10 Best Horror Movie Sequels That Never Happened

10. Peter Jackson's Dream Lover

Way before Peter Jackson thrust himself to true superstar status with his The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the New Zealand filmmaker cut his teeth with more horror-driven smaller pictures like Bad Taste, Braindead, and The Frighteners.

As the 1980s began to roll into the '90s, though, Jackson so very nearly ended up writing and directing an entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

With New Line Cinema starting to feel that Freddy Krueger was now old hat after five outings, a decision was made to bring the Elm Street series to a close with a sixth entry that would serve as a memorable send-off for Freddy. And one such name in the frame to tackle this swan song was indeed Peter Jackson.

At this time, Jackson constructed a screenplay for a film tentatively titled A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Lover. Taking a meta approach to the picture, The Dream Lover found a Krueger who was now a figure of mockery amongst the children of Springwood. So much so, they would actively take sleeping pills to enter a dream world where they would get to embarrass and beat up on Freddy.

New Line would ultimately opt against Jackson's The Dream Lover - although a meta concept would later be incorporated into 1994's A New Nightmare - but the biggest takeaway here is that it got Jackson in the New Line door ahead of him later heading to Middle-Earth with the production company.