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
Alice Johnson (A Nightmare on Elm Street) by Taylor Burskey) has a cameo in "Don't Fall Asleep: The Film" (2016; Produced by 3 Count & Go): Taking place between "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors", Nancy Thompson (played by Diandra Lazor) is struggling to maintain her sanity after she is checked into a psychiatric ward. In the film, Alice's mother is an exhausted nurse that works at the ward. In his book "Horror Films of the 1980s", John Kenneth Muir noted the following: Muir believes that Alice's transformation "is the perfect counterpoint to Freddy's storyline." Whereas Freddy's reflection encompasses