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The Best Episodes of Freddy's Nightmares

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The Best Episodes of Freddy's Nightmares

The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of...

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  1. Background image for Photo Finish
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Photo Finish

    S2:E4

    A woman photographer is being terrorised by Freddy, and whatever photos she takes, tragedy strikes on every one. The second half of the episode is about three FBI agents investigating a family killing in Springwood on Halloween. It turns out that Freddy has used his evil to kill the family and is planning a similar fate for the FBI.

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  2. Background image for Dream Come True
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Dream Come True

    S2:E1

    A young boy is suffering from nightmares by Freddy. A psychiatrist is asked to help the boy. The doctor does help but at the most horrible cost. Meanwhile a cameraman is determined to prove that Freddy does exist. Freddy decides to teach him a lesson Krueger style.

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  3. Background image for Lucky Stiff
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Lucky Stiff

    S2:E6

    A man wins a lottery and he and his wife are in the money ... or so they think. Tragedy strikes, and after his death his lottery ticket turns up missing.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Monkey Dreams
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Monkey Dreams

    S2:E9

    Joe is a gambler who is fleeing from some gangsters. He is really a scientist who is trying to search for alien lifeforms. Another scientist is trying to see if monkeys can talk.

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    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for What You Don't Know Can Kill You
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - What You Don't Know Can Kill You

    S2:E13

    This is about a psychiatrist who uses women under hypnosis to get what he wants. Eventually a fellow psychiatrist finds out what he's up to and the Doctor does his best in mind control to stop word from leaking out. The second half of the episode is about a man that is on the run from the police for accidental murder. His girlfriend suggests that he goes under laser plastic surgery to change his face. He does it, but later finds out that the new face he has is also owned by a mob boss who just turned state's evidence.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for A Family Affair
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - A Family Affair

    S2:E19

    Paul is cheating on his wife and when the woman he's having an affair with starts forcing her way into his life, he breaks off the relationship with her. Paul trying to patch things up with his son who's two year absence was triggered by the earlier events. This turns deadly because of his choices.

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    Director:Keith Samples
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  8. Background image for Dust To Dust
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Dust To Dust

    S2:E20

    This is a sequel to PrimeCut. Three former cannibals start up their eating habits again when an unknown man drops dead in their living room. After all three eat him, they find out that the man was an astronaut who escaped an underground lab in Springwood. The astronaut was infected with a virus, which has now infected the three cannibals. The government picks them up and puts them in their underground lab for testing. The second half of the episode is centered on ""Tracker"", the lone survivor of the virus. ""Tracker"" wants to escape and eventually lures an innocent scientist to help her.

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    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for No More Mr. Nice Guy
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #8 - No More Mr. Nice Guy

    S1:E1

    Tonights episode is all about a fellow who decides that the best way to get ahead is to stomp on everyone in his path.

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  10. Background image for It's a Miserable Life
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - It's a Miserable Life

    S1:E2

    To most people a bullet to the head spells death, but to these unfortunate drive-by shooting victims, it becomes something far worse.

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Killer Instinct
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Killer Instinct

    S1:E3

    Chris Ketchum wants to be the best runner on her track team just like her mother was. Her coach gives her a talisman that once belonged to her mother. Soon Chris discovers that whatever she imagines becomes reality.

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    Director:Mick Garris
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Freddy's Tricks and Treats
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Freddy's Tricks and Treats

    S1:E4

    It's Halloween and the students are having a blast at the costume party over at Springwood College. Marsha would rather study than party however. Someone wants to be her study friend and soon Marsha starts to have nightmares. Her dead crazy grandmother comes back to life, Marsha's boyfriend is killed and soon she finds herself in the hands of Freddy Krueger. She tries to escape by going to a dream clinic where dreams are recorded only to find out that there is no escape from Freddy.

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Judy Miller, Come On Down
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Judy Miller, Come On Down

    S1:E5

    Judy Miller wants more than anything to win the lottery. Her obsession is challenged when a housekeeper comes to warn her about her greed.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Saturday Night Special
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Saturday Night Special

    S1:E6

    Two nobodies yearn for perfection. Gordon fantasizes a dream date with a sex goddess, Lana.

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  15. Background image for Sister's Keeper
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Sister's Keeper

    S1:E7

    In this follow-up to ""No More Mr. Nice Guy"", Freddy continues to stalk the last remaining Elm Street children by going after the Blocker twins.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Mother's Day
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Mother's Day

    S1:E8

    Billy has just moved into the old Krueger house. He falls for a pretty teenage girl who convinces him to throw a party while his parents are away. The girl's mother is being harassed by a mysterious caller on the radio.

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  17. Background image for Rebel Without a Car
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Rebel Without a Car

    S1:E9

    Alex is a shy teenager who just wants to fit in. He wants to have a cool car just like everyone else does and he gets his wish but he soon regrets it. Meanwhile Connie wants to be accepted into a college frat house but she also gets more than she bargained for.

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    Director:John Lafia
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Bride Wore Red
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Bride Wore Red

    S1:E10

    An about to be married man goes to a bar where his friends are throwing a bachelor party. There he meets a female stripper who wants to keep him away from his fiancee. Meanwhile Jessica starts to have a nervous breakdown when her parents announce that they are getting a divorce.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Love Stinks
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Love Stinks

    S1:E17

    A deeply disturbed girl sets her sights on a teenage boy which leads to a horde of terrible nightmares. Max must work for his uncle's pizza restraunt and discovers a shocking secret.

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  20. Background image for The Art of Death
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The Art of Death

    S1:E18

    Jack meets a man named The Phantom who says he was created by Jack through his drawings. The Phantom gets Jack to draw events that he wish could happen, and then they do. Jack try's to get the girl he likes in school, but it all goes wrong. The second half is about Joan living with her severe case of closterfobia. Her nightmares get a little out of hand and ends deadly all thanks to our freind freddy.

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Missing Persons
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Missing Persons

    S1:E19

    Our freind Freddy return in another fun fill ride. Gina is faced with her childhood past while babysitting. Is about a man who is tired of his life so on his way to work he imagines that he's someone else. But when his fantasy of being another person is over, he finds that it's more real than he thought.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Light At the End of the Tunnel
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Light At the End of the Tunnel

    S1:E20

    Michael, a man in his thirties who is dead scared of the dark. All that has to change when he starts work, fixing pipes in the dark sewers.A sleazy video store owner who gets his, by reliving nightmares without the possibility of ever waking up.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Identity Crisis
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Identity Crisis

    S1:E21

    Buddy Powers is having a hard time dealing with his son and new boss.Both of them value money and Buddy values peace and love. Buddy wnats his boss dead. Christina is wondering if she is adopted because there are no similarities between her and her mother.When Christina asks her mom questions about her past, she doesn't get the answers she wants.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Safe Sex
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Safe Sex

    S1:E22

    A teenager is in love with a goth girl who is obsessed with Freddy Krueger. The teenager is soon plagued with dreams involving Freddy. The second half is about the goth girl having nightmares about Freddy, who she soon learns there's nothing great about Freddy.

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    Director:Unknown
  25. Background image for Heartbreak Hotel
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Heartbreak Hotel

    S2:E2

    A reporter who does some tacky stories for a newspaper is sent to the Springwood Hotel to investigate an elvis sighting there at the hotel he discovers that what ever he writes becomes reality Also a man survives a car accident and develops amenisia his family is trying to help him regain his memory.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Welcome to Springwood
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Welcome to Springwood

    S2:E3

    A Couple move to Springwood. Right away the wife of the couple begins to suspect that a serial killer has targeted the house that they have moved into. This has a surprising ending. The second half of the episode is about a woman who finds an old stack of love letters from the nineteeth century. She begins to obsess over their relationship, and begins to see their ghosts.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Photo Finish" is the best rated episode of "Freddy's Nightmares". It scored 7.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Tom DeSimone and written by Bill Froehlich, it aired on 10/29/1989. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dream Come True".