Overview
- After a brief streaming run on Screambox in 2022 and a subsequent absence, the complete 44-episode series is now available to watch free on Tubi with no announced window.
- The show adopts an anthology format set in Springwood, with Robert Englund introducing every episode and serving as the primary antagonist in eight installments.
- Originally syndicated from 1988 to 1990, the series offered self-contained “nightmare of the week” stories tied to the A Nightmare on Elm Street universe.
- The pilot episode, No More Mr. Nice Guy, was directed by Tobe Hooper and functions as a prequel to the 1984 feature film.
- Episodes feature early appearances by future stars including Brad Pitt, Mariska Hargitay, Lori Petty, John Cameron Mitchell, Kyle Chandler, and Morris Chestnut.