HFB: Round 1: Nightmare On Elm Street (2) VS Creepshow (33)

[Wang Chung]

A Nightmare On Elm Street (2)

A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that consists of nine slasher films, a television show, novels, and comic books. The franchise began with the film created by Wes Craven. The franchise is based on the fictional character Freddy Krueger, introduced in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), who stalks teenagers in their dreams and kills them. His motives were to seek revenge on their parents, who had burned him alive. 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 films collectively grossed over $455 million at the box-office worldwide.

The original film was released in 1984. A series of sequels produced by the independent film company New Line Cinema followed. 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 second 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, as well as a crossover film featuring fellow horror icon Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th franchise. A reboot of the franchise was released in 2010, which also served as a remake of the 1984 film.

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Creepshow (33)

Creepshow is a horror film series:

Creepshow, the 1982 film
Creepshow 2, the 1987 sequel
Creepshow III, an unofficial sequel
Creepshow (comics), a graphic novella based on the movie

Vote for your favorite.

 

[Fuji Vice]

For all intents and purposes, you can also count Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as a Creepshow film. Both Savini and Romero have stated as such in interviews. That being said, I'm voting for Elm Street.


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[Swinny]

The first Creepshow is great, the second one is pretty good, but the third one... not so much. I really liked Tales from the Darkside too, so if that's being counted that gives it extra points, but in the end not enough to take down Nightmare.