Slasher icon Freddy KruegerOpens in a new tab faced plenty of badass women during his reign of terror over the sleeping teenagers of Springwood in the original A Nightmare on Elm StreetOpens in a new tab franchise, including a young Patricia ArquetteOpens in a new tab, and even Kelly Rowland from Destiny’s Child. But his number one lady will always be his very first “final girl,” Nancy Thompson, played by actress Heather LangenkampOpens in a new tab.
Now, thanks to Bloody DisgustingOpens in a new tab, we’ve learned about YouTuber Shawn KohneOpens in a new tab, who paid tribute to the Nancy/Freddy dynamic by cutting together portions of the three Nightmare movies they starred in together into a trailer for a romantic comedy: A Nightmare on Love Street. Watch:
So, what made Nancy the greatest of the Elm Street girls? For starters, not only did Nancy defeat Freddy in Wes Craven’sOpens in a new tab original A Nightmare on Elm. St., she basically set the standard all the others followed. On top of that, she became the mentor to the surviving kids locked in Westin Hills in a A Nightmare on Elm St. 3: Dream Warriors, and she came back to close out the original saga with Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. She is to Freddy what Jamie Lee CurtisOpens in a new tab is to Michael Myers–his ultimate nemesis.
Maybe if this video gets enough attention it can persuade Robert EnglundOpens in a new tab and Heather Langenkamp to team up once again for a new movie or TV series, maybe even a real comedy?
Would you pay to see A Nightmare On Love Street if it were real? Chime in and let us know in the comments below.
Images: New Line Cinema
More quality movie edits!
- Star Trek meets Daft Punk’s TronOpens in a new tab in this edit.
- The Hobbit trilogy cut in one four hour filmOpens in a new tab.
- Imagining Quentin Tarantino’s Star TrekOpens in a new tab.
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