Welcome to spooky season! October is finally here, and it is time for some horror movie marathons. Since horror lovers and those who only watch during October will be dusting off the classics, what better time to rank all of the A Nightmare on Elm Street films? This franchise is relatively vast, but we are up to the task! Here is my ranking of every NOES movie.





Freddy vs. Jason pairs up two of horror’s most significant icons, Freddy Kruger (Robert Englund) and Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger), officially combining the two franchises. A group of teens inadvertently end up in the middle of the two villains’ feud.


While this film is watchable in terms of cheesiness, it cannot compare to any other Nightmare on Elm Street movie. It is full of laughs and classic moments for both characters. However, the faceoff is lacking. As a massive Freddy fan, I was rooting for him to win and was quite disappointed that, essentially, no one “won.” I felt there wasn’t enough from either franchise to make this movie worth watching. It is some weird amalgamation that doesn’t work as well as I hoped.


A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) is the dreaded remake. There are several key differences between this film and the original. However, most of the vital aspects remain the same. While still human, local parents accuse Freddy (Jackie Earle Haley) of nefarious acts involving local kids. The parents take matters into their own hands and burn him alive. After death, he becomes something made of pure evil and subsequently goes after those same kids, now teenagers, in their dreams.