4 Film Favorites - A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-4 (DVD, 2008)

This is more of a review for the packaging than the movies, 'cause if you're here, you should know the drill on the movies. This set includes the classic first one and the so-bad-it's-good follow-up, as well as "Dream Warriors," which reinvigorated the series, and its lesser companion, "Dream Master." As Sean L. already stated, the first movie is the standard 1-disc edition, not the Infinifilm edition (A Nightmare on Elm Street (Infinifilm Edition)).

Combining these four movies as part of Warner Bros's "4 Film Favorites" series is a novel idea (and the second half of the series is available as a second "4 Film Favorites" set here: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5-8: 4 Film Favorites). All four movies feature the exact same transfer, menus, and features as the individual releases, but in a 2-disc standard-size plastic DVD case, meaning that this set takes up 75% less room than the individual releases.

However, what you save in space, you lose in packaging. As with all of Warner's "4 Film Favorites," there is no internal artwork, such as a chapter insert, and even the two discs themselves feature no artwork, as they're flipper discs, with 1 movie on each side of each disc. Because of this, the discs themselves look plain and are more prone to fingerprints and scratching.

So, do you care about space or about having the complete artwork for each movie? Personally, I'm a big fan of this "4 Film Favorites" series: I get to have all 7 Nightmare movies (and "Freddy Vs. Jason") in 2 regular-size DVD cases, and the movies themselves have the exact same quality and content as the individual single-disc releases. However, if you can't stand flipper discs, or if you're a collector and care about each movie (and want the 2-disc editions of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)), then bypass this one.

I am soo excited and happy about this purchase...I grew up watching the Nightmare on Elm Street flicks. I even remember seeing the first one at the drive in, wow it's been a long time since then. I definitely recommend purchasing this set. Everyone should have this in their collection.

i didnt like that it didi would on my dvd player but it works on my comp so its ok i love nightmare on elm street

I saw the new Nightmare on Elm Street which was garbage and decided I needed to see the original to compare. I forgot how fantastic this movie was and how great a producer Wes Craven is and an actor Robert Englund was. I thoroughly enjoyed all the movies well maybe except the second one. lol

The disks are a little tight to read, but it doesn't matter much to me. I love the films and as they are all on only 2 disks, which saves space. I can't say it often enough - they are great!