8 Horror Movies That Turned Badasses Into Wimps

8. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - Nancy Thompson

We’re starting off with one that you’ve definitely heard before but still shouldn’t be ignored! Of course it’s the Nightmare on Elm Street sweetheart, Nancy Thompson. Well, some treatment for the franchise's sweetheart I suppose - because the third instalment (Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors) saw Nancy go from badass teen hero to gullible little girl.

She’s set up to be a high-achiever in the flick: she’s excelling in her post-graduate studies and qualifies earlier than most to work at the mental institution in which the film is mainly set. We think that Nancy is going to be the one to finally take Freddy out for good by teaming up with a group of other kids who suffer his dream-stalking; after all, she’s incredibly smart and experienced!

However our hopes are dashed when she falls for an absolutely elementary trick by Krueger. He appears to her as her father, Donald, and promptly stabs her to death with his signature clawed glove. Are you kidding me? After all this she is dumb enough to fall for something so simple and that’s what gets her killed?

Surely she’s more of a drip than we thought if she can actually be taken out so easily. Honestly Freddy should’ve tried that trick earlier, sometimes less is more.