In 1984, Wes Craven gave the slasher genre a new dimension by integrating supernatural elements into A Nightmare on Elm Street. The boogeyman Freddy Krueger infiltrates the nightmares of his victims, killing them both in their dreams and in reality. This original approach to a rather simple genre leaves a lasting impression, and Freddy's adventures of evolve into an extremely lucrative franchise. 

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4 - The Dream Master is the series' biggest commercial success and certainly the wildest film within it. Director Renny Harlin (Prison, Die Hard 2) took advantage of the screenwriters' strike to deliver a crazy plot in which a dog from the underworld urinates fire to resurrect Freddy. This is just the beginning of a series of absurd scenes featuring Twilight Zone loops, karate, cockroach women, and pizzas with human heads – in short, a true festival that pushes the comic book aspect of the film (A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3 - Dream Warriors) to the extreme. 

Freddy's adventures inspired several other fantastic slashers, including Candyman... and I, Madman, where the character of a mad doctor, originating from horror novels, contaminates reality and commits his atrocities in the vicinity of a passionate reader. The film won the grand prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival and remains the highlight in Tibor Takacs' career, also known for The Gate.