A Nightmare on Elm Street Collectibles Poker Playing Cards
This Official poker sized deck features 52 full color images of the Horror classic film "A nightmare on Elm Street". . The original film was written and directed by Craven, who returned to co-script the second sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), and to write and direct New Nightmare (1994). The original film was released in 1984, and following its success a series of sequels was produced by the independent film company New Line Cinema. New Line often attributes the growth of their company to the success of the Nightmare franchise.[2] The film series as a whole has received mixed reviews by critics, but has been a financial success at the box office. When comparing the United States box office grosses of other American horror film series, A Nightmare on Elm Street is the third highest grossing franchise in adjusted US dollars.[3] In 1988, a television series was produced with Freddy as the host. The pilot episode focused on the night Freddy was burned alive by the angry parents of the children he had killed, though the rest of the series featured episodes with independent plots. Twelve novels, separate from the adaptations of the films, and multiple comic book series were published featuring Freddy Krueger. Contents [hide] 1 Films 1.1 Overview 1.2 Crew 1.3 Box office 1.4 Future 2 Television 3 Literature 3.1 Novels 3.2 Comic books 4 Merchandise 4.1 Video games 4.1.1 NES release 4.1.2 C64 / IBM-PC release 5 References 6 External links [edit] Films [edit] Overview The original film, written and directed by Wes Craven and titled A Nightmare on Elm Street, was released in 1984. The story focuses on Freddy Krueger attacking Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) and her friends in their dreams, successfully killing all but Nancy. Kruegers back-story is revealed by Nancys mother, who explains he was a child murderer whom the parents of Springwood killed after Krueger was acquitted of police charges on
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