogy" was unique in showing how powerful Fred had become within that time span. We got glimpses of his power in nightmare 1...then his expanded power in 2...and arguably his peak in 3 (if we ignore FD)

[@therhapsodist976]

A Nightmare On Elm Street, Freddy's Revenge, and Dream Warriors are definitely the best three of the franchise.

[@D-Fens_1632]

One of the saddest things I've ever heard was that an actor in the remake said they'd spoken to Haley right before shooting began and he said he'd just watched the movie for the first time like the night before.

[@LiirThropp2687]

Freddy was honestly terrifying in the original film. As a kid, he was the most horrifying thing I'd ever seen. And knowing what he was in his human life, there's nothing worse. He hurt little children. The lowest of the low. The first 3 films kept that and didn't make him quite such a goofball. The later movies seemed to forget what he was. He's not a comedian. He's a monster. Even though he did make a few jokes in Dream Warriors, he wasn't quite the Freddy's Dead level of ridiculous.

[@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594]

Everyone ignores or doesn’t understand 2, but 2 is honestly one of my favorites. The way I take it ties to the idea that Freddy needs fear and notoriety to kill. Like Jesse comes into the story at a time when the murders of the first film have been almost forgotten, besides the idea that Nancy Thompson went crazy after seeing Glen’s murder. Eventually with the passing of time, Freddy has lost his power to outright kill in dreams but not the ability to influence in them. When Jesse comes in, he’s struggling with the shame and fear that comes from being closeted, and Freddy can sense that fear so he uses it to invade Jesse’s body and bring himself back into the real world, and he uses the attack at the pool party to strike fear in the community again. I also read the ending of that movie as very queer empowering. Like Freddy is feeding off of Jesse’s fear of himself, and when Jesse finds the power to turn that fear supply off he ends Freddy’s hold on him. And the reason Freddy is able to come back in 3 is because his massacre at the pool has drummed up enough fear for Freddy to kill in dreams again.

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

OG, Dream Warriors, and New Nightmare.

[@wayne2160]

Dream Warriors & Dream Master are my two favorite from the series

[@CSS-Tails_Forever]

What makes this trilogy so unique is:

[@geon565]

Dream Warriors the puppet death....omg i remember the feeling when i saw it in the early 90s....great stuff

[@thielnineteen]

When I was about 10 years old, Freddy had already been a reocurring star in my nightmares. I was always terrified of him, but fascinated at the same time. I think that is what makes characters like this so great. Nightmare on Elm Street is still my all time favorite horror franchise 30 years later, even though it horrified me as a child.

[@wstine79]

A compliation of the Mostly Serious Freddy Kruger Trilogy is the perfect Father's Day Present.

[@trinaq]

I always admired how strong and resilient the female heroines were in this franchise, especially Nancy, who is the first example who springs to mind whenever you hear "Final Girl."

[@TheMajorBlazer]

"What do you think I'm some kind of fruitcake or something?!"

[@blackamerican40]

So weird a future A list actor and future Oscar winner came from this trilogy.😊 Johnny and Patricia.

[@miguelramirez2630]

I take part 2 as Nancy drained most of his energy so he needed people to remember and fear him again to get strong enough to kill again in the dream world. Like they kind of showed in Freddy v jason...he needed Jason to make kids fear him again.