A Nightmare On Elm Street’s Ending Explained & Why It Makes No Sense

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a beloved classic of the horror genre, but its ending makes absolutely no sense, even by the rules established in the film. Operating as it does within the realm of dreams, there’s a certain level of weirdness in A Nightmare on Elm Street that most fans would be willing to accept. The movie introduces Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a serial killer who haunts and kills his victims in their dreams, but if they die there, they die in the real world as well. Krueger targets Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) and her friends, who eventually learn who their tormentor is and why he’s going after them.