For the first time ever, the Nightmare on Elm Street spinoff series “Freddy’s Nightmares” made its streaming debut on Screambox back in 2022 – it was my personal recommendation that we seek it out and shell out the money for the streaming rights, thank you very much – and it wasn’t long after that Tubi followed in our wake and started streaming the series too.
While “Freddy’s Nightmares” is unfortunately no longer on Screambox, all 44 episodes of the 1980s television series have returned to Tubi after being off the service for quite a while now!
Based on one of horror’s most storied franchises, “Freddy’s Nightmares” is an anthology series starring the original Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund. Airing from 1988 to 1990, each episode tells a different story of a dark rooted and grim nature that takes place in this fictitious town on Elm Street; the same setting as the A Nightmare on Elm Street films.
The series picks up with where the films left off (at the time), with Freddy Krueger terrorizing the citizens of his hometown and taking his revenge out through their dreams.
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The producers of the series cast a slew of unknown names who later became very notable actors including Brad Pitt, Lori Petty, John Cameron Mitchell and Mariska Hargitay.
The pilot episode, “No More Mr. Nice Guy”, acts as a prequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and was directed by the late Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist). Other notable filmmakers include Mick Garris (Critters 2, Sleepwalkers), William Malone (Scared to Death, House on Haunted Hill), and Tom McLoughlin (Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives). Robert Englund directed the episodes “Cabin Fever” and “Monkey Dreams”.
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