I'm surprised that nobody picked #4 as the best. that one kicked ass!!!! that's my second favorite nightmare movie.

My favorite is part 3.

Freddy by far had the most original and best kills in this one. ANOES 3 was also the last film to have Freddy play sort of a non-comic at times.

I especially liked his kills over Nancy's dad (PICKED HIM UP BY HIS CROTCH and IMPALED HIM) and over Philip (MADE PHILIP WALK TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER AND COMMIT SUICIDE, FREDDY TURNS INTO A SUPER GIANT).

The first was the best...
 

...as is usually the case.

I think Wes Craven came up with a very interesting and original idea for a horror monster, but it's also rather obvious that he didn't originally intend to make any sequels.

Every sequel was nothing more than a shlepped-together rehashing of the same story, released more to take advantage of the moneymaking potential of the original idea than to actually add anything fresh to the horror genre. The story lines were becoming so comical by the second sequel that it wasn't really horror anymore, it was more like shock-comedy, with Fred rolling off a bunch of inane one-liners instead of trying to be truly horrifying.

The original will always be a classic because of it's originality, but all the sequels were so UN-original that they will only be remembered by diehard fans of the series, and few will share their enthusiasm.

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Welcome

agreed that one ruled the fight scene at the end and freddy death ruled

i picked the nightmare on elm st

the original always wins in my book