‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ franchise

The first one was released in 1984, this was also written and directed by Wes Craven, and became the most popular horror movie of its time. It’s based around the character Freddy Kruger who kills teens in their sleep. This franchise consitst of 8 slasher movies, a television show, a novel and comic books. Now New Line Cinema haven taken the character to movie such as ‘Freddy vs Jason’. 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. Micheal Bay and his production team are looking to reboot the Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise, the film is scheduled to be released on 16th April, 2010).