'Elm Street' horror franchise...

• 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' is an American Horror franchise consisting of 8 slasher films, a television show, novels and comic books.
• This film is directed and writen by Wes Craven, who also directed and wrote 'Scream'.
• Not all the sequences of the film were made by Wes Craven, other individuals took over each film sequel.
• The franchise is based on the fictional character of Freddy Krueger, introduced in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).
• Yet Craven did return to co-script the second sequel, A nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and also directed and wrote New Nightmare (1994).
• The original film was released in 1984, and following it a series of sequels was produced by the independent film company New Line Cinema.
• New Line's growth of company is to an extent attributes of the success of Nightmare franchise.
• The film series have been criticied omensily yet has blossomed in the box office.
• In 1988, a television series was produced with Freddy as the host. The pilot episode focused on the night Freddy was burned alive by the angry parents of the children he had killed, though the rest of the series featured episodes with independent plots.
• Twelve novels, separate from the adaptations of the films, and multiple comic book series were published featuring Freddy Krueger.
• Micheal Bay and his production team are looking to reboot the Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise, the film is scheduled to be released on 16th April, 2010).