A Nightmare on Elm Street Page #4

Synopsis: In Wes Craven's classic slasher film, several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams -- which, in turn, kills them in reality. After investigating the phenomenon, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by her and her friends' parents may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can Nancy and her boyfriend Glen (Johnny Depp) solve the puzzle before it's too late?
Genre: Horror
Director(s): Wes Craven
Production: New Line Cinema
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
R
Year:
1984
91 min
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TINA looks at GLEN sharply. He kisses NANCY and darts off for

class.

TINA:

Hey! You have a nightmare too?

But GLEN's gone.

TINA (CONTD)

Maybe we're gonna have the Big

Earthquake. They say things get

weird just before that...

BELLS ARE RINGING, and STUDENTS crowding; TINA and NANCY are

drawn into the crush.

FADE TO BLACK:

8. EXT. A VALLEY STREET. NIGHT. 8.

ANGLE ON A MODEST HOME; no car, just a couple of BIKES in the

drive. Every light in the house and yard is turned on. We HEAR

the rock group MADNESS played at a 'No adults home' volume.

9. INT. TINA'S LIVING ROOM. NIGHT. 9.

ON GLEN, dialing. Nancy and TINA are watching, giggling.

TINA:

I can't believe his mother let him

come over here.

NANCY:

Right. Well, she didn't, exactly...

GLEN shoves a cassette into TINA's Ghetto Blaster.

GLEN:

(to TINA)

See, I got this cousin who lives

near the airport, that it's okay

for me to stay with, right? So I

found this sound effects tape at

Licorice Pizza, and...

The phone is answered. GLEN jerks the tone arm off the record

with a SCRUUPT!!

GLEN (CONTD)

Hello, Mom?

(pushes the 'play' button)

Yeah, out here at Barry's.

A JET PLANE begins to make itself heard on the tape. GLEN moves

the machine closer to the phone. It's a big plane -- sounds like

a 747 coming in for a landing.

GLEN (CONT)

Huh? Yeah, noisy as usual. Glad

we don't live here -- huh? Yeah,

Aunt Eunice says hello.

The Jet is SCREAMING IN now, full flaps and howling like a

monstrous banshee. NANCY and TINA dissolve into muffled

giggles.

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Wes Craven

Wesley Earl Craven was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and editor, who was known for his pioneering work in the horror genre, particularly slasher films, where he mixed horror cliches with humor and satire. The cultural impact and influence of his work have dubbed him a “Master of Horror”. more…

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