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.

All labels observed (2)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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