Springwood, Ohio

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Springwood, Ohio is the fictional Midwestern town that serves as the primary setting for the A Nightmare on Elm Street horror film series, known as the stalking grounds of the killer Freddy Krueger.

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Springwood, Ohio canonical 14
Springwood, Ohio (fictional) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional town
appearsInFranchise A Nightmare on Elm Street
appearsInSeries Freddy's Nightmares
associatedWithCharacter Freddy Krueger
associatedWithCreator Wes Craven
associatedWithTheme repressed trauma
suburban horror
country United States
createdFor A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
depictedAs ordinary American town hiding dark secret
fandomDomain horror fandom
fictionalStatus nonexistent in real geography
firstAppearance A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film)
genreContext horror
hasFictionalEducationFacility Springwood High School
hasFictionalInstitution Springwood High School
hasFictionalLawEnforcement Springwood Police Department
hasFictionalLocationType suburban community
hasFictionalMedicalFacility Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital
hasFictionalPopulation families of Elm Street children
hasFictionalStreet Elm Street
inspiredBy generic Midwestern American towns
knownAs stalking grounds of Freddy Krueger
languageOfSetting English
locatedIn Midwestern United States
Ohio
medium film
narrativeFunction home of many protagonists in the series
site of Freddy Krueger's murders
partOfFictionalUniverse A Nightmare on Elm Street universe
primarySettingOf A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
A Nightmare on Elm Street film series
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
New Nightmare
settingFor dream-related killings by Freddy Krueger
usedInMedium films
television

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Nightmare on Elm Street setIn Springwood, Ohio
Freddy's Nightmares primarySetting Springwood, Ohio
Freddy vs. Jason setting Springwood, Ohio
Freddy Krueger fictionalHomeTown Springwood, Ohio
Nancy Thompson residence Springwood, Ohio
Donald Thompson residence Springwood, Ohio
Freddy Krueger primarySetting Springwood, Ohio
Nancy Thompson isFrom Springwood, Ohio
Glen Lantz setting Springwood, Ohio
Marge Thompson residence Springwood, Ohio
Frederick Krueger residence Springwood, Ohio (fictional)
linked to: Springwood, Ohio