The Nightmares on Elm Street Parts 1, 2, 3

A nightmare on Elm street- The first film/story that was based on the script that was writen by Wes Craven has always been one of my favourites. My favourite characters are Nancy, Glen and Tina I always thought Rod was creepy and annoying. I have seen the first film many times, so it was easy to read through this story, it's just as good as the film. I never understood why Freedy Krueger was so easily killed or why it takes so long for him to anything interesting or frightening/creepy. If he can kill people in the “dreamworld” why wouldn't he fight back or defend himself? The ending of this story/film still confuses me I thought all the main characters were dead, but Nancy dies in the third story/film. I am not sure if they are alive or dead, because Nancy is alive in the third story.

A nightmare on Elm street 2: Freddy's Revenge- The plot for this story/film is the weakest in the series/franchise and I hate it. My favourite part of the story is when Freddy cuts himself out of Jesse Walsh, his character is annoying and weak emotionally, feeble minded, I don't care for his character at all! To be honest I had to force myself to keep reading this story because I found it boiring to read. I don't like the characters or the plot of the story, it was broring and the only way it was connected to A nightmare on Elm street was that Jesse Walsh was living in Nancy's house.

A nightmare on Elm street 3: The dream warriors- This is also another one of my favourite stories/films. I love the diversity of the characters and the plot itself. The plot is quite interesting although confusing at times because I wasn't sure if events were taking place in the “dreamworld” or reality. The main characters can lucid dream, which means you can control what you dream about and what happens in your dreams. If you are a Wes Craven or Robert Englund fan (Freddy Krueger in the films, incase you didn't know or haven't seen the films) then this book is for you, there is more detail about the origins of Freddy Kruger and why he is the way he is, what exactly happened to Glen is finally explained because I was confused about what happened to him, since it happened so quickly, I am glad it was explained in the book.

There might be spoilers ahead.
The life and death of Freddy Krueger- This section of the bokk explains Freddy Kruegers origins and his motivation/reason he decided that “his calling” in life was to abduct and murder children. Freddy Krueger was born in a mental institution, his mother Amanda Krueger was schizophrenic and smehow was locked up in a ward that contained the worst, psychotic mentally ill patients. For whatever reason the psychotic patients think it is a god idea to rape her, so her son is “the bastard son of a thousand maniacs” She died during childbirth, during a fire in the building which resulted in Freddy Krueger being born with burnt skin. He was an orphan and his “pimp” father would regularly beat him, which he became accustomed to and eventually develope a high tolerance for pain, he never once cried out in pain. Eventually Fredy was accustomed to the pain inflicted upon him from his “father” that he became sexually aroused by it, and then attributed pain with pleasure, so this lead him to feel the need or compulsion to kill children for the thrill of it, to feed his disturbing sexual desire. He design and hand-made his glove with finger-knives, put on his red and green sweater and fedora and killed a child, then abducted and killed another child, the townspeople found out who he was and what he did to their children and they wanted revenge. In the bioler room of the power plant where Freddy used to work, the townspeople set it on fire and closed and locked all exits so he couldn't escape, he burned to death, only to take revenge on their children in the “dreamworld” Unfortunately Wes Craven died of brain cancer at the age of 76, he will be missed, Wes Craven is and always will be one of my favourite horror film directors. He was a visionary, film director with a keen eye for detail and creating interesting plots or characters that people care about. There is no one else that is comparable to him inthe world, I will miss his presence in the world and his creative, creepy style of films, but I will continue to love and appreciate his work everyday, by reading books based on scripts he wrote, watching the films he made, (the well known and not so well known I resently saw the last film he made called the girl in the photographs which was good) R.I.P. Wes Craven