A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise) released in 2010, and a second remake is planned. 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
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street) the first movie, Nancy dismisses any attacks on her sanity—as she knows that Freddy Krueger is real. With regard to "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors", Heather Langenkamp stated her viewpoints about Nancy Thompson's characterization: In his book "Horror films of the 1980s", John Kenneth Muir references Nancy Thompson, stating the following: In his book "Horror Movie Freak", Don Sumner (2010) also notes how Nancy was a different "final girl" despite following the rules of avoiding sex, drugs, and juvenile behavior. He mentions that "the stereotypes of the victimized female screaming in terror and hiding in the closet