10 Horror Movie Sequels That Should Have Ended Their Series

2. A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

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The first three Nightmare films are all classics in their own right, even if people have only recently come around to Part 2's charms, but they exist a solid trilogy that stands apart from the other 80's slasher films for their unabashed creativity and eye-popping visuals.

And yet the fourth entry, 1988's The Dream Master doesn't seem to get the same amount of love as its older siblings. Sure, it's not perfect by any stretch and arguably began the decline of the series, but taken on its own merits, The Dream Master is hugely entertaining and features a satisfying end to the Freddy Kruger story.

Sadly it was followed by The Dream Child and Freddy's Dead, both of which are absolutely turgid and turned Freddy Kruger into a laughing stock amongst horror fans. Both films are horribly written, woefully paced, and lack any real spark of imagination - save for the odd death scene here and there.

A case can - and rightly should - be made for Wes Craven's New Nightmare, but that film feels so entirely separate from everything that came before that it feels like its own entity and not a mainline sequel.

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