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Don't let him catch you sleeping!
The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of evil and death about the lives of people who live in Springwood.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of evil and death about the lives of people who live in Springwood.
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Episode 1
A young boy is suffering from nightmares by Freddy. A psychiatrist is asked to help the boy. The doctor does help but at the most horrible cost. Meanwhile a cameraman is determined to prove that Freddy does exist. Freddy decides to teach him a lesson Krueger style.
Directed by George KaczenderWritten by Tom Blomquist, Tom LazarusGuest stars Charles Cyphers, Jay Thomas, Linda Miller, Bruce Marchiano, Scott Marlowe
Episode 2
A reporter who does some tacky stories for a newspaper is sent to the Springwood Hotel to investigate an elvis sighting there at the hotel he discovers that what ever he writes becomes reality Also a man survives a car accident and develops amenisia his family is trying to help him regain his memory.
Directed by William MaloneWritten by Jonathan GlassnerGuest stars Richard Cox, Stacy Keach, Sr., Anne Lockhart, Gloria Loring, John Stinson, Tiffany Helm, Patty Toy
Episode 3
A Couple move to Springwood. Right away the wife of the couple begins to suspect that a serial killer has targeted the house that they have moved into. This has a surprising ending. The second half of the episode is about a woman who finds an old stack of love letters from the nineteeth century. She begins to obsess over their relationship, and begins to see their ghosts.
Directed by Ken WiederhornWritten by Gilbert Adler, A L KatzGuest stars Leah Ayres, Dey Young, Todd Allen, Michael Horton
Episode 4
A woman photographer is being terrorised by Freddy, and whatever photos she takes, tragedy strikes on every one. The second half of the episode is about three FBI agents investigating a family killing in Springwood on Halloween. It turns out that Freddy has used his evil to kill the family and is planning a similar fate for the FBI.
Directed by Tom DeSimoneWritten by Bill FroehlichGuest stars Richard Speight Jr., Patty McCormack, Lisa Aliff, Warren Burton, Kristina Loggia, LaReine Chabut, Gay Thomas Wilson
Episode 5
Professor Windom is a man with a drinking problem. But he has to get over his fears, and quickly, as a former student of his is in a lot of problems and needs his help. The second half of this episode is about Barbara, who is a bitch at work. She starts getting stressed out when her computer starts talking to her and believes she's going to be in trouble with the cops for tax evasion. Unwittingly she jumps into her computer to stop the certain file from being saved.
Directed by Don WeisWritten by Michael KirschenbaumGuest stars Kyle Chandler, Joseph Cali, Alex Cord, Karen Landry, Andrew Prine, William Lewis Baker
Episode 6
A man wins a lottery and he and his wife are in the money ... or so they think. Tragedy strikes, and after his death his lottery ticket turns up missing.
Directed by William MaloneWritten by David BraffGuest stars Mary Crosby, Richard Eden, David L. Lander
Episode 7
Rick Blake is haunted by a mime who keeps tormenting him. Meanwhile it turns out that the mime is also a burglar who learns that the last people he robbed were also killed
Directed by Charles BravermanWritten by Jonathan GlassnerGuest stars Kim Morgan Greene, Albie Selznick, Bart Braverman, Steve Franken
Episode 8
An escaped convict goes on a search for the money he stole before he went to jail but his wife and his offspring aren't ready to forgive him. Meanwhile, Jack adopts a young girl but his wife believes that she is possessed by the devil.
Directed by James QuinnWritten by Gilbert Adler, A L KatzGuest stars Marc Alaimo, Ruth de Sosa, Sheree North
Episode 9
Joe is a gambler who is fleeing from some gangsters. He is really a scientist who is trying to search for alien lifeforms. Another scientist is trying to see if monkeys can talk.
Directed by Robert EnglundWritten by Michael KirschenbaumGuest stars Joseph Cali, Rick Dano, Sherman Howard, Eileen Seeley
Episode 10
This is a sequel to Bloodlines. Lisa Wax has to babysit for the Burtons, not knowing that the Burtons' eldest adopted daughter Patty has been locked up in the family basement most of her life for killing her adopted mother. Lisa starts having hallucinations and seeing visions of Patty as the Devil himself, trying to lure the little boy into the basement. Somehow Patty escapes and imprisons Lisa in the basement, without the parent's thinking any different. The second half of the episode is about Patty and how she somehow meets Mrs.Wax. Mrs.Wax invites her to stay in her house. The town thinks that Lisa is dead, due to a car accident. Meanwhile Lisa escapes the basement and heads to a confrontation to end all confrontations.
Directed by Bill FroehlichWritten by Wayne Allan RiceGuest stars Sharon Farrell, Julie St. Claire
Episode 11
A Talkshow host who is doing a story about if nightmares can kill, is being haunted by Freddy. He goes ahead with the story anyway despite Freddy's warnings. The second half is about a teenage boy who is involved in a car accident and is a subject of an illegal surgery by a doctor who switched brain tissue from the talkshow host to the boy. The boy is now being hunted by Freddy, who will stop at nothing to kill him.
Directed by Tom DeSimoneWritten by Tom BlomquistGuest stars Bobbie Ferguson, Christine Belford, Deborah Rennard, Christian Bocher
Episode 12
Marla Murlee is a con artist posing as a psychic. She tries to contact someone from the Titanic disaster but is booed by her rival Harry Lee. Freddy hears this and decides to accept her invitation at the real ceremony. She does contact a spirit, not from the Titanic but from Elm Street. Freddy uses her body for his killing but he's not done yet. His next target is the Springwood High 2 decade reunion. The next victim is his ex-girlfriend Denise who broke their prom date as a joke. Also a student is studying Freddy to make a film about him.
Directed by Tom DeSimoneWritten by David Braff, Jonathan GlassnerGuest stars John Fujioka, Richard Speight Jr., Nicholas Shaffer, François Giroday, Gwen Banta
Episode 13
This is about a psychiatrist who uses women under hypnosis to get what he wants. Eventually a fellow psychiatrist finds out what he's up to and the Doctor does his best in mind control to stop word from leaking out. The second half of the episode is about a man that is on the run from the police for accidental murder. His girlfriend suggests that he goes under laser plastic surgery to change his face. He does it, but later finds out that the new face he has is also owned by a mob boss who just turned state's evidence.
Directed by Ken WiederhornWritten by Jonathan GlassnerGuest stars Rosalind Allen, Rachelle Carson-Begley, Phil Proctor
Episode 14
Greta who has already murdered twice to avoid sharing her first husband's lottery winnings, faces a new challenge when a witness to her crimes blackmails her into marriage. Single again, Greta finds out a deep, dark family secret when her sister Peggy and Peggy's husband Sonny drop in for a surprise visit.
Directed by William MaloneWritten by David BraffGuest stars Richard Eden, Mary Crosby, Wings Hauser
Episode 15
A Camping trip turns into a nightmare as the male campers believe that their woman tracker is a vampire, who is planning on feeding off their blood. The second half of the episode is about some survivors of a plane crash, who have to eat their dead friends to survive. Meanwhile a killer is slowly stalking them in the mountains.
Directed by David CallowayWritten by Michael KirschenbaumGuest stars Sandahl Bergman, Tony Dow, Amy Lyndon
Episode 16
A woman decides to take up a side job in the phone sex business, for her husband. Disaster strikes when an unknown psychopath becomes obsessed with Kim and starts murdering women for her. The confrontation occurs in the loft. The second half of the episode is about Kim, who is recovering from the attack. She starts to mentally unhinge and her husband becomes gradually more worried that his wife is plotting to kill him.
Directed by Ken WiederhornWritten by David BraffGuest stars Elizabeth Keifer, Sandra Sexton, John DiSanti
Episode 17
An artist fakes his death after accidentally killing a subject.However he starts to suspect his wife is having an affair and that's when the twist occurs. The second half is about two women who are wary of letting a guy move into their apartment. Eventually their suspicions prove correct when he starts hitting on both of them. But one stunt backfires, big time.
Directed by Ken WiederhornWritten by Jonathan GlassnerGuest stars Leslie Bega, Dean Fortunato, Margot Rose, Fabiana Udenio
Episode 18
This is a sequel to Welcome To Springwood, because of the character Turk. A Couple moves into a supposedly haunted house where a murder once took place. Someone is indeed in the house, but whether or not it's a ghost is another story. The second half of the episode is centered on the mover, and how he is roped back into the ""House of a Hundred Secrets"". Where the story ends with a twist.
Directed by Gilbert AdlerWritten by Gilbert Adler, A L KatzGuest stars Todd Allen, Robin Greer, Laura Austin
Episode 19
Paul is cheating on his wife and when the woman he's having an affair with starts forcing her way into his life, he breaks off the relationship with her. Paul trying to patch things up with his son who's two year absence was triggered by the earlier events. This turns deadly because of his choices.
Directed by Keith SamplesWritten by David BraffGuest stars Kim Morgan Greene, Gina Gallego
Episode 20
This is a sequel to PrimeCut. Three former cannibals start up their eating habits again when an unknown man drops dead in their living room. After all three eat him, they find out that the man was an astronaut who escaped an underground lab in Springwood. The astronaut was infected with a virus, which has now infected the three cannibals. The government picks them up and puts them in their underground lab for testing. The second half of the episode is centered on ""Tracker"", the lone survivor of the virus. ""Tracker"" wants to escape and eventually lures an innocent scientist to help her.
Directed by Bill FroehlichWritten by David Braff, Bill FroehlichGuest stars Sandahl Bergman, Tim Russ, Tony Dow, Richard Brestoff
Episode 21
This episode is about a priest who is giving the last rites to a woman on death row. She manages to seduce him and he plans an unimaginable escape from the death house with a tragic ending. The second episode is centred on Violet Rodriguez as she tries to escape,the similar way Brenda Vincent tried, but with hopefully better results.
Directed by Richard T. SchorWritten by Richard BebanGuest stars Tara Buckman, Sarina C. Grant, Biff Yeager, Vincent Baggetta, Maria Richwine
Episode 22
This episode is centered on Andy Caulfield, a prisoner who is about to get payroll, until he is faced with a prison counsellor who also happens to be a relative of one of his victims. The second half of this episode is based on Warden Hendler, who is using prisoners as Guinea pigs to test a new drug for extracting vital information. However the experiment backfires with drastic results.
Directed by Anita W. AddisonWritten by David ZuckermanGuest stars Vincent Baggetta, George De La Pena, Penny Johnson Jerald, Glynn Turman, Raymond Cruz
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Robert EnglundFreddy Krueger
Kyle ChandlerChuck
John FujiokaHarry Lee
Lori PettyChris Ketchum
Richard CoxJerry
Dick MillerAl Kramer
Daniel McDonaldMark
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