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Most horror villains emphatically do not need a prequel detailing their origin story, but A Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger is an exception. For a lot of slasher horror film series, a villain-centric origin story is a terrible idea. Friday the 13th’s Jason has too tragic a beginning while the origin of Michael Myers is too depressingly pedestrian to feel truly scary, as Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake mistakenly proved. However, in the case of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, a full-on prequel focusing on Freddy’s origin would be the best bet for the iconic slasher franchise.
