While dying, he vows to come back, and does, in the dreams of the children of Elm Street. The movie starts off with Tina having a dream about a man with a green and red sweater, dirty brown Fedora, and knives for fingernails. They go out to find out it was Nancy's boyfriend Rod. Tina and Rod go inside and have sex while Nancy and Glenn sleep separately. When Tina falls asleep, she dreams of Freddy and after a chase outside, her belly is slit open and she is dragged up the wall, as Rod screams in fear.
Rod is arrested.
Nancy then does some research and finds out the guys name is Fred Kruger. After a couple of nights Rod is hung in his cell by Freddy. Nancy then figures out the only way to live is to not sleep. After many nights without sleep, Nancy's mom checks her into a dream clinic. Nancy sleeps, but enters a nightmare and when she wakes up, she has pulled out Kruger's hat.