85 Robert Englund Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

A group of teenage friends begin having mysterious dreams—in which they are attacked by a clawed killer, and sometimes killed too—leading to injuries and death in real life as well. Nancy, one of the teenagers, decides to stay awake, to survive and also uncover the reality of the mysterious dream killer.

Big Wednesday is a drama film which tells the story of Matt, Jack and Leroy, three friends who are surfers in 1960s California. They spend most of their carefree lives at the beaches, along with various women. However, their lives take a turn when the Vietnam War breaks out. In order to dodge the War draft, they try to fake insanity, homosexuality and all kinds of medical ailments.

In 1948, Buster Lane, a popular senior in his small town high school, is exasperated with his fiancée Margie Hooks because she refuses to have sex with him. As other students often visit ill-reputed underprivileged girl, Billie-Jo Truluck, Buster also starts meeting her; but soon the two find true love in each other and make together public appearances which irks Buster’s friends. 

The third installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street Series, this film is about few friends who manage to survive the attack of a dangerous killer. In an attempt to fight back, they learn to control their dreams. 

A former black-ops agent, Frank Moses, survives an assault from a squad of hit men. In order to protect himself, he reunites with his old team - Marvin, Joe, and Victoria for an all-out war so that he can nab the man who tried to kill him. However, breaking into the CIA headquarters is a hard row to hoe.

John Norman Howard is a famous rock star, but his career is starting to decline, as too many years of concerts and life of the road has made him an alcoholic and cynical about life. His life takes a turn when he meets the innocent and talented Esther Hoffman. He decides to help her build her career, while forsaking his own.

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a mystery action adventure comedy film which tells the story of a private detective who is hired for a case, after a musician dies in the middle of a concert. He soon finds himself in the middle of a complex mystery involving a series of murders that are tied to the music industry.

Stoney, a teenager is torn between following his brother’s footsteps and accepting the family line of work, or taking up a job as a teacher. 

Supernatural serial killer, Freddy Krueger, now powerless in Hell, brings back murderer Jason Voorhees to help him regain his powers. Unfortunately, controlling Jason’s thirst for blood proves impossible and he starts killing all of Freddy’s intended victims, leading to a final supernatural confrontation between the two killers. 

Eaten Alive is a horror film which tells the story of a woman named Sheila, whose sister goes missing in the jungles of New Guinea. She teams up with Mark, a mercenary, to track her down, but their road is filled with several perils. It soon seems that her sister Diana has joined the cult of a man named Jonas, who abuses his followers physically and sexually. Mark, Sheila and Diana eventually manage to escape from Jonas, and they make their way into the jungle, but things get even uglier when they find themselves among cannibals.

An aging truck driver, Elegant John, gets his truck repossessed by a finance company, while he is in a hospital. However, he escapes from the hospital, and steals back his truck and decides to make one last perfect cross-country run.

New England’s private Pendleton University is besieged with series of bizarre murders. Natalie,  a bright student of folklore class, suspects that a murderer on the campus is turning popular urban legends, like a killer hiding in the backseat of a car, into real life murders. Though no one believes her, she has to get to the killer before it is too late. 

A spaceship that has been sent on a rescue mission encounters a gigantic structure resembling a pyramid. Soon it seems that this structure might make their worst fears become a reality.

2001 Maniacs is a comedy horror film which revolves around a group of six college students and a biker couple, who travel south and ends up in a small town, which is completely isolated from the rest of the world. The residents are holding an annual ceremony in honor of the American Civil War. Things turn ugly, when the group gets separated and gets killed by the residents one by one. 

Sara is one of five people who were attacked at a diner by a masked shooter. She soon learns about Dr Andover, who is trying to come up with a new way of treating fear-related ailments. In order to get rid of her phobia after the incident, she decides to pay him a visit. Initially it seems to be the perfect cure, but soon her fears begin to re-emerge.

The Fifth Floor is a thriller film which tells the story of Kelly McIntyre, a disco dancer, who is sane, but is mistakenly put in the mental asylum, after she overdoses on drugs. She finds herself alone with no help, and even her boyfriend refuses to help her out of the place.

After slaying all the children and teenagers of his town, Springwood’s dream-stalking psychopath Freddy Krueger, in a bid to capture new hunting grounds, discovers a home for troubled teens. When he realizes that his estranged daughter Maggie works there as a therapist, he tries to enlist her help; but she confronts her father, determined to put a stop to his murderous carnage. 

Gene and her best friend Tiana are studying in high school. They usually spend their idle time chatting with random strangers in chat rooms. They meet another apparent student by the name of ‘Captain Howdy’, and they decide to attend a party at his house. The next day, Tiana’s tortured body is found in her car in a lake, with no sign of Gene. Detective Mike, Gene’s father is able to rescue Gene, track down Howdy, and put him in jail. He is later sent to a mental hospital, but four years later, he is released, after being considered rehabilitated.     

Hal is a married man who likes to collect old video games. He finds a classic game named CURS>R, and begins to install and play it. He is however shocked when objects around him begin to interact with the game. He begins to realize that it is more than just a game, but soon, things get uglier as he is forced to make terrifying decisions, which have deadly consequences.

Windfall is an action thriller film which tells the story of Ace and Scratch, two robbers who are caught red-handed while robbing a casino vault. After a long chase by the casino owner, he decides that instead of sending them to jail, he wants to hire them as security consultants. However, the current head of security of the casino is not happy with the decision.