Peter Jackson’s Elm Street Part 6 – The Horror Movie That Almost Was

Last Updated on August 10, 2021

A new episode of our The Horror Movie That Almost Was video series has arrived online, and in this one we're taking a look at one of the most intriguing "lost" Nightmare on Elm Street films – Peter Jackson's A Nightmare on Elm Street 6: The Dream Lover, which almost certainly would have been better than the sixth Elm Street movie we did get, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. Watch the video embedded above to find out what Jackson had in mind for the Elm Street franchise. Copies of the Elm Street collection can be purchased at THIS LINK.

While New Line Cinema chose not to move forward with the Dream Lover script Jackson wrote with Danny Mulheron, the filmmaker's time on the project did establish a working relationship that would eventually result in the studio producing the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Personally, I would have watched a Jackson Elm Street movie a lot more than I have watched any of the Hobbit movies over the years.

The Horror Movie That Almost Was series focuses on 

the various horror projects that could never seem to get things off the ground, be it for budgetary concerns, creative differences, or just an ever evolving Hollywood landscape. We dive into every aspect and see just how close these films had come to cameras rolling.

This episode was Written, Narrated, and Edited by Tyler Nichols, Produced by John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

A few of the other episodes of The Horror Movie That Almost Was can be seen below, including the two previous times the series has ventured into Elm Street territory: once to examine a prequel treatment written by John Saxon and the other time to look at the scrapped Freddy vs. Jason sequel Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash. To see more, head over to the JoBlo Horror Videos YouTube channel – and subscribe while you're there!