welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down
our picks for the top 10 scariest scenes
in nightmare on elm street
what's with kids today huh no
respect for this list we'll be looking
at scenes throughout the horror
franchise that helped put freddy on the
map
as a nightmare-inducing villain which is
the scariest scene in the entire a
nightmare on elm street series
let us know in the comments one two
freddy's coming for you
let's count down the top ten right now
number 10
glenn is pulled into the bed a nightmare
on elm street
freddy's claws are enough to make a
scene terrifying and iconic
before becoming a one-liner machine
freddy krueger was a pretty efficient
but still somewhat theatrical
maniac
he demonstrates his style expertly with
glenn after the teenager falls asleep
glenn is dragged down kicking and
screaming into the abyss by freddie's
hand
[Music]
accompanied by charles bernstein's
pulsating soundtrack
this scene proves that sometimes it's
far more haunting to leave certain
things to the imagination
and of course add torrents of blood in
the aftermath
number nine tracy returns home freddy's
dead
the final nightmare the nightmare and
elm street franchise touches on quite a
few mature and sensitive topics
throughout its run
this is even true in later films that
seem more concerned with being
funny than scary while freddy's dead is
very much a mixed bag overall
tracy's return to her child at home is a
horror highlight
tracy girl daddy's home
daddy you're dead along with staging
some pretty creative demises
freddy also loves to indulge in
psychological warfare
tracy ends up in the presence of her
horrible father and relives an awful
moment from her childhood
that presumably really happened you're
not my daddy
you're not my daddy come on
tracy
[Music]
this scene is so chilling that it
actually becomes less
intense once freddy reverts to his
normal form
[Laughter]
what's with kids today huh number eight
what happens to taryn a nightmare on elm
street three
dream warriors
dream warriors sees freddy seeking
revenge against the children of parents
responsible for setting him on fire when
the dream warriors decide to take on
freddy
they end up separated a recovering
addict named taryn finds herself in a
familiar alley that holds nothing but
bad memories
familiar okay [ __ ]
let's dance for a scene that initially
feels like an 80s punk music video
things ramp up quickly and to horrifying
effect when freddie uses taryn's history
with addiction as a weapon this
terrifying scene shows that
body horror can be deeply unsettling
without relying on gore
number 7 nancy takes a bath a nightmare
on elm street
[Music]
falling asleep in a bath is just a
recipe for disaster
as nancy realizes that the man who
appeared in her dreams is responsible
for killing her best friend
tina the stressed out teenager settles
down for a bubble bath to unwind
naturally freddy has other plans don't
fall asleep in there
you could drown you know for pete's
sakes
in an iconic scene freddy's glove raises
from the water like a shark with a
penchant for showmanship
and fear
despite freddie mostly remaining unseen
the sequence does a superb job of
demonstrating the villain's brand of
horror
regardless of where someone falls asleep
freddie can always get to them
number six dan becomes a motorcycle a
nightmare on elm street five
the dream child by the time the dream
child rolled around
a nightmare in elm street had gone full
camp and freddie was starting to be seen
as a stand-up comedian
among a slew of forgettable characters
and cheesy scenes
the dream child manages to land a few
genuinely memorable eliminations
in a prime example of the franchise's
expertise with body horror
dan becomes a bit too close with his
motorcycle this
boy feels the need for speed as freddie
throws out
all the zingers dan transforms into an
amalgamation of skin
wires and pipes in a scene that is truly
horrifying
it's also pretty impressive from an
effects standpoint
[Music]
number five freddy takes his wife's life
freddie's dead the final nightmare we
need to talk
originally billed as the final entry in
the franchise
freddie's dad dives into its titular bad
guys backstory through a series of
memories
[Applause]
these scenes are among the film's best
helping to ground a villain who had
become
almost a cartoon the highlight of these
flashbacks involves a human but still
intimidating freddy disposing of his
wife in a manner that has
none of the over-the-top theatrics the
franchise is known for
even without makeup and claws robert
england effortlessly delivers a
bone-chilling performance as
freddy he was truly a monster before the
nightmare began
don't worry baby mommy just had to take
her medicine
for snooping in daddy's special work
number four
greta eats too much a nightmare on elm
street 5
the dream child no thank you i'm not
hungry
aren't you eating this scene was so
gruesome that the theatrical release of
this dream child sequence
had to be trimmed down to make an r
rating after falling asleep at a dinner
party with her overbearing mother greta
finds herself at the mercy of freddie's
cooking
strapped to a chair in front of an
audience of people greta is force-fed
the insides of a doll that resembles her
unapologetically disgusting greta's
demise
is genuinely difficult to watch
especially
once you see her full from all of the
well we hesitate to call it food
number three freddy communicates through
jesse
a nightmare on elm street 2 freddy's
revenge
although freddy's revenge might be seen
as a strange follow-up to the original
nightmare on elm street the sequel
features plenty of memorable scenes
the film relies on the unique dynamic
between krueger and jesse
a teen the villain is trying to possess
[Music]
in a desperate attempt to not fall
asleep jesse asks his friend grady to
keep
watch unfortunately things don't quite
go to plan
freddie literally goes through jesse to
get up close and personal with grady
throughout this unsettling scene freddy
does not utter a word
and just lets the situation speak for
itself
[Applause]
number two nancy's dream a nightmare on
elm street
you had one job glenn
[Music]
desperate for answers on freddy nancy
enters the dream world and asks him to
wake her up if things go awry
naturally glenn falls asleep and leaves
nancy to fend off freddie alone
[Music]
split over multiple locations and
including an appearance by nancy's best
friend who has
certainly seen better days this dream
somehow makes climbing stairs
and a pillow fight seem like the most
hair-raising axe ever
[Applause]
freddy comes across as a formidable and
completely demented force
who delights in terrorizing his victims
you bastard i want to do
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number one debbie checks into the roach
motel
a nightmare on elm street four the dream
master
with practical effects that wouldn't
look out of place in the fly
the dream master was among the scariest
nightmare on elm street films
one of the movie's victims was a girl
named debbie who wasn't a fan of
cockroaches
when she becomes freddie's target alice
attempts to protect her
but while debbie's working out she ends
up saddled with an unwanted training
partner
i don't believe in you i believe in you
although krueger says all the right
things he proves to be a terrible
trainer and pushes debbie
a touch too hard then she begins
transforming into a cockroach
this horrifying scene is truly the stuff
of nightmares
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