she MADE a nightmare on elm street

it's a two-way street i think

Agreed. Truthfully I didn't even like the second one. A friend of mine rented the third and I only reluctantly watched it with him (I didn't realize she was in it at first), and when she walks into the hospital during her first scene my interest was piqued. Hers was the only horror movie death that ever saddened me. I read an article where a journalist recommended ret-conning it and pretending away all the other sequels (so she wouldn't be dead), and just treating it like Freddy has been away all this time since the first and I thought it was a great idea.

I liked Patricia Arquette as well, but they were both in part three. The lead actress in Part II was also good. The rest weren't terrible, just kind of forgettable.

That's saying something. Langenkamp is not a good actress. Every line she utters sounds forced and fake, like she's reading a cue card.