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! Produced by
! Produced by
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]''
! scope="row" | ''[[Hackintosh (universe movie)|Hackintosh]]''
| style="text-align:left" | November 9, 1984
| style="text-align:left" | May 22, 1983
| colspan="3" | [[Wes Craven]]
| colspan="3" | [[Levi Trevino]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Robert Shaye]]
| rowspan="1" | Levi Trevino, Kerry Collins, & Marco Webster
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge]]''
! scope="row" | ''[[Windows 90-Die (universe movie)|Windows 90-Die]]''
| style="text-align:left" | November 1, 1985
| style="text-align:left" | June 14, 1996
| [[Jack Sholder]]
| colspan="3" | Perry Dobson
| colspan="2" | David Chaskin
| Levi Trevino & Kerry Collins
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors]]''
! scope="row" | ''[[Windows 90-Ate (universe movie)|Windows 90-Ate]]''
| style="text-align:left" | February 27, 1987
| style="text-align:left" | October 30, 1998
| [[Chuck Russell]]
| [[Garrett Ramos]]
| Wes Craven, [[Bruce Wagner]], Chuck Russell & [[Frank Darabont]]
| colspan="3" | [[Michael J. Bayheimer]]
| Wes Craven & Bruce Wagner
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master]]''
! scope="row" | ''[[diePhone (universe movie)|diePhone]]''
| style="text-align:left" | August 19, 1988
| style="text-align:left" | May 18, 2012
| [[Renny Harlin]]
| Harold Keach
| [[Ken and Jim Wheat|Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat]] & [[Brian Helgeland]]
| colspan="2" | Levi Trevino
| Brian Helgeland & [[William Kotzwinkle]]
| Michael J. Bayheimer, Levi Trevino & Kerry Collins
| Robert Shaye & [[Rachel Talalay]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child]]''
! scope="row" | ''[[Killer App (universe movie)|Killer App]]''
| style="text-align:left" | August 11, 1989
| style="text-align:left" | September 2, 2016
| [[Stephen Hopkins (director)|Stephen Hopkins]]
| Harold Keach
| [[Leslie Bohem]]
| [[Chandler Bingham]] & Harold Keach
| [[John Skipp]], Leslie Bohem & Craig Spector
| Levi Trevino
| Robert Shaye & Rupert Harvey
| Levi Trevino & Kerry Collins
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare]]''
! scope="row" | ''[[A-Die (universe movie)|A-Die]]''
| style="text-align:left" | September 13, 1991
| style="text-align:left" | February 24, 2023
| Rachel Talalay
| Sarah Lloyd
| [[Michael De Luca]]
| Fynn Hester & Lisa Hester
| Rachel Talalay
| Fynn Hester
| [[Aron Warner]] & Robert Shaye
| Levi Trevino & Kerry Collins
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Wes Craven's New Nightmare]]''
| style="text-align:left" | October 14, 1994
| colspan="3" | Wes Craven
| [[Marianne Maddalena]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]''
| style="text-align:left" | August 15, 2003
| [[Ronny Yu]]
| colspan="2" | [[Mark Swift and Damian Shannon|Mark Swift & Damian Shannon]]
| [[Sean S. Cunningham]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]''
| style="text-align:left" | April 30, 2010
| [[Samuel Bayer]]
| [[Wesley Strick]] & [[Eric Heisserer]]
| Wesley Strick
| [[Brad Fuller (producer)|Brad Fuller]], [[Andrew Form]] & [[Michael Bay]]
|}
|}


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===Development===
===Development===
===Box office===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" | Film
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Budget
! colspan="3" | Box office revenue
! rowspan="2" | Reference
|-
! align="center" | United States
! align="center" | Other territories
! align="center" | Worldwide
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984)
| 1984
| $1,800,000<ref>{{cite book|author=John Kenneth Muir|title=Wes Craven: The Art of Horror|publisher=McFarland|date=February 24, 2004|page=18|isbn=0-7864-1923-7}}</ref>
| $25,624,448
| $31,560,686
| $57,185,134
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=elmst.htm|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]|access-date=December 10, 2007}}</ref><ref name=ww>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 10, 1992|page=36|first=Chris|last=Mitchell|title=Shrewd marketing fuels Freddy promotion}}</ref><ref name=AFI>{{AFI film|57157|A Nightmare on Elm Street}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge''
| 1985
| $3,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1985/0NOE2.php|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 budget|work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|publisher=Nash Information Services|access-date=January 24, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071222193313/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1985/0NOE2.php| archive-date= December 22, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| $29,999,213
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
| $29,999,213
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=elmst2.htm|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Dead (1985)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=December 10, 2007}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors''
| 1987
| $4,300,000–4,600,000<ref name=ww/><ref>{{AFI film|57762|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors}}</ref>
| $44,793,222
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
| $44,793,222
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=elmst3.htm|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=December 10, 2007}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master''
| 1988
| $6,500,000<ref name=ww/><ref>{{AFI film|58990|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master}}</ref>
| $49,369,899
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
| $49,369,899
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=elmst4.htm|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=December 10, 2007}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child''
| 1989
| $8,000,000<ref>{{AFI film|58210|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child}}</ref>
| $22,168,359
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
| $22,168,359
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=elmst5.htm|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=December 10, 2007}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare''
| 1991
| $9,000,000<ref name=ww/>
| $34,872,033
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
| $34,872,033
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=freddysdeadfinalnightmare.htm|title=Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=December 10, 2007}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare''
| 1994
| $8,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1994/0NOE7.php|title=New Nightmare budget|work=The-Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services|access-date=June 9, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090526010213/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1994/0NOE7.php| archive-date= May 26, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| $18,090,181
| $1,631,560
| $19,721,741
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newnightmare.htm|title=Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=December 10, 2007}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Freddy vs. Jason''
| 2003
| $30,000,000<ref name="boxofficemojo">[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=freddyvsjason.htm "Freddy Vs. Jason"]</ref>
| $82,633,448
| $34,009,973
| $116,643,421
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=freddyvsjason.htm|title=Freddy vs. Jason (2003)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=June 12, 2007}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2010)
| 2010
| $35,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/04/nightmare-to-rule-at-home-while-iron-man-explodes-overseas.html|title=Movie projector: 'Nightmare' to rule at home with $30&nbsp;million while 'Iron Man 2' explodes to $100&nbsp;million-plus overseas|last= Fritz|first=Ben|date=April 29, 2010|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 30, 2010|quote=The new "Nightmare" isn't expected to do quite that well but should still be a solid performer for the studio given its production budget of about $35&nbsp;million.| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100502014635/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/04/nightmare-to-rule-at-home-while-iron-man-explodes-overseas.html| archive-date= May 2, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| $63,075,011
| $52,620,171
| $115,695,182   
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nightmareonelmstreet10.htm|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) main page|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=May 12, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100512095033/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nightmareonelmstreet10.htm| archive-date= May 12, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="the-numbers">{{cite web |title=The Numbers |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Nightmare-on-Elm-Street-A-(2010)#tab=summary}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=2 align="center"| Total
! $105,600,000–$105,900,000
! $370,625,814
! $119,822,390
! $490,448,204
!
|}
===Critical response===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!Film
![[Rotten Tomatoes]]
![[Metacritic]]
![[CinemaScore]]<ref name="CinemaScore">{{Cite web |title=CinemaScore |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |website=[[CinemaScore]] }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984)
|94% (66 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nightmare_on_elm_street |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|76 (12 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street |website=[[Metacritic]] |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-1984/ |publisher=[[Fandom, Inc.]] |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge''
|42% (30 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_nightmare_on_elm_street_2_freddys_revenge |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|43 (6 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-2-freddys-revenge/ |publisher=Fandom, Inc. |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors''
|68% (61 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_nightmare_on_elm_street_3_dream_warriors |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|49 (11 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-3-dream-warriors/ |publisher=Fandom, Inc. |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master''
|57% (30 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_nightmare_on_elm_street_4_the_dream_master |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|56 (10 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master/ |publisher=Fandom, Inc. |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child''
|30% (33 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_nightmare_on_elm_street_5_the_dream_child |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|54 (11 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-5-the-dream-child/ |publisher=Fandom, Inc. |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare''
|22% (36 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/freddys_dead_the_final_nightmare |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|39 (14 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/freddys-dead-the-final-nightmare/ |publisher=Fandom, Inc. |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare''
|79% (42 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Wes Craven's New Nightmare |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wes_cravens_new_nightmare |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|64 (21 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Wes Craven's New Nightmare |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/wes-cravens-new-nightmare/ |publisher=Fandom, Inc. |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Freddy vs. Jason''
|41% (165 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddy vs. Jason |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/freddy_vs_jason |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|37 (29 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddy vs. Jason |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/freddy-vs-jason/ |publisher=Fandom, Inc. |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|B+
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2010)
|14% (185 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nightmare_on_elm_street_2010 |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|35 (25 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Nightmare on Elm Street |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-nightmare-on-elm-street/ |publisher=Fandom, Inc. |access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
|C+
|}


===Future===
===Future===

Revision as of 10:51, 5 August 2025

The Motherboard Franchise
The first film's theatrical movie poster
Created by Levi Trevino
Original work Hackintosh (1986)
Owners
Years 1986-present
Films and television
Film(s)
Miscellaneous
Theme park attraction(s) Universal Horror Nights (2016)

The Motherboard franchise is a horror franchise centering on computers coming to life and eating their victims. It began in 1983 with the successful independent release of Hackintosh, which spawned four theatrically released films Windows 90-Die, Windows 90-Ate, diePhone and Killer App, and one spin-off direct to streaming movie, ADie.

Films

Hackintosh (1983)

Main Article: Hackintosh
Hackintosh is a 1983 independent horror movie about a serial killer who lures people to an abandoned resort using computers, only to kill them brutally. The serial killer is revealed to be brainwashed and controlled by a computer.

Windows 90-Die (1996)

Main Article: Windows 90-Die
Windows 9-Die is a 1996 horror sequel to Hackintosh. The sole survivor from the end of the first film becomes fixated on the computer that controlled the killer, attempting to dissect it. However, in the process, they become possessed by the computer and embark on a murderous rampage through the city.

Windows 90-Ate (1998)

Main Article: Windows 90-Ate
Workers at an office building begin disappearing after their computers are updated to the newest version. When two workers become suspicious and investigate, they quickly discover the horrible truth about the IT Department and the new man-eating computers that are devouring the office.

diePhone (2012)

Main Article: diePhone
The Motherboard computer, long inactive, is revived by the owner of the world's largest smartphone company just before a major product launch. She infects the phone servers, extending her influence across the globe and turning the phones against their users, ushering in a new era of terror.

Killer App (2016)

Main Article: Killer App
A new social media app quickly gains popularity, leading to widespread distraction and subtly brainwashing users into killing machines. A group of teenagers uncover the truth and team up with the survivor from Windows 90-Ate to prevent the app from taking over entirely, only to discover that The Motherboard is orchestrating everything.

A-Die (2023)

Main Article: A-Die
As AI begins to establish itself, an AI-powered chat service emerges as the next major trend, enabling people to chat, create images, and feel a sense of connection. However, through conversations and generated images, users start to become brainwashed and escalate to violence. One teenager from Killer App returns to combat this new menace and save the world.

Films

Film U.S. release date Directed by Screenwriter(s) Story by Produced by
Hackintosh May 22, 1983 Levi Trevino Levi Trevino, Kerry Collins, & Marco Webster
Windows 90-Die June 14, 1996 Perry Dobson Levi Trevino & Kerry Collins
Windows 90-Ate October 30, 1998 Garrett Ramos Michael J. Bayheimer
diePhone May 18, 2012 Harold Keach Levi Trevino Michael J. Bayheimer, Levi Trevino & Kerry Collins
Killer App September 2, 2016 Harold Keach Chandler Bingham & Harold Keach Levi Trevino Levi Trevino & Kerry Collins
A-Die February 24, 2023 Sarah Lloyd Fynn Hester & Lisa Hester Fynn Hester Levi Trevino & Kerry Collins

Overview

Development

Future

Cast

Rip-offs & Remakes

Terr-Appliances

During the making of Windows 90-Die, the assistant director and director had a severe falling out over the film's direction. This disagreement led the assistant director to leave the project, establish his own production company, and create a rip-off film called Terr-Appliances (1996). The film was a box-office failure and remained obscure until the late 2010s, when its cult fan base called for a proper 4K restoration and theatrical re-release. It is regarded as one of the worst yet most beloved rip-offs of an existing franchise.

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