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Director Wes Craven claims to have named Freddy Krueger after a kid who bullied him in school and to have based his appearance on a disfigured hobo who scared him as a youth.
Krueger bleeds green.
Just before Glen is pulled into the bed, the television station announces its name: "KRGR".
Freddy Krueger's colors of red and green are contrasted throughout the movie.
The movie Nancy watches to stay awake is Evil Dead, The.
There is a ripped poster of Evil Dead
Director Wes Craven's original concept for Freddy Krueger was considerably more gruesome, with teeth showing through the flesh over the jaw, puss running from the sores, and a part of the skull showing through the head. Make-up artist David B. Miller argued that an actor couldn't be convincingly made up that way and a puppet would be hard to film and wouldn't blend well with live actors, so these ideas were eventually abandoned.
Special-effects man 'Doyle, Jim' played Freddy twice in this film, once during the film's first scene, when Freddy creates his infamous glove, and again when Freddy pulls Nancy down in the bath. His wife, Cristina Johnson, played Nancy when she got pulled underwater, and did hand and foot inserts for the gooey stairs sequence.
In the scene where Nancy is sleeping at Tina's house and Freddy comes through the wall over the bed, Jason's hockey mask (from the Friday the 13th films) can be seen.
The poster above Johnny Depp's bed in the scene where he is killed is the Grace Under Pressure album cover by Canadian rock trio Rush.
Johnny Depp accompanied friend Jackie Earle Haley to the auditions, where he was spotted by director Wes Craven, who asked him if he'd like to read for the part.
Wes Craven cast Joseph Whipp, who plays the inept sidekick of John Saxon's Lt. Thompson in this film, as the sheriff who endures David Arquette's inept Deputy Dewey in Scream (1996)
With one exception (Freddy walking through jail-cell bars), all of the F/X in Nightmare were done using physical F/X rather than trick photography.
In the end scene, the top to the convertible came down faster and harder than expected. The expression from the actors is real.
Nancy's bathtub was constructed over a swimming pool. Actress 'Lagenkamp, Heather' spent 12 hours in it during filming
Wes Craven wrote the script and presented it in 1981, but no one wanted it. He said that "It just flew around" until New Line Cinema picked it up.
In _Just the Ten of Us (1988)_ , Heather Langenkamp makes reference to a rusty knife stuck in a cutting board "looking like something from A Nightmare on Elm Street"
This was the first real movie by New Line Cinema. Before that, they were just a distribution company for college campuses.
This movie was almost never made. About halfway through filming, New Line lost its deal with the distribution company. As a direct result, they couldn't pay the cast or crew for two whole weeks until they found another distribution company. They didn't lose one crew member.
This movie was the only time that Freddy wore this particular sweater, which had solid red sleeves. All those worn afterward had green stripes on the sleeves as well.
Freddy Kruger was designed by Wes Craven to be the typical "silent" serial killer such as Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers. But in the sequels Freddy developed a cheeky persona that enabled him to be the black humored villain
The original glove was also used in _Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge, A (1985)_ but then the glove went missing. The original glove was used in 1986 for Evil Dead II (according to the DVD)
New Line Cinema was saved from bankruptcy by the success of the film, and was jokingly nicknamed "the house that Freddy built".
In her room after almost getting killed in the tub, Nancy looks at herself in a mirror and says, "Oh God, I look 20 years old." Heather Langenkamp was 20 years old at the time of the movie.
When Nancy's dreams are "examined", when her hair turns white, the nurse is played by Wes Craven's wife, Mimi.
Over 500 gallons of fake blood was used during the making of the film
Nancy's school address is 3939.
Nancy's nickname is Nan
Quotes:
Tina's Dad: Are you coming back to the sack or what?
Tina's Mom: This is worth it.
Glen: ..Hello, Mom? Yeah, Im out here at Barry's. What, yeah noisy as usual, glad we don't live here. Aunt (Uh) says hello. I'll call you in the morning. What, just some kids drag racing outside I think Mom. Look I gotta go I think theres been an accident. Yeah, I'll call the police, RIGHT ALL CALL THE POLICE. Just, some neighbors having a fight I guess. I'll call you in the morning.
Nancy: It worked like a charm!
Rod: We got the mothers bed, you guys got the rest!
Tina: Please God.
Freddy: This...Is God
Marge: Did you sleep?
Nancy: I'll sleep in study hall.
Hallguard: Where's your pass?
Nancy: Screw your pass.
Freddy: Nancy, no running in the hallway.
Marge: I heated up some warm milk for you, hunny.
Nancy: Warm milk? Gross...
Nancy: Glen, wake up. Are you there?
Freddy: Im here...
"Tingling, one of the best of its kind...Nightmare delivers" - Chicago Sun-Times
CHECK OUT ELM STREET 1 PART 1/3 and 2/3 FOR MORE INFO
Director Wes Craven claims to have named Freddy Krueger after a kid who bullied him in school and to have based his appearance on a disfigured hobo who scared him as a youth.
Krueger bleeds green.
Just before Glen is pulled into the bed, the television station announces its name: "KRGR".
Freddy Krueger's colors of red and green are contrasted throughout the movie.
The movie Nancy watches to stay awake is Evil Dead, The.
There is a ripped poster of Evil Dead
Director Wes Craven's original concept for Freddy Krueger was considerably more gruesome, with teeth showing through the flesh over the jaw, puss running from the sores, and a part of the skull showing through the head. Make-up artist David B. Miller argued that an actor couldn't be convincingly made up that way and a puppet would be hard to film and wouldn't blend well with live actors, so these ideas were eventually abandoned.
Special-effects man 'Doyle, Jim' played Freddy twice in this film, once during the film's first scene, when Freddy creates his infamous glove, and again when Freddy pulls Nancy down in the bath. His wife, Cristina Johnson, played Nancy when she got pulled underwater, and did hand and foot inserts for the gooey stairs sequence.
In the scene where Nancy is sleeping at Tina's house and Freddy comes through the wall over the bed, Jason's hockey mask (from the Friday the 13th films) can be seen.
The poster above Johnny Depp's bed in the scene where he is killed is the Grace Under Pressure album cover by Canadian rock trio Rush.
Johnny Depp accompanied friend Jackie Earle Haley to the auditions, where he was spotted by director Wes Craven, who asked him if he'd like to read for the part.
Wes Craven cast Joseph Whipp, who plays the inept sidekick of John Saxon's Lt. Thompson in this film, as the sheriff who endures David Arquette's inept Deputy Dewey in Scream (1996)
With one exception (Freddy walking through jail-cell bars), all of the F/X in Nightmare were done using physical F/X rather than trick photography.
In the end scene, the top to the convertible came down faster and harder than expected. The expression from the actors is real.
Nancy's bathtub was constructed over a swimming pool. Actress 'Lagenkamp, Heather' spent 12 hours in it during filming
Wes Craven wrote the script and presented it in 1981, but no one wanted it. He said that "It just flew around" until New Line Cinema picked it up.
In _Just the Ten of Us (1988)_ , Heather Langenkamp makes reference to a rusty knife stuck in a cutting board "looking like something from A Nightmare on Elm Street"
This was the first real movie by New Line Cinema. Before that, they were just a distribution company for college campuses.
This movie was almost never made. About halfway through filming, New Line lost its deal with the distribution company. As a direct result, they couldn't pay the cast or crew for two whole weeks until they found another distribution company. They didn't lose one crew member.
This movie was the only time that Freddy wore this particular sweater, which had solid red sleeves. All those worn afterward had green stripes on the sleeves as well.
Freddy Kruger was designed by Wes Craven to be the typical "silent" serial killer such as Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers. But in the sequels Freddy developed a cheeky persona that enabled him to be the black humored villain
The original glove was also used in _Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge, A (1985)_ but then the glove went missing. The original glove was used in 1986 for Evil Dead II (according to the DVD)
New Line Cinema was saved from bankruptcy by the success of the film, and was jokingly nicknamed "the house that Freddy built".
In her room after almost getting killed in the tub, Nancy looks at herself in a mirror and says, "Oh God, I look 20 years old." Heather Langenkamp was 20 years old at the time of the movie.
When Nancy's dreams are "examined", when her hair turns white, the nurse is played by Wes Craven's wife, Mimi.
Over 500 gallons of fake blood was used during the making of the film
Nancy's school address is 3939.
Nancy's nickname is Nan
Quotes:
Tina's Dad: Are you coming back to the sack or what?
Tina's Mom: This is worth it.
Glen: ..Hello, Mom? Yeah, Im out here at Barry's. What, yeah noisy as usual, glad we don't live here. Aunt (Uh) says hello. I'll call you in the morning. What, just some kids drag racing outside I think Mom. Look I gotta go I think theres been an accident. Yeah, I'll call the police, RIGHT ALL CALL THE POLICE. Just, some neighbors having a fight I guess. I'll call you in the morning.
Nancy: It worked like a charm!
Rod: We got the mothers bed, you guys got the rest!
Tina: Please God.
Freddy: This...Is God
Marge: Did you sleep?
Nancy: I'll sleep in study hall.
Hallguard: Where's your pass?
Nancy: Screw your pass.
Freddy: Nancy, no running in the hallway.
Marge: I heated up some warm milk for you, hunny.
Nancy: Warm milk? Gross...
Nancy: Glen, wake up. Are you there?
Freddy: Im here...
"Tingling, one of the best of its kind...Nightmare delivers" - Chicago Sun-Times
CHECK OUT ELM STREET 1 PART 1/3 and 2/3 FOR MORE INFO