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Robert Englundis well known for his role as Freddy Krueger in the supernatural slasher franchiseNightmare on Elm Street , and the movies from that series dominate the leaning of his highest - gross plastic film . However , Englund has had a surprising amount of boxwood authority successes outside his most famous slasher film enfranchisement . As you ’d expect of any selection of movies worry Englund , the list of his highest - grossing titles is horror - rich , but a match of the films in his top 10 come from other genres .
In gain to asterisk intheNightmare on Elm Streetmovies , Englund has appear in his fair share of dramatic play , thriller , activity movies , comedies , mockumentaries , and even the leftover melodic moving-picture show — and he also appears in the telly seriesStranger matter . He is far more versatile than he ’s typically give reference for , and he ’s much more than merely a repugnance histrion .
A Nightmare on Elm Street star Robert Englund list off his favorite repugnance flick of all time while also offering up a Halloween good word .
10The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane (1990)
Worldwide Gross: $20.4 million
Release Date:1990 - 07 - 11
casting : Andrew Dice Clay , Lauren Holly , Wayne Newton , Priscilla Presley , Robert Englund
Rating : R
Runtime:104 moment
writing style : Action , Adventure
Budget:$20 million
The Adventures of Ford Fairlaneis an intriguing mix of genres . It ’s an action funniness with elements of a film noir mystery thrown in . Comedian Andrew Dice Clay stars as the vulgar eponymous character , who ’s best described as a " rock n ' roll detective . " In the movie , Fairlane gets inscribe to find a miss groupie but ends up entangled in the mystery surrounding a spate of murders within the medicine industry . Robert Englund plays the pitiless hitman Smiley with typical relish . deplorably , The Adventures of Ford Fairlaneis overly loud and awful . remains is entertaining , though , for those who bask rough humor . The picture grossedjust over $ 20 millionworldwide .
9A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
Worldwide Gross: $21.2 million
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The second installment in theNightmare on Elm Streetfranchise , A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 : Freddy ’s Revenge , follows a stripling whose dreams are intrude on by Freddy Krueger after he travel into the home formerly frequent by Nancy Thompson from the first moving picture . In Robert Englund ’s first reprisal of his role as Krueger , he has a more talky and humourous persona than his first outing . Freddy ’s Revengeboasts some telling and creative special effects , and its rudimentary theme of pent-up sexuality is intelligent . Still , it lacks the scare of its precursor and is nowhere virtually as memorable . Globally , it grosseda little over $ 21 million .
Although Nightmare On Elm Street 2 : Freddy ’s Revenge is rightly seen as a nonstarter by fans , the slasher sequel had a potentially terrifying premise .
8A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
Worldwide Gross: $22.2 million
Release Date:1989 - 08 - 11
Cast : Robert Englund , Lisa Wilcox , Kelly Jo Minter
Runtime:89 transactions
music genre : Fantasy , Horror
Budget:$8 million
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 : The Dream Childis the 5th installing in the enfranchisement and Robert Englund ’s quaternary reprisal of his persona as Freddy Krueger . This one learn Freddy accessing the dreams of the babe of the pregnant Alice Johnson , a grapheme from the late plastic film , to observe novel dupe . The Dream Childmakes theElm Streetmythology challenging to keep up , as it ’s extremely and unnecessarily tortuous . It ’s sleazy and relies too much on special effects , which is often a star sign of a pathetic movie . Its flying cuts and bizarre cinematography make it feel almost like a music video . The picture show grossedjust over $ 22 millionworldwide .
7A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Worldwide Gross: $25.5 million
The originalA Nightmare on Elm Streetmovie remains , by far , the best in the franchise . It differentiate the story of a group of adolescent being stalk by the undead Freddy Krueger — played by Robert Englund for the first meter — a child killer who was burned animated by his victims ' parent and can now attack people through their dreams . It ’s remarkably slick and polished , moot its relatively low budget , and , perhaps most importantly , it is genuinely terrifying . Englund is brilliant , and his chilling public presentation immediately cemented Freddy as a revulsion icon , up there with the likes of Dracula and Frankenstein ’s Monster . It grossedmore than $ 25 millionworldwide .
Wes Craven ’s A Nightmare on Elm Street is praised as one of the greatest repugnance movies ever made , with many thing still holding up today .
6Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Worldwide Gross: $34.9 million
The sixthNightmare onElm Streetfilm , Freddy ’s Dead : The Final Nightmare , was intend to be the last installment - of course , that did n’t happen . It chronicles Freddy Krueger ’s return to Springwood , where he specify to vote down the town ’s last pull round stripling in his dreams , but a char personally link up to him tolerate in his way . It ’s the poorest installment in the original serial , teeming with predictability and turning Freddy into a comic build who ’s a round the bend caricature of the nightmare villain he once was . Robert Englund is still entertaining , but not in the way you want him to be as a horror icon . It grossednearly $ 35 millionworldwide .
From best to sorry , how do the Nightmare on Elm Street movie climax all rank ?
5A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Worldwide Gross: $44.8 million
Release Date:1987 - 02 - 27
hurl : Robert Englund , Heather Langenkamp , Patricia Arquette , Craig Wasson
Runtime:96 second
Budget:$4.3–4.6 million
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriorsis one of the better sequels in the dealership . In this one , Nancy Thompson from the first movie is now a psychiatrical therapist . When a young boy is targeted and abduct by Freddy Krueger in the dream world , Nancy join forces with a patient who can pull hoi polloi into her dreams and some other small fry to rescue him , with everyone taking on dream part . Dream Warriorsis a highly creativeNightmare onElm Streetinstallment with an splendid Robert Englund performance , terrific particular effect , and a gracious mixture of gruesome scenery and sense of humor that in reality work . It grossedalmost $ 45 millionglobally .
4A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Worldwide Gross: $49.4 million
Release Date:1988 - 08 - 19
Cast : Robert Englund , John Beckman , Kisha Brackel , Brooke Bundy
Runtime:93 minutes
Genres : Horror
Budget:$6.5 million
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 : The Dream Masteris another gamey full stop among theNightmare on Elm Streetsequels . This one sees Freddy Krueger inadvertently resurrected and using yet another girl , Alice Johnson — a friend of Kristen ’s from the late cinema — to get at a unexampled set of inauspicious dupe . It ’s a originative , intelligent horror movie with equal amounts of fun and brat , with particular effects outgo those of its telling harbinger . Robert Englund again performs with relish in this entertaining repulsion aimed at the MTV multiplication . It globally grossednearly $ 50 million .
Several decennium and nine iterations later , it ’s time to rank every movie in the A Nightmare On Elm Street Franchise by how scarey they are !
3A Star is Born (1976)
Worldwide Gross: $63.1 million
free Date:1976 - 12 - 17
Cast : Barbra Streisand , Kris Kristofferson , Gary Busey , Robert Englund
Runtime:139 minutes
literary genre : Drama , Music
Budget:$6 million
rank low among theA Star is Bornmovies , this second remaking is about an nameless singer and a famous rock star who fall in love and then find their careers heading in opposite directions . Robert Englund makes an uncredited appearance as Marty , a belligerent hearing phallus who insists Kris Kristofferson ’s John Norman Howard sing a song for his date , Sheila . It ’s the poorest version of the news report because its lead actors lack alchemy , the medicine is forgettable , and it seems to drag on forever . However , it still superintend to grossmore than $ 63 millionworldwide .
2Urban Legend (1998)
Worldwide Gross: $72.6 million
eject Date:1998 - 09 - 25
dramatis personae : Jared Leto , Alicia Witt , Rebecca Gayheart , Robert Englund
Runtime:99 minutes
Genres : Horror , Mystery
Budget:$14 million
Urban Legendis an underrated slasher movie and the first instalment in a franchise of three . do on the campus of a secret New England university , it chronicle a flock of murder modeled after a series of urban fable . Its impressive hurl include Jared Leto . Alicia Witt . Rebecca Gayheart , Joshua Jackson , Loretta Devine , John Neville , Brad Dourif , and Robert Englund , who plays William Wexler , a professor of American Folklore and the lone survivor of a massacre at the university . He ’s excellent in his function . Urban Legendis a suspicious , intelligent , and exalt slasher . It grossedmore than $ 72 millionworldwide .
1Freddy Vs. Jason (2003)
Worldwide Gross: $114.6 million
A crossover between theFriday the 13thandNightmare on Elm Streetfranchises , Freddy vs. Jasonsees Freddy Krueger rendered powerless , as Springwood ’s residents have forget about him . He dupes Jason Voorhees into going on a slaying spree there to stir fright and recover his power . However , Jason gets out of control , stealing Freddy ’s kill , prompt a showdown between the horror icons . Robert Englund is in top form as Freddy , and this one satisfies repulsion fans . The plot of ground is farcical , but there ’s sizeable bloodletting and plenty of Freddy ’s hallmark humor and dialogue . It grossednearly $ 115 millionat the box office worldwide , making itRobert Englund ’s highest - gross picture by far .
