Probably everyone saw the film about how high school students see the same terrible dream about a terrifying man with long claws chasing after them.
Freddy Krueger scares all children with his vile and scary appearance. In addition, the directors wanted to make sure that the character's bones of the skull were still visible, but at that time they could not create it with the help of makeup, and the idea had to be abandoned.
We invite you to learn about 10 interesting facts about one of the most famous horror films, “A Nightmare on Elm Street”.
10. The film was released later than the script was written
The premiere of the film took place on November 9, 1984, but the script was already written in 1981. Once Wes Craven drew attention to an article from the Los Angeles Times, which talked about a group of teenagers who had very scary dreams, so much so that they did not want to go to bed. Their parents instructed the doctors to give their children pills, but, unfortunately, they all died in a dream.
It is not known what caused their death, according to the script, Freddy Krueger is a character who hunts teenagers in a dream and wants to kill them. Wes decided to name the character after his former classmate, who always terrorized him.
9. In the final scene, the hinged roof of the car fell
Some points that were not included in the script are very welcome, and become the highlight of the film. Sometimes the scenes are not re-shot, because improvisation is better than intended.
The final scene, where the hinged roof of the car falls, was not part of the script. That is, she came in, but it happened too quickly, thereby becoming unexpected for young actors. The faces of the guys are not a game, they are their true condition.
8. Long shots where Nancy takes a bath
The plot of this scene is as follows: Nancy is serene in the bathroom, when suddenly the clawed arm of Freddy Krueger emerges from the water.
Filming was not easy and lasted 12 hours - a special bath was used for them, in which the bottom was cut off, and in order not to fall through it, we had to rest our feet on the walls of the bathtub.
There was a barrel under the plumbing, and there was a man in it, wearing a Freddy’s glove. The man needed to be very careful, because by chance it was possible to damage the lenses of the cameras with the blades.
7. The film debut of Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp was sampled by chance - he just came for company with his friend, whose name is Jackie Earl Haley. Craven. Seeing Johnny, the director asked him to read the script - the role of Glen. At that time, the actor was not yet popular, and he got the role of a teenager, whom Freddy would kill according to the script.
Glen is a guy with a difficult character, plotted by a killer. This role did not bring fame to Johnny Depp, but this did not prevent him from becoming one of the most popular movie stars of our time.
6. The claw glove was not invented by chance
The gloves worn by Freddy Krueger were not an accidental idea. Craven was studying the primitive fears of people, and it turned out that they were terribly afraid of teeth, claws ...
Some things people fear instinctively, unconsciously - for example, pale dead skin, dark, deep-set eyes, elongated facial features, etc. Fear originates from the time when death from predators and its claws was more common than now suicide, which is mainly caused by depression ...
One day, Wes saw a predator - his cat, clutching the upholstery of a sofa, and it was decided that the killer would have gloves with claws. The same glove was used in the movie "Evil Dead 2".
5. Robert Englund got the role of a killer by accident
The actor got the role of a murderer by chance - the whole thing is that he quarreled with his girlfriend. Robert wanted to annoy his girlfriend, so he painted his face, borrowing theatrical makeup, and did not wash it off for several days. A friend left Robert, but this was a new stage in his life - he was seen by director Wes Craven.
After the film was released, Englund became a megastar, and fans followed him everywhere and asked, “Freddy, cut me!” One day, the actor was surprised that he was on the list of "sexiest movie heroes" in 1984.
4. Actress Heather Langenkamp was as old as her character
Everyone’s beloved performer of the legendary Nancy in “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, in one scene looks at himself in the mirror and says these words: “My God, I look at all 20!” Interestingly, at that time, the actress really was the same.
She played a role, while still a student. The actress managed to get around other applicants for this role by the fact that the director wanted the heroine to be different from Hollywood standards.
3. John Kennedy was killed on Elm Street
On November 22, 1963, US President John F. Kennedy was shot dead on Elm Street in Dallas. John Kennedy rode in an open limousine along Elm Street, and the hidden killer hit him with several bullets.
There were many versions of why the president was killed, among them there are very curious: they believed that he wanted to declassify the documents relating to UFOs. Still shots of documentary filming are shown in the corresponding television broadcasts.
2. The Briton was sentenced to imprisonment
On April 4, 2007, Jason Moore was sentenced to imprisonment because he attacked his friend with a clawed glove (these can be bought in the online store).
According to psychiatrists, the 37-year-old man is simply obsessed with Freddy Krueger and his bloody deeds. Jason revised his favorite movie many times, and did it immediately before the attack. The detective said that Jason’s murder weapon is the worst of all that he saw during his practice.
1. Creepy frame - lengthening the arm of Freddy
There is a very frightening and creepy frame in the film - Freddy Krueger moves around the back street and his arms grow longer. Before the crew saw this on the screen, the team believed that what was happening would be funny and unsuccessful.
The thing is that such an effect was achieved by naive means: the sleeves of the jacket were suspended on fishing lines and controlled by fishing rods for fishing from the roofs of houses.