35 years after the events of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street', Nancy Thompson is doing a menial job at a small start up as it's the only job she could get. Years after the events of the first film, she spent some of her life in a mental asylum due to her ramblings of a dead man haunting her dreams. However, after all this time, Freddy Krueger is still waiting in the shadows waiting to strike at the right moment.