With the success of the rebooted trilogy of Halloween, it's somewhat surprising that fellow horror icon Freddy Krueger has remained asleep. Fans of the former series have been given the definitive end to the feud between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers. Now, Helen Langenkamp of A Nightmare on Elm Street fame wants something similar between her character and Freddy.

Nancy Thompson and Freddy Krueger's rivalry goes back to the first Nightmare on Elm Street movie, but it was already brought to a close in the franchise's seventh film. Titled New Nightmare, this movie was the ultimate coda on the franchise and Nancy's story, and trying to do anything similar would simply feel like a poor retread.

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What Was Wes Craven's New Nightmare About?

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Released in 1994, New Nightmare was the seventh film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. Following the poor reception of the sixth movie, franchise creator Wes Craven came back for a much different take on the characters he dreamed of years before. A sort of meta "sequel," New Nightmare is set in the "real world," with the other movies being treated as such. Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund and even Wes Craven play fictional versions of themselves, though Englund also plays a horrifying entity beyond any previous nightmare.

A mysterious demonic entity is revealed to have taken the form of Wes Craven's fictional Freddy Krueger. Empowered by storytelling, this creature was once the old witch in Grimm Fairy Tales. Not wanting another sequel in the film series to be made, this true form of Freddy Krueger stalks the former stars of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. His primary target is Heather Langenkamp, who he sees as a chief rival due to her character's actions in the first and third movies. Thankfully, Langenkamp manages to defeat Freddy one last time, and her reward is a "script" representing his being trapped in the fictional world once more. She's even thanked by Wes Craven for "playing Nancy" again, making this victory her character's greatest.

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A Halloween 2018-Style Nightmare on Elm Street Is Unnecessary

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As much as fans and Heather Langenkamp herself want a new entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, simply rehashing completed storylines might not be the best route. New Nightmare perfectly wrapped up Nancy's storyline even more than A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors did, and its status as perhaps the best in the series remains unchallenged. Thus, trying to restart the franchise with a film that simply reiterates what Wes Craven's coda to the franchise already said will only draw unfavorable comparisons.

The biggest stumbling block to this idea beyond the legacy of New Nightmare is that another Nancy/Freddy battle simply lacks the narrative gravitas of the Laurie Strode/Michael Myers feud. Most of the Halloween movies involved Strode or her family in some way, with some continuities even making her Michael Myers' sister. Thus, bringing back the ultimate final girl in the new trilogy's first movie only made sense. It was also a way to give her a fitting send-off after the horrendous Halloween: Resurrection.

Nancy only fought Freddy Krueger in the first, third and seventh Nightmare on Elm Street, and while she's mentioned in the second film, she ultimately doesn't have the same impact on the franchise as Laurie has in the Halloween movies. Likewise, she already got her grand finale, eliminating the need for another