However, if you watch the scene carefully, you can see that she must be referring to an alternate take. It's obvious that the slap seen in the take used in the film is artificial.
This was the second movie produced by New Line Cinema. However, it was given a very limited theatrical release, and when it performed poorly, and received bad reviews, it was released straight to video. As such, this movie was New Line Cinema's first genuine mainstream cinematic venture. Wes Craven had helped Sean S. Cunningham by working on a few shots for Friday the 13th In turn, Cunningham directed a few shots near the end of the production of this movie, when several units were working at once.
Heather Langenkamp 's final audition for the role of Nancy Thompson took place on Friday the 13th, January Wes Craven admitted to feeling rather aggravated when a few scenes from the movie had to be trimmed so that the American film censors would allow the movie to be released.
Charlie Sheen was interested in the role of Glen, but according to producer Robert Shaye , he wanted more money than the production could afford. In various interviews, Robert Englund stated that Freddy's walk and mannerisms were inspired by his costume and looking at himself in the mirror.
When he put on the fedora, he thought of old gangster movies and decided to give Freddy a swagger akin to famous gangster movie actor, James Cagney. Because the full glove with real metal knives as opposed to the stunt glove with fake knives for safety was so heavy, he found himself unintentionally dropping his right shoulder due to the weight.
So, he equated the stance with a gunslinger who has his pistol and holster on his hip. As for the unusual way Freddy walks, he studied his posture and derived the sideways movement from a surfer standing sideways on a surfboard.
In the opening dream, Tina sees and hears lambs. This is a play on the phrase "Like a lamb to the slaughter," a phrase originating in the Bible. It means an innocent and helpless creatures that is unknowingly in danger, an apt description of Tina and her friends.
Another source for the film is a short film made by students of Wes Craven at Clarkson University. The film parodied contemporary horror movies, and was filmed along Elm Street in Potsdam, New York the town in the movie was named Madstop--Potsdam spelled backwards.
The film's trailer features an alternate voice for Freddy Krueger that remained unused in the final cut in the film. A popular myth surrounding this film is that David Warner was originally slated to play Freddy Krueger and that make-up tests were done, but Warner had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.
This has been proven false by the filmmakers and by Warner himself in the recent book "Never Sleep Again". Many extended scenes, which were cut from the work print, appeared on the Anchor Bay Special Edition release. Charles Bernstein had not yet composed the score for the film, so these scenes include pre-existing temporary music taken from other sources.
Some of the music heard is from Final Exam by composer Gary S. Scott later went on to score many episodes of the Elm Street spin-off television series Freddy's Nightmares This film along with the rest of the sequels, sans New Nightmare and A Nightmare on Elm Street , take place within the same universe as the Friday the 13th films. Amanda Wyss grew nervous over the prospect of filming her death scene as the set was being jerked about by the film crew.
In the scene where Nancy falls asleep in class, the student starts to qoute a line from Hamlet, "O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams. In Nightmare on Elm Street, the front door of the house is blue and the convertible is red. In Part 2, the color of the front door is red and the convertible is blue. In one draft of the script, Tina's age is listed as 15, even though Amanda Wyss was 23 years old.
The film takes place in Nancy looks in the mirror and says, "My God, I look 20 years old". Heather Langenkamp was in fact 20 years old at the time of this film's release. Most of these "teen" actors are actually in their 20s. Amanda Wyss and Johnny Depp are both well into their 20s at this point; Jsu Garcia is 19, not 16 like his character is supposed to be.
Hollywood has long history of using young adults to play high school kids, both because they don't need work permits and don't have to worry about having on-set tutors and shorter hours for minors; and also because people in their 20s tend to be more physically attractive than high school kids and can more easily attain that "matinee idol" look that audiences and studio execs love.
The line about "looking 20" is also obviously meant to be ironic. Twenty is not old, even if year-old character Nancy Thompson thinks it is. The s pop song "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright sealed the story for Wes Craven, giving him not only an artistic setting to "jump off" but a synthesizer riff from Elm Street soundtrack as well. During production, screenwriter Leslie Bohem pitched the idea of a Freddy baby to the studio.
His pitch involved telling a pregnant executive to imagine Freddy's claws tearing out of your body. Unsurprisingly, his idea wasn't used. According to the nurse's name tag, Nancy's sleep is monitored at the "University School of Medicine". The basis of the film was inspired by the phenomenon Asian Death Syndrome, where people died in the middle of nightmares.
It is also known as Brugada syndrome. The scene where Glen Johnny Depp lies on the couch and can hear Tina Amanda Wyss and Rod Jsu Garcia having sex was based on an incident from Wes Craven 's own life, where he lay on a couch listening to a couple having sex next door. This scene is disturbing when you realize Tina is only 15! If this was filmed today, the character would have been 17 or The house on which it was based is owned by a fraternity, and is listed at the address 20 U.
Lin Shaye, the sister of producer Robert Shaye, appears in a small role of a teacher. She has appeared in several horror films, specifically the Insidious series.
She has starred in almost every New Line horror film in various roles, garnering her the title of Scream Queen. During the filming of a chase sequence between Freddy and Nancy, Heather Langenkamp injured her leg which bled as a result.
The actress quickly took herself to hospital and was back at work only hours later. Tina mentions to Nancy that a big earthquake may be coming, which "foreshadows" New Nightmare , in which there are several earthquakes. Ronee Blakley played a country superstar in Nashville several years before playing Nancy's mother. Connie Britton , who played the same role though the character's name was altered in A Nightmare on Elm Street , later went to play a country superstar in the unrelated television series Nashville Was shown uncut on cinema in Sweden at the time, a very unique decision due to the moral panic regarding violent films.
Amanda Wyss wasn't too keen on having real insects crawling around her feet during the scene when Tina appears inside her own body bag. The poster on Glen's bedroom door when his mother enters is of the UK band Madness , used on the cover for their single "Grey Day". During production, Wes Craven stayed in a small apartment that belonged to Wim Wenders , the former husband of Ronee Blakley. The car that Nancy, Glen, Tina, and Rod drive away in at the end is a Cadillac Series 62 Convertible, with the red and green pattern hardtop.
Sometimes after finishing on the film for the day, Robert Englund would tear off all of his makeup. There are no scenes with Freddy Krueger during the daytime.
Although the hall monitor Nancy encounters is wearing Freddy's sweater, has Freddy's finger knives, and has Robert Englund's voice, and is actually Freddy just taking the guise of one of Nancy's classmates , this scene does take place during the day.
Also when Marge Thompson gets yanked through the peephole in the doorway at the ending by Freddy's demonic hand, it is also daytime. So although full-formed Freddy as personified by Robert Englund is not photographed in daylight in this movie, that is true; different visages and versions of him due do appear in daylight. There is a scene in the trailer, not shown in the film, which explains why Donald Thompson believes Rod Lane killed Tina Gray.
Toward the end of shooting, the set was visited by a few of the financial backers. This caused tension for Robert Shaye as he bore the brunt of the backers constantly reminding him about the film's tight deadline as they thought the filming wasn't progressing enough.
When checking the backyard, Glen calls for a cat, saying, "Chow, chow, chow. Robert Englund's most high-profile role before he landed the career-defining gig of iconic Freddy Krueger was playing Willie, one of the reptilian extra-terrestrials in V, NBC's blockbuster miniseries about an alien invasion. This movie bears a stark contrast to its slasher brethren like Halloween and Friday the 13th which always portray a group of teenagers being terrorized while adults are weirdly absent.
In this movie, the parents are very much part of the story, which makes more sense and adds a layer of intrigue. Tina's name is mentioned 39 times throughout the course of the film. The movie Scream has a lot of similarities with the film. You have the boyfriend going in and out of the heroine's window. You have the male friend who is seemingly falsely accused of murder. You have the heroine whose close friend gets murdered at the beginning.
You have the friends coming over to protect the heroine with a big party. You have the shock twist at the ending where it turns out the mother of the heroine was sort of a trigger for the horror in the first place, and then the mother getting killed. You have the close friend or relative who's a sheriff: it's Nancy's dad in this and it's Deputy Dewey in Scream.
You have the final girl who's being targeted throughout the movie, fending off attack after attack from the villain, who then turns the tables at the ending. You have shared pop cultural references which sort of boost the story in the first place. You also have the villain who is harassing the final girl with smarmy come-ons and threats, much like Ghostface unlike Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees, who are both decidedly mute; they are the strong silent type vs.
Robert England was actually starring in V, NBCs sci-fi series as Willie, the comic-relief lizard-alien, when this movie came out. Wizard magazine rated Freddy Krueger the 14th-greatest villain of all time.
The scene where Nancy "scuba dives" into the dreamworld while Glen sits on the sidelines as her safety net, watching her as she sleeps, ready to wake her up when she starts screaming, would serve as a prototype for similar scenes in movies like Inception and Insidious. In many ways, this can be seen as a sequel to Craven's earlier horror hit from the '70s, Last House on the Left.
In that movie, John and Paige Collingwood use vigilante justice to kill off a vicious criminal Krug, who victimized their daughter Marie. This could be several years later and Krug could be back as Krueger, a demon who is terrorizing their second daughter, and maybe the trauma from the first movie's events caused the Collingwoods to change their names and even divorce.
In a way, the two movies fit together. Craven sort of ripped off the central nightmare conceit from Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which worked so well for that movie: that going to sleep kills you.
The staircase now looks unrecognizable to how it once looked. One of the bedrooms located at the back of the house. The back of the property now looks completely different. This part of the house underwent a huge change during the renovation and is entirely new. The top floor now has a balcony area overlooking the backyard.
Downstairs a porch leads out to the pool, which thankfully has now been cleaned out and looks as good as new. The house as it looks in the Dream World. The house before the recent renovations. The dining room also looking very dated.
The front door, now changed from blue to red. The living room now looks light and clean. Follow Us. Freddy Krueger working from home in a beautiful office room. It's also in the same neighborhood as another home featured in "A Nightmare on Elm Street," as well as a house from the slasher film series "Halloween," featuring serial killer Michael Myers. So potential owners can expect Hollywood bus tours to pass by.
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