Every 'Nightmare on Elm Street' Movie, Ranked by Intensity

From Wes Craven's 1984 original film to the unfortunate 2010 remake, what is the scariest, most intense movie in the Nightmare on Elm Street series?

April 29, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Stephen Dickerson

Alice will be tasked with doing the impossible: surviving two Elm Street movies in a row.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street Movies, Ranked by Intensity

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Freddy and Jason facing each other in the film Freddy vs. Jason.

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Jesse screams as he looks at Freddy’s glove he’s wearing on his own hand in Freddy’s Revenge.

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Maggie attacks Freddy in Freddy’s Dead.

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Freddy and Jacob glare at the camera in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child.

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Freddy Kruger (Jackie Earle Haley) in Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).

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Freddy, played by Robert Englund, holding Kristen in Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.

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Freddy’s head bursting through a TV in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors (1987)

Heather Langenkamp as herself walking out of a door in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare.

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Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

Heather Langenkamp as Nancy, asleep in the bathtub in A Nightmare on Elm Street.

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