When A Nightmare on Elm Street graced the screens of movie theaters back in 1984 and became not only a hit but a cultural phenomenon, you had to know that besides sequels, something else was coming: a lot of imitators. From the 1980s through the mid-1990s, we would see a long list of horror films where a killer would attack us in our most vulnerable state of consciousness, our sleep.
14 of the Best Horror Ripoffs of A Nightmare on Elm Street
Like most film franchises, a long list of imitators try to leech off of their success. A Nightmare on Elm Street has plenty of them.