“Don’t fall asleep” – words to live by for Elm Street teens. Not a problem for fans wide awake with fear (and glee) as they experience these first 8 Nightmare movies released from 1984 to 2003.

Each features Robert Englund’s mas­terfully macabre incarnation of slouch-hatted, razor-fingered Freddy Krueger, who mixes wicked wit with even wickeder mayhem as he haunts teens when they’re asleep and most vulnerable.

A newspaper article about children who died after having fearsome nightmares provided the real-life springboard for filmmaker Wes Craven’s break­through series. Perhaps that underlying reality helps make these shockers so unnerving. Or maybe it’s just that we all like a good scare…and that this series consistently, imaginatively delivers some of the best.

Disc 1. Nightmare on Elm Street
Disc 2. Nightmare on Elm Street 2 – Freddie’s Revenge
Disc 3. Nightmare on Elm Street 3 – Dream Warrior
Disc 4. Nightmare on Elm Street 4 – Dream Master
Disc 5. Nightmare on Elm Street 5 – Dream Child
Disc 6. Nightmare on Elm Street – The Final Nightmare
Disc 7. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Disc 8. Bonus Disc