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That site lists Freddy's Nightmares as somewhat canon. This is somewhat problematic, but I guess it could explain why there's A Nightmare on Elm Street films in Evil Dead Rise (beyond all the Slasherverse media). Uh... if I do start doing Friday/Nightmare timeline stuff, I'll leave Freddy's Nightmares last. It's hard enough to find that.

If it helps make the eventual detailed timeline easier on you @Pro Bot , I can make a list of the media that features flashbacks, different time periods and all that for you (keep in mind, I'm actively watching the Slasherverse film by film and I'm currently up to the first Pumpkinhead movie [which starts with a flashback in 1957 before jumping to the present day]).
Do you remember all the Friday the 13th/A Nightmare on Elm Street flashbacks, possibly? (Not that I wanna do a timeline on that or anything... ;))

I know of Friday the 13th (1958) and Freddy's Dead (1968) but I can't recall much else off the top of my head.
 
Alrighty, here's the stuff I've watched, as well as notes. Will update regularly once I've seen the media.
  • Friday the 13th: The Game: Pamela Tapes 1-20 (N/A)
  • The Toolbox Murders (Have yet to watch)
  • Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series 1x01, "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (WIP)
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (N/A)
  • Black Christmas (N/A)
  • Within the Woods (Have yet to watch)
  • Halloween (Starts with a flashback to Halloween 1963, before jumping forward to Halloween 1978)
  • Halloween II (Primarily set during 1978, but has some minor flashbacks of Laurie growing up)
  • Friday the 13th (Flashbacks at the start set during 1958 as Pamela murders the counsellors who let Jason drown a year prior, which itself is shown as a flashback)
  • Friday the 13th: Pamala's Tale #1-2 (Takes place before and concurrent to the first movie, with flashbacks to 1947, 1957 [Jason's death] and 1958 [Pamela killing the counsellors], before ending right as Pamela appears in the movie)
  • KISS/Army of Darkness #1-5 (Starts in 1979 before it's altered, jumps forward two years to an altered 1981, followed by taking place mainly in the 1300s, before eventually taking place back in 1979 BEFORE events are altered, with history returning to normal)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (Despite releasing in 1984, the fifth movie places the film in 1981)
  • Evil Dead: The Game: Knowby Recording 1-8 (WIP)
  • The Evil Dead (N/A)
  • Evil Dead: The Game: Knowby Recording 9 (Concurrent to the first movie)
  • Evil Dead 2 (Opening recap with just Ash and Linda can be discounted due to not working with the other Evil Dead entries. The ending with Ash being sucked back in time to the 1300s can also be discounted since Army of Darkness shows it happening differently)
  • Evil Dead: The Game: Knowby Recording 10 (Concurrent to the second movie)
  • Army of Darkness: Director's Cut (The ending, which can be discounted due to not working with other Evil Dead entries, takes place in an apocalyptic future long after Ash's time.)
  • Army of Darkness (Ending) (Ending shows Ash back in 1982 as he slays a Deadite)
  • Friday the 13th: Part 2 (Starts two months after the first movie, before jumping ahead five years to 1984)
  • Friday the 13th: Part III (Takes place immediately after the previous movie)
  • Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (Same as the above, in total, Parts 2 to 4 take place across July 12th to 18th)
  • Friday the 13th: The Game: Tapes 1-3 (N/A)
  • Friday the 13th: The Game: Tapes 4 (N/A)
  • Adam Green's Hatchet #1-3 (WIP)
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Part 2 (N/A)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (N/A)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (N/A)
  • Hellraiser (N/A)
  • Hellbound: Hellraiser II (Has a flashback of Elliot Spencer using the Lament Configuration and transforming into Pinhead. Likely sometime after WW1.)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (N/A)
  • Pumpkinhead (Starts with a flashback to 1957, before jumping to the present)
  • Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (N/A)
 
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Well, there's a few updates to this now.

You know, once I finish the Freddy/Jason stuff, that's probably at least 1/4th of this done in a detailed timeline. Possibly more when you consider the length of Freddy's Nightmares. Hardest after that would be the Child's Play series probably, which is basically already mostly done on this site. Halloween, Texas, Hatchet, Pumpkinhead, all relatively easy in comparison honestly.

So... who knows? It would still be somewhat expensive buying all the physical blu-ray releases though.

Oh, Hellraiser too. That's pretty big. Thankfully the comics are separate to the movies. The lore told in them differs to Hellraiser IV. First three entries happen though.

Loosest canon in this timeline is probably Pumpkinhead (tied by a Necronomicon prop in Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings) and Hellraiser (tied by Lament Configuration prop in Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon). Everything else has a huge amount of tie-ins. Even while adding Freddy/Jason to Evil Dead it's clearly apparent that the other films are canon to Friday the 13th: The Game's audio tapes. Plus, Leatherface reference in A Nightmare on Elm Street: Special.
 
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Well, there's a few updates to this now.

You know, once I finish the Freddy/Jason stuff, that's probably at least 1/4th of this done in a detailed timeline. Possibly more when you consider the length of Freddy's Nightmares. Hardest after that would be the Child's Play series probably, which is basically already mostly done on this site. Halloween, Texas, Hatchet, Pumpkinhead, all relatively easy in comparison honestly.

So... who knows? It would still be somewhat expensive buying all the physical blu-ray releases though.

Oh, Hellraiser too. That's pretty big. Thankfully the comics are separate to the movies. The lore told in them differs to Hellraiser IV. First three entries happen though.

Loosest canon in this timeline is probably Pumpkinhead (tied by a Necronomicon prop in Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings) and Hellraiser (tied by Lament Configuration prop in Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon). Everything else has a huge amount of tie-ins. Even while adding Freddy/Jason to Evil Dead it's clearly apparent that the other films are canon to Friday the 13th: The Game's audio tapes. Plus, Leatherface reference in A Nightmare on Elm Street: Special.
Mr. @Pro Bot Reading the updates I found out, that you put Jason vs Letherface. So did you found out a way to make It work?
 
I guess I never explained that on here, lol.

Jason was chained up in Jason Lives, set in 1990. This comic came out in 1995-1996, so let's just place it there. Jason's timeline is simple but confusing. At the end of the story, he returns to Crystal Lake. I guess he must have gotten himself chained up again somehow prior to the events of The New Blood... only to end up at the bottom of the lake a third time, lol.

Nubbins and Drayton are alive after their deaths in 1973 and 1986 respectively. We know that Bubba didn't die in 1986 or somehow came back, and we know that Grandpa Sawyer (who is 137 at the time; he is not natural) died in 1986 but was alive again in 1996. So, as with any inconsistency in the Texas Chainsaw timeline, let's just blame the Illuminati. The Illuminati resurrected Grandpa and Bubba after 1986, then eventually brought back the original family through... uh... magic or cloning or something.

In theory, you could make Texas Chainsaw 3D and Leatherface canon with that logic, but officially not really. Plus, the Sawyer house is still standing in 2020 while it burnt down in 1973 in that reality. Let's keep it to just the official timelines.
 
I guess I never explained that on here, lol.

Jason was chained up in Jason Lives, set in 1990. This comic came out in 1995-1996, so let's just place it there. Jason's timeline is simple but confusing. At the end of the story, he returns to Crystal Lake. I guess he must have gotten himself chained up again somehow prior to the events of The New Blood... only to end up at the bottom of the lake a third time, lol.

Nubbins and Drayton are alive after their deaths in 1973 and 1986 respectively. We know that Bubba didn't die in 1986 or somehow came back, and we know that Grandpa Sawyer (who is 137 at the time; he is not natural) died in 1986 but was alive again in 1996. So, as with any inconsistency in the Texas Chainsaw timeline, let's just blame the Illuminati. The Illuminati resurrected Grandpa and Bubba after 1986, then eventually brought back the original family through... uh... magic or cloning or something.

In theory, you could make Texas Chainsaw 3D and Leatherface canon with that logic, but officially not really. Plus, the Sawyer house is still standing in 2020 while it burnt down in 1973 in that reality. Let's keep it to just the official timelines.
So counting the reboot movies or not?
 
So counting the reboot movies or not?
There's three timelines. Original (1-4, 2022), 3D (alternate sequel/prequel) and Reboot. This universe definitely follows the original timeline due to Stretch in Hatchet III and the fact JvL came out before any other timeline even existed.

...

Jason/Leatherface are on the same timeline... so if I included that comic on the FvJ timeline that means... but then, Stretch is Amanda in Hatchet III. Then, Hatchet connects to Leslie Vernon, Frozen and Jason... the last of which connects back into Hatchet through it's video game... uh oh.

I suppose I could start with a Child's Play timeline after FVJ and go from there. That'd be the hardest one. Bit by bit rather than all at once. Get all that difficult TV stuff out of the way.

You guys are lucky I enjoy this stuff usually.
 
I might as well just include Shocker on the FvJ timeline honestly. There's a (retroactive) crossover character and a name drop for Pinker.

I'll do it like this. 7 timelines.

Freddy/Jason/Shocker/Evil Dead
Child's Play
Black Christmas/Toolbox/Leslie Vernon (the Eugene trilogy)
Halloween (1-2, 4-6)
Texas Chainsaw (1-4, 2022)/Hatchet/Frozen
Hellraiser
Pumpkinhead
 
Dead by Daylight licensed characters list (I don't know much about Left 4 Dead, Silent Hill, Resident Evil or CryptTV):

Michael Myers/Laurie Strode
-Halloween Universe (???? Timeline)
-Taken from unknown year.

Bubba Sawyer
-Texas Chainsaw Universe (Original Timeline)
-Taken 1973 (divergent timeline).

Freddy Krueger/Quentin Smith
-A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Universe
-Taken post-2010.

Amanda Young/David Tapp
-Saw Universe.
-Amanda Young taken 2006.
-David Tapp taken 2004 (divergent timeline).

Ash Williams
-Evil Dead Universe
-Taken post-2093.

Danny Johnson
-Scream Universe
-Taken 1993.

Demogorgon/Nancy Wheeler/Steve Harrington
-Stranger Things Universe
-Taken post-1986.

Elliot Spencer
-Hellraiser Universe
-Taken 1921-2127.

Sadako Yamamura/Yoichi Asakawa
-Ringu Universe (Ringu 2/Sadako Timeline)
-Taken from unknown point.

Xenomorph/Ellen Ripley
-Alien/Predator Universe
-Xenomorph taken 2122.
-Xenomorph Queen taken from unknown year.
-Xenomorph Clone taken 2381.
-Grid Xenomorph taken 2004.
-Ellen Ripley taken 2122.
-Ellen Ripley (Aliens) taken 2179.
-Ripley 8 taken 2381.
Old post I know but thought I should throw in my 2 cents.

Michael and Laurie are most likely from the H20 timeline as Laurie was stated to be visually based on comics Laurie.

Crypt TV is really weird. I would consider doing a timeline for it but then they decided to confirm the series on Facebook Watch and Peacock streaming services are set in an alternate universe connected via the planes of torment or something which I find really annoying because there was no reason to consider those separate from the main short films universe. What was the point of continuing the Girl in the Woods story in a show if it's just an alternate version who lived the exact same story before the events of the show? It basically killed my investment in that franchise. Seems the Crypt Monster Universe isn't even really continuing anymore now anyway either. So for all we know the Dead By Daylight versions are from another another plane of torment
 

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