Freddy Krueger, terrifying killer who slashed children to death with razor-sharp finger knives, was dead—burnt alive by outraged parents from Elm Street.

Ten years had gone by since then, and only now were people sleeping peacefully at night.

But the nightmare was just about to begin...

Children are having hideous nightmares about a grossly deformed being with razor-edged fingers of death. Freddy is back; now neither man nor beast, but a chilling embodiment of evil itself. And as the nightmares become reality, and Freddy's twisted will becomes the children's command, panic, terror and murder stalk the streets of Springfield again...