'Elm Street' horror franchise

This franchise began with the film series, created by Wes Craven

A nightmare on elm street 2: freddy's revenge

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

*The franchise consists of 8 Slasher movies, a television show, novels, and comic books
* The movie lead to the franchise being formed
* The franchise focuses upon main fictional character of Freddy Kruger
* Freddy Kruger was first introduced in 'A Nightmare on Elm Street(1984)'
* A series of sequels were produced by the independent film company 'New Line Cinema'
* Compared to other American horror film series, A Nightmare on Elm Street is the third highest grossing franchise
* Further'Wes Craven's New Nightmare' (1994) Nightmare Movie is reported to be released in 'April 2010'

'Wes Craven's New Nightmare' (1994) helped influence Scream, years on as it uses similiar techniques, such as the whole highschool theme and school/collage people being victims. It also has the murderer's face being covered which also is the same.