10 Opening Horror Movie Scenes That Changed Everything
3. A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
After franchise fave Nancy Thompson was killed off towards the end of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors, the Elm Street series seemed destined to move forward with Dream Warriors survivors Kristen, Kincaid, and Joey leading the charge against Freddy Krueger.
For those hoping for this trio to drive the series to new heights, they were left extremely frustrated when the opening moments of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master completely flipped the script.
After Freddy is bizarrely resurrected in Kincaid's dream by the hero's dog's fiery piss bringing Krueger back to life - yes, really - Kincaid is quickly dispatched by Springfield's most infamous son. Immediately after this, Joey is killed by Freddy in a bonkers waterbed sequence. And with that, The Dream Master changed the game and caught audiences off-guard.
Of course, it wouldn't be too long after this that Kristen herself would be slaughtered by Krueger, and Elm Street 4 totally changed its expected direction to instead focus on newcomer Alice Johnson; a protagonist who would return to again battle Freddy in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.