1988
TV-14
Syndicated

1988
TV-14
Syndicated

Summary Based on the Nightmare on Elm Street film series, Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street the Series is an anthology show hosted by Freddy Krueger. Krueger sometimes appeared in the episodes, but often he just hosted the strange, Twilight Zone-like stories about the residents of Springwood's nightmares. Episodes consist of two s...

1988
TV-14
Syndicated

1988
TV-14
Syndicated

Freddy's Nightmares

Name: Freddy's Nightmares
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1988-10-09
Rating: 0
Cast: Robert Englund, Mary Crosby, Todd Allen, Sandahl Bergman, Richard Eden

Season 1 Premiere: Oct 9, 1988

Metascore Available after 4 critic reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings

6.4

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Boston Globe

Jun 6, 2014

If you get past the soft-core gore, Freddy's Nightmares can be a welcome respite from the celebration of middle-class morality everywhere on network television. [4 Nov 1988]

By Ed Siegel FULL REVIEW

Newsday

Jun 6, 2014

Freddy, the series, is for the mature mind. Not the 9-year-old mind, but the 11-year-old mind. ... It's not funny, but ghastly, the sickest, most violent, blood-spurting TV imaginable. [6 Oct 1988]

By Marvin Kitman FULL REVIEW

San Diego Union-Tribune

Jun 6, 2014

A bloody bore. ... Even by the relaxed standards of horror movies, "Freddy" is a sloppy, simplistic, amateurish, abysmally acted, incompetently written production that would be more at home on a cable-access channel than in national syndication. [8 Oct 1988]

By Robert P. Laurence FULL REVIEW

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29% Mixed
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14% Negative
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14% Negative
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Production Company:

New Line Cinema
Lorimar Telepictures
Stone Television

Initial Release Date: Oct 9, 1988

Number of seasons: 2 Seasons

Rating: TV-14

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Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

• 1 Nomination

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Robert Englund

Freddy Krueger

Mary Crosby

Greta Moss, Greta Nordhoff-Roscoe

Todd Allen

Turk

Sandahl Bergman

Ginger 'Tracker' Morgan

Richard Eden

Hank Roscoe, Wes Roscoe

Anne E. Curry

Sarah Blocker

Kim Morgan Greene

Andi, Claire

Tony Dow

Johnny Travers

Chris Nash

Jack Burton

John Milford

Warden Hendler

Amy Lyndon

Mary Beth

Steve Franken

Mr. Birdwell, Mr. Sexton

Andrew Prine

Agent Stears, Professor Charles Windom

Gry Park

Lisa Blocker

Hili Park

Merit Blocker

Tracey Walter

Eugene Moss, The Gravedigger

Frank Birney

Herman Glimpsure

Eileen Seeley

Millie

LaReine Chabut

Jodi Lancer

Michael Gregory

Police Officer, Policeman #2

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