A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Format of the Entries

All entries are uniformly written for clarity of information. Here is the breakdown of the format.

• The first line of every entry lists two pieces of information. The first is the title. This may just include the title of the film or novel, or may be the title of the magazine or anthology followed by the story title.
• Next to that, in parentheses, will be the medium the story comes from, as in novel, film, game, etc. If it is a novel or short story, the author will also be listed. If it is a comic book, only the publisher is listed.
• On the second line is also two pieces of information. First is the date that the story was first released to the public. In my research, while I strove for accuracy, sadly, some dates are accurate to the day, while others are only pinned down to the month or year.
• Next to the dates of release in parentheses is the date the story is set. If the story is set in the modern era relative to the release date, it’s simply listed as “contemporary setting”. I did not try to pin down if the story was set in any particular season or day of the week. If the setting is historical or futuristic, I have done my best to nail down the time period based on any information offered within the story.
• The next few lines list the series, horror crosses, and non-horror crosses. Listed as series are those series who are the lead characters of the story. For instance, for Freddy vs. Jason, the series is listed as “Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th”. This is in contrast to Jason Goes to Hell, in which only Friday the 13th is listed as series, while A Nightmare on Elm Street is listed as a Horror Cross. In regards to horror vs. non-horror, only horror crosses count as connectors, but non-horror crosses are still recognized. Most series listed are pretty obvious to why they listed as one or the other. In the cases where it may be less obvious, I have attempted to explain my reasoning in the entries.
• Next is the story summary. This is a summary of the story, as seen on screen or read from the page, with little or no thought to how the story fits into the Horror Universe.
• Finally, are my notes on the entry. This is where I have explained how each of the crosses happen in the story. I have also explained how the story fits within the Horror Universe, utilizing theories and discussing the story’s relationship to other stories in the Horror Universe. Also, if I had opinions on the entry subject or needed to explain my methodology, this is where I have done it.

1907

Unspecified date: Amanda Krueger is born. (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors)

Circa 1940

December: While working as a nun at The Hathaway House in Springwood, Ohio under the name in Christ "Sister Mary Helena", Amanda Krueger is accidentally locked in the institute when the building is locked up for the Christmas holidays. The hundred male mental patients keep her hidden for days, raping her hundreds of times. When Amanda is found, she is barely alive and pregnant. (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child)
(In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Neil Gordon says the Amanda Krueger scandal occurred in the 1940s. Based on the fact that her son Freddy had a daughter in 1961, it would make sense to allow Freddy's birth to take place as soon as possible.

Circa 1941

September: Frederick Charles Krueger is born to Amanda Krueger at The Hathaway House after a breech birth. (A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child)

Mid to late 1940s

Freddy Krueger is teased at school because of his origins as the "son of a hundred maniacs". At one point, while being teased, Freddy kills the class hamster. (Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare)

TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 7: FEMME FATALES “FACES OF FEAR “ (SHORT STORY BY MATTHEW DENNION)

Release Date: November 27, 2010 (Setting is 1959 and contemporary)

Series: Tales of the Shadowmen

Horror Crosses: A NIghtmare on Elm Street

Non-Horror Crosses: Judex; Batman

The Story: In 1959, Dr. Jonathan Crane tests his fear toxin on a little girl. Her fear is so strong that it pulls Freddy Krueger from his future time period, allowing Krueger to possess the girl.

Notes: Dr. Jonathan Crane will go on to become Batman’s foe, the Scarecrow. In the comics, the Scarecrow first appeared in the 1940s. In the Horror Universe, there was a Batman in the 1940s, with his sidekick becoming the second Robin in the 1960s. Presumedly, Crane was younger in the Horror Universe and went on to be an enemy of the second Batman. In Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, Freddy dissipated at the end of the story, as he often does when he’s defeated. This time, he must have moved backward through time, being incorporeal within the timestream. This story isn’t the first instance of Freddy possessing someone. In the second Nightmare film, Freddy possesses Jesse, the boy who moves into Nancy’s house five years after Nancy defeated Freddy. His anxiety as the new kid allowed Freddy to slowly take over. The more control he gained, the more fear Jesse had of losing control. Thus, the fear of losing control gave Freddy more control. Then in Nightmare 5, Freddy tries to possess an unborn child still within the womb, this time by convincing the child in his dreams to willingly be a vessel. Judex is the hero of this story.

1961

Unspecified Date: Maggie Burroughs was born as Kathryn Krueger to Freddy and Loretta Krueger.

1966

Unspecified Date: Freddy Krueger murders his wife while his daughter witnessed it.

Unspecified Date: Freddy Krueger was arrested for the murders of 20 children. His daughter was also taken away.

Unspecified Date: Freddy Krueger was released due to a technicality.

1968

Unspecified Date: Freddy was tracked down by the parents of Springwood who later burned him to death.

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (FILM)

Release Date: November 16, 1984 (Set March 9 - 16, 1981)
Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Story: In Springwood, a scary man is killing teenagers in their dreams, which kills them for real. Nancy Thompson, unwilling to be a victim, investigates and learns that the man is Fred Krueger. Krueger was a child killer who was eventually caught and arrested, but due to legal technicalities, got off scot free, causing the parents of Elm Street to chase him to a boiler room where they burned him alive. Nancy eventually learns that if she holds him in the dream, when she awakes, she can pull him physically into the real world, and begins to prepare for a final showdown.
Notes: The first in the series, this film is followed by A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, which is said in the story to take place five years later. This film was remade in 1993 (as the Monster) and in 2010. This film has been referenced as fiction, paid tribute to in homage, and spoofed in numerous films and television series.

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE (FILM)

Release Date: November 1, 1985 (Set September 1986)
Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Story: A new family has moved into 1428 Elm Street in Springwood, and Freddy is back with a new plan to come to the material world by possessing the new teenage occupant of the home.
Notes: No crossovers, but included for historical context. There are many excellent Freddy timelines that can be found on the web, including my own at my Television Crossover Universe website. In the Freddy vs. Jason dual franchise timeline, this film falls between Friday the 13th: A New Beginning and Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI. This film has been referenced as fictional or paid homage to in numerous other films and television series. It was also spoofed in the opening to License to Drive.

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS (FILM)

Release Date: February 27, 1987 (Contemporary Setting)
Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Story: Freddy terrorizes the last of the Elm Street kids whose parents killed him while they are all locked in a psyche ward. Nancy Thompson arrives as the newest staff member, and the only one who understands what the kids are going through.
Notes: No crossovers. Only included for historical context. In the context of Freddy vs. Jason as a dual franchise, this comes between Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI and Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. This film has been referenced as fictional or paid homage to in numerous other films and on television. It has also been spoofed in Charmed episode “Dream Sorcerer”, Scary Movie 2, and Dream Warriors (a 2010 short).

EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN (FILM)

Release Date: March 13, 1987 (Contemporary Setting)
Series: Evil Dead
Horror Crosses: A Nightmare on Elm Street; Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos
The Story: Ashley Williams and his new girlfriend go to another cabin in the woods, and find the Necronomicon ex Mortis again and more recordings which get played and summon an evil force, that possesses the girlfriend. The daughter of the archaeologist who finds the book and did the chants and her colleague show up and the three battle against the evil force.

Notes: This is a sequel to Evil Dead and is followed by Army of Darkness. In the cabin is one of Freddy Krueger’s gloves with the knife claws. It’s been postulated by Chuck Loridans of MONSTAAH that perhaps Freddy had once hid out at this cabin before he was killed. Freddy has been a child killer and used those claws for quite a while before he was caught and burned to death. Of course, another explanation comes from the film Cabin in the Woods. In that film, a cabin exactly like the Evil Dead cabin is used by a secret organization to lure teenagers who are meant to become sacrifices. In the basement, are several objects, so that the youngsters have to choose their own demise, by which object they accidentally use to summon a monster. It could be that the glove was placed there, and if it had been chosen, instead of deadites, Freddy would have been summoned up to kill Ash and his friends in their dreams. This is the first time the book from the Evil Dead series is named the Necronomicon ex Mortis. It was clearly named after the book from Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, the Necronomicon. Later, stories will demonstrate that they are indeed different versions of the same book. However, after this point, I will include appearances of the Necronomicon ex Mortis as an Evil Dead cross only, and appearances of the proper Necronomicon as Lovecraft crosses only. A Claymation version of this film was made in 2012. This film has been referenced as fiction, paid homage to, and spoofed numerous times in other films and on television.

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: DREAM MASTER (FILM)

Release Date: August 19, 1988 (Contemporary Setting)

Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Story: Just before Kristen, the last of the Elm Street kids, is killed, she passes her gift of pulling people into her dreams onto her friend Alice, which is just what Freddy wanted. This releases Freddy from the limitation to only kill the children of those who killed him, and now has access to all the children of Springwood.

Notes: No crossovers. Included for historical context only. In the context of the Freddy vs. Jason dual franchise, this film follows Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood and is followed by Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. It has been referenced as fiction or paid homage to in numerous other films and on television.

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD (FILM)

Release Date: August 11, 1989 (Set June 1989)

Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Story: Freddy returns, once again trying to come to the material world, this time by trying to possess Kristen’s unborn child.

Notes: No crossovers. Included for context. In the Freddy vs. Jason dual franchise, this follows Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan and is followed by Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. This film has been referenced as fictional or paid homage to numerous times in other films and on television. It was also spoofed in Family Guy episode “Chitty Chitty Death Bang”. Stewie says “It’s a boy” just as Freddy does in this film.

1990

The events of the first two issues of Nightmares on Elm Street occur.

NIGHTMARES ON ELM STREET: FREDDY KRUEGER’S SEVEN SWEETEST DREAMS “NOT JUST A JOB” (SHORT STORY BY NANCY A. COLLINS)

Release Date: October 1, 1991 (Contemporary Setting, prior to the events of Freddy’s Dead)

Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street

Horror Crosses: Halloween; Friday the 13th; Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Story: Freddy mentors a kid who wants to be a serial killer.

Notes: The kid checks out a book from the Springwood Library on serial killers. While it talks about real life killers, it also mentions Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees, and the Sawyer family.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (ANIMATED SERIES)

SEASON 6 EPISODE 9 “NIGHTMARE IN THE LAIR”

Release Date: November 9, 1992 (Contemporary Setting)

Horror Crosses: A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Story: Donatello creates an invention that allows access to dreams, but this also somehow summons Fred Krueger who then tries to kill the Turtles in their dreams.

Notes: An excellent Turtles crossover timeline can be found at TelevisionCrossoverUniverse.com. Freddy’s appearance here is during the events of A Nightmare on Elm Street the Series: Freddy’s Nightmares. He has been getting more and more powerful as he now feeds off of many residents of Springwood and occasionally is pulled out of town, like in the instance of this story.

LAST ACTION HERO (FILM)

Release Date: June 18, 1993 (Contemporary Setting; See Notes)
Series: Last Action Hero
Horror Crosses: A Nightmare on Elm Street; King Kong

Non-Horror Crosses: Basic Instinct; Terminator

The Story: A boy gets a golden ticket and finds himself in the universe in which his favorite film hero exists.

Notes: The boy is from the “real world”, which I tend to refer to as Earth-Prime. His film hero must exist in the Horror Universe. In relation to the other crosses, this film’s police station scene must occur on the same day as the famed leg crossing interrogation scene from Basic Instinct as Sharon Stone is seen in the same outfit while walking out of the station. As she is leaving the station, she is passed by the Terminator posing as a cop from T2, thus also placing the scene during the events of that film. A more complicated cameo is an appearance of Freddy at the L.A. police station being arrested. He should be dead and in Hell. And not in L.A. I have a wild theory that perhaps he managed to come back, and got pulled out of a dream, where he becomes a wussy wimp. Later, the main villain of this film finds his way to the real world, and attempts to bring Freddy and King Kong along. However, those dream demons who gave Freddy his powers are also in the real world at this time (in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare) with a new Freddy, and likely banished Freddy back to Hell behind the scenes following the events of this film. And finally, yes, there is an animated cat in the police station, which everyone dismisses as normal except for the visitor from “the real world”. As seen in Evil Toons, the Necronomicon ex Mortis can be used to bring cartoon characters to life. The Earth Day Special and Looney Tunes: Back in Action show examples where this might have also been the case. This film must be another instance where magic from the Necronomicon ex Mortis or a similar type of magic has brought a cartoon character to life. As in the other examples, the magic seems to make all around the magic see the situation as normal, but since the boy is from another reality, he must not be affected by the magic.

JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY (FILM)

Release Date: August 13, 1993 (Contemporary Setting)

Series: Friday the 13th

Horror Crosses: Evil Dead; Stephen King Universe; Creepshow; A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Story: The FBI finally figures out that there’s a killer at Camp Crystal Lake. Apparently his recent trip to New York City finally caught their attention. They surround him and blow him away. While his body lay in the medical examiner’s office, his spirit possesses someone, and transforms into another living version of Jason. Jason returns to the camp, and kills some more. Upon his death again, he is pulled into Hell by Fred Krueger!

Notes: This film is the ninth of the series, following Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan, and is followed next by Freddy Vs. Jason, as the ending alludes. Jason’s home contains the Necronomicon Ex Mortis from the Evil Dead series. This is later explained in the comic book Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash as a possible reason for Jason’s supernatural status. He also has the crate from the segment called the Crate from the film Creepshow, though no explanation is ever given for that. Evil Dead, the works of Stephen King, and A Nightmare on Elm Street are already all in the Horror Universe. This film’s crossovers bring Friday the 13th in as well. There are several timelines on the web that offer specific dates for the Friday the 13th films, and though they don’t all agree, they all seem to be based on valid analysis. This film is referenced as fictional and paid homage to numerous times in other films and on television. It has also been spoofed in Tales from the Crypt and Viernes 13.

WES CRAVEN’S NEW NIGHTMARE (FILM)

Release Date: October 14, 1994 (Contemporary Setting, but prior to the release of this film)

Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Story: In the real world, the actress who played Nancy in the original Nightmare film and the rest of the film’s cast and crew become haunted by Freddy, even if he is just a fictional character created by Wes Craven.

Notes: This film takes place in the “real world”, which I dub Earth-Prime, as it’s obviously not really our real world. It’s explained in the story that this demon is very ancient and has often been trapped by being placed in stories, thus becoming a part of that universe. Wes Craven had trapped it by placing it in the world of Freddy (which explains the dream demons that visited Freddy and gave him his power). When New Line killed off the character and ended the franchise with Freddy’s Dead, this released the demon. Wes had to trap him, by making Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. I believe the demon did not return to the Horror Universe, but instead went to another universe, that of the reboot version of A Nightmare on Elm Street, where they powered another Fred Kruger. Meanwhile the Horror Universe Freddy continues to have power, though to a lesser extent, which has been explained by the Necronomicon ex Mortis. This film has been referenced as fictional and paid homage to in numerous other films and on television.

1995

The events of the last four issues of Nightmares on Elm Street occur.

SOUTH PARK (ANIMATED SERIES)

Release Date: August 13, 1997 - ongoing at time of writing (Contemporary Setting)

Series: South Park

The Story: Four kids have adventures in a town that is constantly attracting weirdness and the adults are all stupid.

Notes: This series takes place in an alternate universe that must be part of the Horror Multiverse due to crosses with A Nightmare on Elm Street and Cthulhu. Additionally, Chef from this show appears in Return to Sleepaway Camp, which must be his main Horror Universe counterpart. This show cannot fit in the main Horror Universe for a number of reasons. The characters don’t age. There are divergent events, such as the deaths of notable world leaders or military conflicts between the United States and Canada or later between the United States and Heaven. Additionally, many celebrities appear out of character with a more realistic version of themselves.

BRIDE OF CHUCKY (FILM)

Release Date: October 16, 1998 (Contemporary Setting; one month after Child’s Play 3)

Series: Child’s Play

Horror Crosses: Friday the 13th; Halloween; A Nightmare on Elm Street; Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Story: Tiffany, the girlfriend of serial killer Charles Lee Ray, steals the doll and performs the ritual to place his soul back inside it. The plan is to find a human for Chucky to inhabit, but when the couple have a fight, Tiffany resolves not to help him. As revenge, he performs a ritual to trap her in a doll, knowing this will force her cooperation. And it does, as the two seek out a young couple to possess

Notes: Chucky is brought in by the Katrina Protocol. This film occurs between Child’s Play 3 and Seed of Chucky. At the evidence locker where the Chucky doll is kept, are also the masks of Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers, the glove of Freddy Krueger, and the chainsaw of Leatherface. This brings Halloween into the Horror Universe. The others have already been brought in. Even though it was meant as a quick prop gag, this quick film moment connected five of the most famous modern horror icons. This film has been referenced as fictional and paid homage to numerous times in other films and on television. It was also spoofed on the Roseanne Show.

FREDDY’S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (FILM)

Release Date: September 13, 1991 (Set June 14 - 17, 1999)

Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Story: Having killed most of the children of Springwood, and driven the adults insane, Freddy attempts to use his daughter to escape the confines of Springwood and kill all the world’s children.

Notes: No crossovers. Included for historical context. Following this film’s events, Freddy is next seen in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, but the dream demons who give Freddy his power appear next in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. This film’s conclusion has implications that are important to the plots of both Wes Craven’s New Nightmare and Freddy Vs. Jason. This film has been referenced as fictional or paid homage to numerous times in other films and on television.

FREDDY VS. JASON (FILM)

Release Date: August 13, 2003 (Set September 2003)

Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street; Friday the 13th

The Story: Freddy, having been banished to Hell after being defeated by his daughter, and being abandoned by the dream demons that left for another reality, finds that he still has power, but his power is only strong when he is feared, and he’s not strong enough to return to Springwood. But then Jason is killed once more, and returns to Hell, awaiting the moment where he will be resurrected again to continue his good work of punishing naughty teens. Freddy finds Jason and sends him back to Earth (by posing as his mother) and sends Jason to punish naughty kids in Springwood, starting at 1428 Elm Street. In Springwood, the adults have a policy to not speak of Fred Krueger, and children with bad dreams are sent off to a secret psych hospital where they are given the same drug once tested by Nancy Thompson to keep her from dreaming. Jason starts killing, and even though a rookie cop thinks this is a Jason Voorhees copycat, eventually rumors of Freddy spread and teens start having nightmares. Eventually, Freddy is back, but Jason won’t stop killing Freddy’s intended victims, thus causing the two to have to take each other out.

Notes: This is the Frankenstein vs. the Wolf Man for the modern generation, and films like this are what get me so excited about crossovers. There are tons of great Nightmare and Friday timelines out there on the internet that will contradict each other. Basically, though, Freddy was last seen in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, in a cameo that leads to the events of this film. Before that, he met his end in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. His dream demons had abandoned him in that film and went on to appear in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, and then the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. New NIghtmare takes place in the fictionalized representation of “the real universe” which many call Earth-Prime. The Nightmare remake then occurs in yet another alternate reality that is part of the Horror Multiverse. Using that logic, other remakes that can’t be worked into the Horror Universe might be relegated to the same remake reality. Jason was last seen in Jason Goes to Hell: the Final Friday, and the ending of that film leads to this film. Their story continues in the comic book Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash. This film has been referenced as fictional and paid homage to numerous times in other films and on television. It has also been spoofed in Freddy vs. Ghostbusters, Tripping the Rift, and 30-Second Bunny Theatre.

HACK/SLASH: MY FIRST MANIAC # 1 - 4 (IMAGE)

Release Date: June 1 - September 1, 2010 (Setting is 2004 or slightly earlier, as this is Cassie’s first hunt)

Series: Hack/Slash

Horror Crosses: A Nightmare on Elm Street; Halloween; Friday the 13th; Spawn

The Story: The story of Cassie’s first hunt.

Notes: While researching slashers on the internet, Cassie reads of a man who kills in dreams in Ohio (Freddy Krueger of A Nightmare on Elm Street), a masked maniac who terrorizes a small town on Halloween (Michael Myers of Halloween), and a camp plagued for 30 years by a psycho who won’t die (Jason Vorhees of Friday the 13th). She also finds an article about Hellspawn, that includes a picture of Spawn.

HACK/SLASH: EUTHANIZED (DEVIL’S DUE PUBLISHING)

Release Date: April 2004 (Contemporary Setting)

Series: Hack/Slash

Horror Crosses: Friday the 13th; A Nightmare on Elm Street; Hellraiser

The Story: Cassie Hack and Vlad fight an undead slasher who controls an army of undead pets.

Notes: Cassie Hack is the daughter of a “slasher”, and has devoted her life to fighting them. Thus she has become an expert on them. In this story, she knows about notorious slashers such as Jason Voorhees (Friday the 113th), Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street), and Pinhead (Hellraiser).

FREDDY VS. GHOSTBUSTERS (FAN FILM)

Release Date: May 13, 2004 (Contemporary Setting)

Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street; Ghostbusters

The Story: Every town has an Elm Street. And Freddy finds his way to Elm Street in Denver. The nephew of Egon Spengler forms his own team of Ghostbusters to bust this famous ghost.

Notes: Though a fan film, the original characters created for this film became canon in the officially licensed Ghostbusters video game.

BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON (FILM)

Release Date: July 6, 2004 (Contemporary Setting)

Series: Leslie Vernon

Horror Crosses: A Nightmare on Elm Street; Halloween

The Story: A documentary crew follows the behind the scenes planning of a slasher.

Notes: Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and Michael Myers (Halloween) are referred to as real life serial killers.

KARROLL’S CHRISTMAS (FILM)

Release Date: December 14, 2004 (Contemporary Setting)

Horror Crosses: Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Scooby-Doo; Casper; A Nightmare on Elm Street

Non-Horror Crosses: A Christmas Carol

The Story: Ever since he was humiliated in public by his girlfriend on Christmas, Allen Karrol has come to hate Christmas. He also hates his mean neighbor Zed Rosecog. On Christmas Eve, Allen gets visited first by Jacob Marley, then by the ghosts of Christmas Present, Past and Future. The problem is they went to the wrong address. They were to visit Mr. Rosecog, and thus show Allen Mr. Rosecog’s present, past and future Christmases. Despite this, Allen still learns a lesson about the Christmas spirit and how his own life has been intertwined with his neighbor’s.

Notes: The film indicates that the original Dickens novel happened, and visits by three ghosts is a regular thing, but that the job is not always done by the same three ghosts. The Jacob Marley is not the same from A Christmas Carol. This one was related to Bob Marley. One of the ghosts references other ghosts he knows, including the Headless Horseman, Scooby-Doo, and Casper. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is already in. Is Scooby dead? Yes, kids. In the Horror Universe, Scooby is dead. In fact, he was eaten in the film Slither. This crossover brings in Casper, the Friendly Ghost, but which version? Though I’m sure the implication is the cartoon version, there’s no solid in-story evidence to verify that. Therefore, my assumption is to consider this a reference to the version from the live action films. The first Casper film had a crossover with Ghostbusters, and thus is already solidly in the Horror Universe. A ghost also makes a reference in which he compares himself to Freddy Krueger. Though that could be a pop culture reference or a reference to a real person, in this instance, since this film has already been demonstrated to fit in the Horror Universe, we should just assume that this is indeed a reference to the Springwood Slasher.

HACK/SLASH: THE FINAL REVENGE OF EVIL ERNIE (DEVIL’S DUE PUBLISHING)

Release Date: June 2005 (Contemporary Setting)

Series: Hack/Slash; Evil Ernie

The Story: Cassie Hack has to take on the slasher known as Evil Ernie, who comes from an alternate timeline where Earth had been devastated by nuclear war.

Notes: This crossover brings Evil Ernie into the Horror Multiverse. Hack/Slash is already in via a cross with A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th.

HACK/SLASH VS. CHUCKY (DEVIL’S DUE PUBLISHING)

Release Date: March 2007 (Contemporary Setting)

Series: Hack/Slash; Child’s Play

Horror Crosses: A Nightmare on Elm Street; Friday the 13th; Halloween; Zatara

The Story: Cassie Hack teams up with Chucky for a mutual cause.

Notes: In the story, Chucky compares himself (as being better) to Freddy (Krueger), Jason (Voorhees), and Michael (Myers). Cassie once again meets Laura Loch, who says her spells backwards just like John Zatara and his daughter Zatanna from DC Comics.

FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH # 1 - 6 (WILDSTORM COMICS AND DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT)

Release Date: January - June 2008 (Set December 23 - 24, 2008)

Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street; Friday the 13th; Evil Dead

The Story: Ash gets transferred to the Crystal Lake S-Mart for the holiday season, and the origins behind the connections to Freddy, Jason, and the Necronomicon ex Mortis are revealed.

FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH: THE NIGHTMARE WARRIORS # 1 - 6 (WILDSTORM COMICS AND DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT)

Release Date: August 2009 - January 2010 (Set July 2 - 3, 2009)

Series: A Nightmare on Elm Street; Friday the 13th; Evil Dead

The Story: Six months after Ash battled arguably the two most infamous slashers, Jason comes back for revenge, while the U.S. government brings back Freddy using the Necronomicon ex Mortis.

Notes: This is an official part of the canon, but in this story, many members of congress get slaughtered in public which would out the supernatural to the world. We really stretch things with alien invasions and giant apes and such, but it’s easier to believe in the days before cyberspace that these things can be covered up and people will choose to deny they happened. But in the modern age, it’s harder for these things to happen and still have other stories where people don’t believe in monsters. Thus, I’m going to assume that this story falls perhaps in the same divergent timeline as the Buffy Season 8 comics, which is a world where vampires have been outed and become celebrities, and where Los Angeles went to Hell and everyone in the city remembers. Having said this, if one were to desire keeping this story in the main timeline, I suppose it is plausible that after the fact, the events might have been covered up by the government as a terrorist attack.

HELLBLAZER # 265 “NO FUTURE PART 1: RETURN OF THE EVIL ONES” (VERTIGO)

Release Date: May 2010 (Contemporary Setting)

Series: Hellblazer

Horror Crosses: A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Story: John Constantine finds his friend is keeping Sid Vicious in his closet. And that’s just the beginning.

Notes: Hellblazer is in the Horror Universe via this and a few other crosses within this book. In this issue, John’s wife, Epiphany, does the Freddy voice and then mentions who she was trying to imitate, to which John responds that he never met him. This seems to make clear that while Fred Krueger is famous in pop culture, he’s also a real person.

GOLDEN EARRINGS (FILM)

Release Date: 2010 (Contemporary Setting)

Series: Golden Earrings

Horror Crosses: A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Story: A young lady finds herself haunted by her deceased girlfriend.

Notes: One of the characters had resided at 1428 Elm Street. That’s the address in Springwood where Nancy Thompson had lived in A Nightmare on Elm Street and the home that kept playing a key role in the sequels.

SOUTH PARK (ANIMATED SERIES)

SEASON 14 EPISODE 10 “INSHEEPTION”

Release Date: October 20, 2010 (Contemporary Setting)

Horror Crosses: A Nightmare on Elm Street

Non-Horror Crosses: Inception

The Story: When Mr. Mackey and Stan are found to be hoarders, and a sheep herder is mistaken as a sheep hoarder, a doctor puts them into a dream state to get at their deep problems. However, complications occur, and a team is led into the dream world by Fred Krueger and Dom Cobb.

Notes: This is Fred Krueger and Dom Cobb of the South Park reality, not the main Horror Universe timeline. Here, Krueger used to kill teenagers in their dreams for the military but has since retired. Cobb on the other hand is a shoot first and then shoot again idiot whose goal is to penetrate the layers of dreams further and further, which is actually something the main timeline Cobb would consider dangerous. However, this crossover does bring Inception into the main Horror Universe timeline following the rules for divergent realities. Another version of Krueger appears in South Park’s Imaginationland Trilogy. That version is a tulpa, created by the imaginations of the “real world”. Imaginationland is a realm attached to the South Park reality where everything that is fictional in the South Park reality is real in this pocket realm.

MORTAL KOMBAT (VIDEO GAME)

Release Date: April 19, 2011 (Contemporary Setting)

Series: Mortal Kombat

Horror Crosses: A Nightmare on Elm Street

Non-Horror Crosses: God of War

The Story: Raiden of the past receives a warning from his future self of things to come and attempts to alter the future.

Notes: Mortal Kombat is in a separate universe, but their conflict often crosses over into other realities. In this instance, Fred Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Kratos of God of War find themselves drawn into the conflict from their home realities. This is an officially licensed appearance of Freddy, and though this is after the reboot, this is the classic Freddy, thus the Freddy of the Horror Universe. Therefore, the Mortal Kombat Universe must be part of the Horror Multiverse.

2011

The events of Wildstorm’s A Nightmare on Elm Street comic book series occur.

2012

The events of New Line Cinema’s Tales of Horror occur.

RED, WHITE AND BLOOD (NOVEL BY CHRISTOPHER FARNSWORTH)

Release Date: November 27, 2012 (Contemporary Setting)

Series: Nathaniel Cade

Horror Crosses: A Nightmare on Elm Street; Friday the 13th; Psycho

The Story: Nathaniel Cade is a vampire under the service of the U.S. President. During the 2012 campaign race, an old foe of Cade returns. He is the Boogeyman.

Notes: The Boogeyman claims to have had a behind the scenes influence on Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Norman Bates, the Zodiac Killer, and the Son of Sam. The first three are from A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and Psycho, respectively. The Zodiac Killer and Son of Sam are real life serial killers. This crossover brings Nathaniel Cade, the President’s Vampire, into the Horror Universe. This crossover also brings in the Psycho films. The Boogeyman comes from folklore (and your closet), and thus does not count for crossovers. There are numerous versions of the legendary monster under your bed in the Horror Universe. Whether they are all just one creature or numerous is unknown.

Alternate Realities:

TVCU-2 is the setting of the remake from 2010, and TVCU-3 is the setting for the alleged upcoming second remake.