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A Nightmare on Elm Street and the Death Dream
Manage episode 328355113 series 3322963
E.L. King discusses Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) with horror writer and director Karlee Boon. Knife-fingered boogeyman Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) is a long-dead child killer who appears in the dreams of teenagers in order to slice and dice them. We explore what inspired Craven to manifest a villain like Freddy, the Death Dream phenomenon, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) as a feminist icon, and the film's iconic tropes.
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Manage episode 328355113 series 3322963
E.L. King discusses Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) with horror writer and director Karlee Boon. Knife-fingered boogeyman Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) is a long-dead child killer who appears in the dreams of teenagers in order to slice and dice them. We explore what inspired Craven to manifest a villain like Freddy, the Death Dream phenomenon, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) as a feminist icon, and the film's iconic tropes.
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