<Tr> <Td> Freddy vs. Jason (2003) </Td> <Td> Ronny Yu </Td> <Td> Damian Shannon & Mark Swift </Td> <Td> Sean S. Cunningham </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) </Td> <Td> Samuel Bayer </Td> <Td> Screenplay by: Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer Story by: Wesley Strick </Td> <Td> Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller </Td> </Tr> <P> The original film, written and directed by Wes Craven and titled A Nightmare on Elm Street, was released in 1984 . The story focuses on Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) attacking Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) and her friends in their dreams, successfully killing all but Nancy, in fictional Springwood, Ohio . Krueger's back - story is revealed by Nancy's mother, Marge, who explains he was a child murderer . The parents of Springwood killed Krueger after he was acquitted on a technicality . Nancy defeats Freddy by pulling him from the dream world and stripping him of his powers when she stops being afraid of him . Freddy returns to attack the new family, the Walshes, living in Nancy Thompson's house in 1985's A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge . Freddy possesses the body of Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton), using him to kill . Jesse is temporarily saved by his girlfriend Lisa (Kim Myers), who helps him exorcise Krueger's spirit . </P> <P> Wes Craven returned to write A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, released in 1987 . In the second sequel, Freddy is systematically killing the last of the Elm Street children . The few remaining children have been placed in Westin Hills Mental Institution, for allegedly attempting suicide . Nancy Thompson arrives at Westin Hills as a new intern, and realizes the children are being killed by Freddy . With the help of Dr. Neil Gordon (Craig Wasson), Nancy helps Kristen (Patricia Arquette), Joey (Rodney Eastman), Taryn (Jennifer Rubin), Kincaid (Ken Sagoes), and Will (Ira Heiden) find their dream powers, so they can kill Freddy once and for all . Neil, unknowingly until the end, meets the spirit of Freddy's mother, Amanda Krueger (Nan Martin), who instructs him to bury Freddy's remains in hallowed ground in order to stop him for good . Neil completes his task, but not before Freddy kills Nancy . </P>

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