what city did nightmare on elm street take place
A Nightmare on Elm Street Other sources also attribute the inspiration for the film to be a 1968 student film project made by students of Craven's at Clarkson University. The student film parodied contemporary horror films, and was filmed along Elm Street in Potsdam, New York[18][19] (the town in the film was named Madstopâ€”Potsdam spelled backwards).[20]