On Thursday, July 30th, 2026 from 4 to 8 PM, Lowell Greenblatt, author of Nightmare Autopsis: A Return to Elm Street, visits Forbidden Planet NYC to sign copies of his retrospective book on the Elm Street movie franchise.

From the publisher who brought you Slash of the Titans: The Road to Freddy vs Jason comes a retrospective on one of the greatest horror franchises of all time. Author Lowell Greenblatt takes a nostalgic trip back to Elm Street and revisits the original Nightmare and its sequels. The book features original story analyses and production info and notably includes exclusive interviews and reflections by the cast and crew from every film. Greenblatt also offers insightful discussions with genre luminaries on Elm Street’s cultural impact and legacy.

Nightmare Autopsis features:

• A foreword by Nathan Thomas Milliner
• A franchise-spanning photo gallery
• New insights from three Nightmare directors
• Extensive looks at unused sequel scripts
• Notes on deleted and alternate scenes
• Deep dives on each film’s story origins
• Long-overdue appreciations for the sequels
• A history of Freddy’s evolving iconography
• A look at how each entry influenced the next

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