"It was even worse after they caught him."
Freddy on the brain again.
How do you think Freddy originally got caught by the police?
Disregarding Freddy's Dead with the whole "Freddy's a Daddy" background.
and the episode of Freddy's Nightmares "No More Mr Nice Guy"(am I the
only one who always hears Alice Cooper sing that title when I read it?)
for the moment.
It seems unlikely that they would have caught him in the act. That would
have been enough evidence to lock him up for a while if he was
found...Glove in hand,
someones child in the other. His extended time in court was due to evidence gathered via an improperly signed search warrant.
So this means he must have been under suspicion for some reason. But what reasons would have led to a search warrant?
Yes, the town wanted to catch the killer and were more than likely
hungry to point out anyone who looked out of place.Someone like Freddy
who probably had prior run ins with the law,Who reeked of weirdness and
danger,Would be an easy target.
But what could have been the final straw? Was he repeatedly seen in the
neighborhoods by others before a body was found?Did he revisit the
scenes of the crime and was spotted in the background,over and over?
Did the children speak of the creepy guy in the red and green sweater
and hat who was always watching them outside on the playground or in the
park? Did he always wear that sweater and it's repeated sightings near
crime scenes gave the police reason to single him out? I can picture
Freddy as the type who had a limited wardrobe due to his situation in
life. The sweater being an old christmas sweater he picked up at a
shelter. It being one of the few items of clothing he owns, he wears it
constantly.
What was the lucky break for which the cops arrested Freddy? Was he
pulled over for a busted tail light and they arrested him on the spot
for something they found in his vehicle? Something circumstantial that
was thought to belong to one of recently missing children? That then
caused them to write up a search warrant to break into the boiler room
to look for evidence to link Freddy to the crime? Maybe he was arrested
creating a disturbance while drunk one night and they found something on
his person. I've often thought Freddy was the type of individual who
kept a cot in a back storage room of the place where he worked. His
bosses taking pity on him and offering him the unused space since he had
nothing else. Maybe someone at work found something in this room of his
that made them call the cops, thinking Freddy was the murderer
It was said Freddy took "his kids" to an old abandoned boiler room.But I
don't recall it ever bluntly stated he worked in one. In Nightmare 2 it
is said he worked at a factory that appears to now be abandoned. So
perhaps he worked at one and took the kiddies to another place. Maybe
the factory and boiler room were owned by the same company. And through
his day job connection Freddy discovered the abandoned boiler room for
his private work. Maybe the abandoned boiler room was on the same
site.No longer used, in the back of the lot , and this is the space
where Freddy's boss offered him to sleep between shifts. Maybe one day,
someone went looking for Freddy for some reason and they discovered
something disturbing. This tip leading to the the initial issuing of the
search warrant that would be unsigned in their haste to catch the
killer.
Or might he have been arrested in direct relation to the murders?
Did they possibly just fake the search warrant?In desperation to capture
the killer.They had no concrete evidence to make their case but knew
they would find some in his lair and after the revelations who would
care about the tiny detail of a missing signature? Maybe they thought
they could convince Freddy's appointed lawyer to play along. But when
the media turned the trial into a side show that had the whole town
watching,perhaps,the lawyer in question thought it would make him more
money if he did his job and upheld the law.He might have seen this as a
way to start his own law firm since his name was now mentioned in every
newspaper article connected to this trial.His name now becoming so well
known its almost a brand in the town. If it was later revealed that he
missed this important legal fact , it would have damaged his job
standing. Though who afterwards would hire the man who helped free
Freddy is suspect. His new clientele would probably be criminals of a
different nature who saw him as someone who would help them win a case.
I picture Freddy through all of this gleefully enjoying the spectacle he
created. Watching the lawyers becoming less concerned with upholding
the law and more concerned with capturing that next name in the headline.
The Plaintiff lawyer dragging parent after parent after parent up onto
the stage to weep publicly as they describe in detail how innocent and
precious their little snowflakes were before Freddy took them.How they
found their bodies Freddy grinning remorselessly at each of them.
While Freddy is known for having a wicked sense of humor, it would much
creepier if he sat there staring at them in smiling silence for the
entire trial.
What do you think led to his arrest?
Monday, September 19, 2016
A Nightmare on Elm Street : The Series - A second slice of thoughts
I was thinking again about the potential of a series as a way to revisit
the Nightmare and Freddy. The many ways it could be portrayed.
A direct follow up to the last movie in the series: How does a town recover from the terror now that they think it is over.
A series that takes place at a point of time between one of the Original Nightmares: What was Freddy up to between Nightmare 2 and 3? What happened after Dream Child, but before Freddy's Dead?
How could they tell a story that would be interesting to long time fans and not too off-putting to newcomers. Anyone watching the show ,would have at least seen Wes Craven's original and possibly a sequel or remake. But what story could they tell that would not just be a blatant rehash of what came before?
A random idea stuck me: What if our story is driven by the last intended victim of the living Freddy Krueger. The last girl or boy who he was going to take before he was arrested. Maybe moments before he was going to take this child Freddy was chased away. And it's immediately after this point Krueger gets arrested and then later burned.
So this person grows up knowing what almost happened. Maybe always,perhaps subconsciously , living in fear,damaged by the experience and aftermath.
But for some reason ,Freddy never came back for this child after he became the Nightmares. Maybe Freddy could only first get to the kiddies of the parents who burned him as part of his revenge pact. I've often thought it was his intense focused rage and desire for revenge that gave him the gift to cross over. And since he was intent on making these parents pay he forgot about this lost child.
Until now......
I picture the first episode opening with a direct homage to the original Nightmare (it would be a nice touch if the actual filming site of the first nightmare could be used, but that was reportedly unhealthy to film in even back in the time of the original movie). While avoiding a direct copy,it sets the tone for the series while still being A Nightmare that pays tribute to the original. The character in question in this dream turns out to be the survivor from before. Much like in the first movie, Freddy is but a shadow on the wall until the final spooky reveal.
What if this person had left the town of Springwood many years ago when their family felt the need to get as far away from the evil. But she feels that she needs to face her fears and return to the town.
This person reconnects with old friends and neighbors. Through them learns and explores the history of Freddy. Learns of the "folk tales of Freddy" and people seeing him in their dreams.
Her presence reawakens something dark in the town as she spreads fear with her conversations. And people start dying.
But what of it? We know what the evil is. We just dont know when we are going to see him.
Where is the mystery? We know what Freddy will do- he will kill, we just dont know who or when or how inventively. And while that is something to help build tension on first viewing -will your favorite character die this week? - it needs a little something more than who dies this week
The writers would have to set the stage that anyone is fair game.And mean it
Perhaps the "last intended victim" person could be used much like Tina in the "Janet Leigh" type role. The casting of a significant name that would lead viewers to believe they will be with us for the entire series as we learn more about this character. This person is played up as the hero.Promoted as the "star" in the ensemble. Only to be sliced down unexpectedly ten minutes into a early episode in the series.
I thought it would be interesting for the first season to be short - pilot movie plus 7 episodes so viewers might be willing to give it a chance since its promoted as a short investment of time. And at the end of the final episode someone, perhaps the one who was the one to survive the living Freddy but be killed by the dream Freddy is seen waking as if the entire season was a Nightmare. A premonition dream much like Wes Craven's ANOES is sometimes spoken as being. This person wakes and is shown returning to Springwood where the real Nightmare will begin in season two, or reveals something that makes the viewer see the first season in a new light. So even if there was never a second season , the first could be a self contained story that plays into repeating itself.
But still, what would be the mystery? What we learn about the town and Freddy? Too much rewriting of history can turn off fans of Freddy. Learning too much would take away the terror.
Where is the threat? Could they play with how Freddy can get to his new victims? Maybe at first he can only play with their minds in the Nightmare, but he has no physical effect...yet? Maybe his presence is enough to make them scared , but not fearful enough to cut....yet. But his evil influence is enough to cause the dreamer to subconsciously do something that gets them killed for real. Lack of sleep causes them to fall asleep driving and crash. Freddy pretends to be someone in their dream and tells them things they want to hear,manipulates their feelings and memories, pushes them to hurt others.Maybe Freddy has enough control to keep them IN the Nightmare and they cant wake to stop something from happening in the real world.
Ooh, just had a flash: what if the series ends with the "hero" waking in a hospital,as if from a sleep coma, surrounded by beds in the room filled with people who she crossed paths with in her dream. People who were thought to have been killed. And they wake as well. But no one actually knows each other. Cue Season Two. They are Freddy survivors in a hospital in a homage to Dream Warriors.
Throughout the first season, one of our main "heros" converses with a Doctor from who they seek advice on several occasions.Maybe even befriend. They could be presented to the viewer as if happening in the main storyline but could also be seen as lucid moments that took place outside the coma world of season two on second viewing. But in Season one,Freddy could be shown pretending to be the Doctor at some point,just in one of the dream moments, so both the viewer and the character can never be sure what was real. This feeling could then be carried over to the second season as the awakening coma patients are shown talking to this Doctor who they now distrust.
Season Two could be the same characters going through therapy, sessions with stories of their shared boogeyman. Maybe each one of them in this post coma world has been a survivor of a Freddy attack on their own group of friends with their own story to tell.How they temporarily defeated the monster. And its this trauma that has brought them all to the same hospital in Springwood. Each one could symbolically represent the hero from a Nightmare movie. One could be a "Jessie" , a "Alice","Jacob","Kirsten" etc. Cue a cameo by their counterpart as a ward nurse, fellow patient etc.
A direct follow up to the last movie in the series: How does a town recover from the terror now that they think it is over.
A series that takes place at a point of time between one of the Original Nightmares: What was Freddy up to between Nightmare 2 and 3? What happened after Dream Child, but before Freddy's Dead?
How could they tell a story that would be interesting to long time fans and not too off-putting to newcomers. Anyone watching the show ,would have at least seen Wes Craven's original and possibly a sequel or remake. But what story could they tell that would not just be a blatant rehash of what came before?
A random idea stuck me: What if our story is driven by the last intended victim of the living Freddy Krueger. The last girl or boy who he was going to take before he was arrested. Maybe moments before he was going to take this child Freddy was chased away. And it's immediately after this point Krueger gets arrested and then later burned.
So this person grows up knowing what almost happened. Maybe always,perhaps subconsciously , living in fear,damaged by the experience and aftermath.
But for some reason ,Freddy never came back for this child after he became the Nightmares. Maybe Freddy could only first get to the kiddies of the parents who burned him as part of his revenge pact. I've often thought it was his intense focused rage and desire for revenge that gave him the gift to cross over. And since he was intent on making these parents pay he forgot about this lost child.
Until now......
I picture the first episode opening with a direct homage to the original Nightmare (it would be a nice touch if the actual filming site of the first nightmare could be used, but that was reportedly unhealthy to film in even back in the time of the original movie). While avoiding a direct copy,it sets the tone for the series while still being A Nightmare that pays tribute to the original. The character in question in this dream turns out to be the survivor from before. Much like in the first movie, Freddy is but a shadow on the wall until the final spooky reveal.
What if this person had left the town of Springwood many years ago when their family felt the need to get as far away from the evil. But she feels that she needs to face her fears and return to the town.
This person reconnects with old friends and neighbors. Through them learns and explores the history of Freddy. Learns of the "folk tales of Freddy" and people seeing him in their dreams.
Her presence reawakens something dark in the town as she spreads fear with her conversations. And people start dying.
But what of it? We know what the evil is. We just dont know when we are going to see him.
Where is the mystery? We know what Freddy will do- he will kill, we just dont know who or when or how inventively. And while that is something to help build tension on first viewing -will your favorite character die this week? - it needs a little something more than who dies this week
The writers would have to set the stage that anyone is fair game.And mean it
Perhaps the "last intended victim" person could be used much like Tina in the "Janet Leigh" type role. The casting of a significant name that would lead viewers to believe they will be with us for the entire series as we learn more about this character. This person is played up as the hero.Promoted as the "star" in the ensemble. Only to be sliced down unexpectedly ten minutes into a early episode in the series.
I thought it would be interesting for the first season to be short - pilot movie plus 7 episodes so viewers might be willing to give it a chance since its promoted as a short investment of time. And at the end of the final episode someone, perhaps the one who was the one to survive the living Freddy but be killed by the dream Freddy is seen waking as if the entire season was a Nightmare. A premonition dream much like Wes Craven's ANOES is sometimes spoken as being. This person wakes and is shown returning to Springwood where the real Nightmare will begin in season two, or reveals something that makes the viewer see the first season in a new light. So even if there was never a second season , the first could be a self contained story that plays into repeating itself.
But still, what would be the mystery? What we learn about the town and Freddy? Too much rewriting of history can turn off fans of Freddy. Learning too much would take away the terror.
Where is the threat? Could they play with how Freddy can get to his new victims? Maybe at first he can only play with their minds in the Nightmare, but he has no physical effect...yet? Maybe his presence is enough to make them scared , but not fearful enough to cut....yet. But his evil influence is enough to cause the dreamer to subconsciously do something that gets them killed for real. Lack of sleep causes them to fall asleep driving and crash. Freddy pretends to be someone in their dream and tells them things they want to hear,manipulates their feelings and memories, pushes them to hurt others.Maybe Freddy has enough control to keep them IN the Nightmare and they cant wake to stop something from happening in the real world.
Ooh, just had a flash: what if the series ends with the "hero" waking in a hospital,as if from a sleep coma, surrounded by beds in the room filled with people who she crossed paths with in her dream. People who were thought to have been killed. And they wake as well. But no one actually knows each other. Cue Season Two. They are Freddy survivors in a hospital in a homage to Dream Warriors.
Throughout the first season, one of our main "heros" converses with a Doctor from who they seek advice on several occasions.Maybe even befriend. They could be presented to the viewer as if happening in the main storyline but could also be seen as lucid moments that took place outside the coma world of season two on second viewing. But in Season one,Freddy could be shown pretending to be the Doctor at some point,just in one of the dream moments, so both the viewer and the character can never be sure what was real. This feeling could then be carried over to the second season as the awakening coma patients are shown talking to this Doctor who they now distrust.
Season Two could be the same characters going through therapy, sessions with stories of their shared boogeyman. Maybe each one of them in this post coma world has been a survivor of a Freddy attack on their own group of friends with their own story to tell.How they temporarily defeated the monster. And its this trauma that has brought them all to the same hospital in Springwood. Each one could symbolically represent the hero from a Nightmare movie. One could be a "Jessie" , a "Alice","Jacob","Kirsten" etc. Cue a cameo by their counterpart as a ward nurse, fellow patient etc.
Thursday, September 8, 2016
A Nightmare on Elm Street : The Series
Now, I am not talking that 80’s thing of beauty known as "Freddy’s
Nightmares" ,but rather a completely new series that focuses entirely on
the Nightmare universe.
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about Wes Craven’s ANOES . Partially because I recently received a personal letter from Heather Langenkamp, but also because, in a just under a week ago , I had the pleasure of meeting both Heather and Amanda Wyss again.
Add to that, the recent rumbling of one Kevin Bacon as an idea for playing Freddy in a new movie . ( insert your Burnt Bacon, extra crispy bacon jokes here) and my record is stuck on doing the Freddy.
What if ,rather than just one off sequel/prequel/requel movie that has to tell its story in a short constrained time there was a mini series - 7 to 12 episodes.
This would allow proper characters to be introduced and fleshed out before their flesh is flayed rather than the disposable people we are often given in horror movies.
We could expand upon the origin story. Much like in every other issue of comic books, the origin story appears to be retold in each sequel and or remake, taking up viewing time with the most basic information that we as a viewer are already very familiar . Freddy is like Santa Claus, everyone knows about him. Why would you be watching if you didn’t? So ,while a new show would still have to tell the tale, an extended show would give opportunity to expand and reshape.
But what story to tell?
A Remake?As Brian Fuller’s Hannibal has shown, you can revisit familiar territory and present it in a completely different light. Making all the proper homages to the versions that existed before but coming to the iconic moments from a different path. Even Walking Dead has done this when translating from comic book to cable show.
A prequel? This has many possibilities. A straightforward A to B story where series one is Freddy on the kill and then his being killed. With the final episode showing that season two will be where Freddy is now a nightmare. A combination of the present and the past – someone in the present is learning about what happened, leading to flashbacks or in dream depictions of discoveries.
A sequel to just the first movie? What happens after the original Nightmare? Nancy’s story. How does one cope with surviving as the Final Girl. Her mental and emotional story.
A sequel to it all ? A series that takes place many years after the last movie. The Legend of Freddy is long faded and forgotten. Especially since anyone who would have known about him has died by his hand or moved far away from Springwood. Even the Legend of Nancy is a story of whispers in the town. So this story could be triggered by someone or something connected to the past. Imagine if Jacob returned to Springwood as the catalyst? That, like a an unintended Harry Potteresque horcrux, Jacob has within in him one last burning ember or Freddys power. And returning so close to the source starts the fire. Perhaps he returned home to Springwood in search of his Mother who went missing. Maybe Jesse could come home. He and his parents having moved away after the events of Nightmare 2 , but he always having felt the town calling him back.
Any version could allow for a wealth of cameos by former Nightmare cast members. Playing new characters or small parts,relatives of former victims, corpses in the shadows.
Part of me would love to see a favorite actor return as a freed soul . Lost in a dream world.Unable to see the light. Horribly and emotionally scarred. Speaking stories of how their pain didn’t end when Freddy killed them .That Freddy continued to torture them relentlessly when their soul was trapped inside him. They would be made to relive their worst fears and suffering over..and over…and over.
Another quick thought, if Robert Englund did not want to play Freddy in a ongoing series,maybe he could return as a town librarian or history teacher or town loon who just happens to know all about Freddy
Ooh another...another thought...what if one of the characters.were to be one of the lost souls who didnt know she/he.was actually already dead and they lived in the town.as a real person but in fact were a haunted ghost who keeps experiencing memories of their.past life and Freddy experience
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about Wes Craven’s ANOES . Partially because I recently received a personal letter from Heather Langenkamp, but also because, in a just under a week ago , I had the pleasure of meeting both Heather and Amanda Wyss again.
Add to that, the recent rumbling of one Kevin Bacon as an idea for playing Freddy in a new movie . ( insert your Burnt Bacon, extra crispy bacon jokes here) and my record is stuck on doing the Freddy.
What if ,rather than just one off sequel/prequel/requel movie that has to tell its story in a short constrained time there was a mini series - 7 to 12 episodes.
This would allow proper characters to be introduced and fleshed out before their flesh is flayed rather than the disposable people we are often given in horror movies.
We could expand upon the origin story. Much like in every other issue of comic books, the origin story appears to be retold in each sequel and or remake, taking up viewing time with the most basic information that we as a viewer are already very familiar . Freddy is like Santa Claus, everyone knows about him. Why would you be watching if you didn’t? So ,while a new show would still have to tell the tale, an extended show would give opportunity to expand and reshape.
But what story to tell?
A Remake?As Brian Fuller’s Hannibal has shown, you can revisit familiar territory and present it in a completely different light. Making all the proper homages to the versions that existed before but coming to the iconic moments from a different path. Even Walking Dead has done this when translating from comic book to cable show.
A prequel? This has many possibilities. A straightforward A to B story where series one is Freddy on the kill and then his being killed. With the final episode showing that season two will be where Freddy is now a nightmare. A combination of the present and the past – someone in the present is learning about what happened, leading to flashbacks or in dream depictions of discoveries.
A sequel to just the first movie? What happens after the original Nightmare? Nancy’s story. How does one cope with surviving as the Final Girl. Her mental and emotional story.
A sequel to it all ? A series that takes place many years after the last movie. The Legend of Freddy is long faded and forgotten. Especially since anyone who would have known about him has died by his hand or moved far away from Springwood. Even the Legend of Nancy is a story of whispers in the town. So this story could be triggered by someone or something connected to the past. Imagine if Jacob returned to Springwood as the catalyst? That, like a an unintended Harry Potteresque horcrux, Jacob has within in him one last burning ember or Freddys power. And returning so close to the source starts the fire. Perhaps he returned home to Springwood in search of his Mother who went missing. Maybe Jesse could come home. He and his parents having moved away after the events of Nightmare 2 , but he always having felt the town calling him back.
Any version could allow for a wealth of cameos by former Nightmare cast members. Playing new characters or small parts,relatives of former victims, corpses in the shadows.
Part of me would love to see a favorite actor return as a freed soul . Lost in a dream world.Unable to see the light. Horribly and emotionally scarred. Speaking stories of how their pain didn’t end when Freddy killed them .That Freddy continued to torture them relentlessly when their soul was trapped inside him. They would be made to relive their worst fears and suffering over..and over…and over.
Another quick thought, if Robert Englund did not want to play Freddy in a ongoing series,maybe he could return as a town librarian or history teacher or town loon who just happens to know all about Freddy
Ooh another...another thought...what if one of the characters.were to be one of the lost souls who didnt know she/he.was actually already dead and they lived in the town.as a real person but in fact were a haunted ghost who keeps experiencing memories of their.past life and Freddy experience
With A Little Help From My (Dead) Friends
I had the luxury of meeting both Amanda Wyss and Heather Langenkamp again this past
weekend and ,no surprise, it led me to spend some time thinking about
the movie once again.
Amanda mentioned something about her and Heather still being friends to this day. And it later, while laying down to sleep in my hotel room, got me to thinking about Nancy after the Nightmare once she finally woke to emotionally face the horrors of the reality of her Mother and friends deaths. The inescapable fears that Freddy is STILL coming for her.The complete change to her young life.
This is a teenage girl who in the short span of a week has lost her Mother, her best friend,her boyfriend and much more.What she thought she knew of her Parents would be forever changed at this point. Seriously? How does anyone cope with the knowledge that your Parents, especially one who is a cop, were directly involved in murder. A murder that than placed you in dangers path? She would go from being a young girl thinking should I sleep with my boyfriend to should I ever sleep again?Constant mental anguish. Dread.Impacted even more so by the fact that she cant ever get a healthy nights rest.
I've always pictured the Thompson household near the end to be full of fighting,door slamming and drinking while little Nancy tried to sleep in her room. Then after the divorce , she would see her Father less and less. And those times would be filled with an unspoken tension fueled by bitterness towards Nancy's Mom . Just listen to the way he says "Marge" when the two are in the LTs office. Especially while their daughter is right in front of him in grief over the fact that her best friend was murdered in the other room. If there was any time to drop the personal grudges and be there for your child, this would be one of them. There is a lot of history in that one word.
After the Nightmare, Nancy would now have to live with this man with whom she already had a damaged relationship. Nancy all the while still insisting it was Freddy who did the dirty deeds. Her Father still believing she is too far gone to accept the "truth". Nancy seeking the truth. Her Father denying it . Its doubtful the two of them could ever communicate about the situation without it turning into an argument and tears.
Who would Nancy have to turn too? Sure, she may have had a few friends outside of Tina,Rod and her boyfriend. But would any of them be close enough for her to talk to about her grief and fears? Unlikely there would be anyone with whom she felt close enough to discuss Freddy.
And after the events, how many would even want to be around Nancy? Would they be afraid to associate with someone surrounded by so much death?
Would she even return to school? Or would her damaged mind be so much that she had to be committed shortly after the events not even allowing her time to return to school.
So I found myself picturing Nancy as being incredibly alone . No Parent to really comfort her. No friend to confide in. No one around her to believe in her. She would be alone with her thoughts and fears way to often for many years after .
And this would continue if or when she would be committed for mental health reason.How could she talk to other patients who have their own real mental Freddys they are battling, about her real flesh and fantasy blood Freddy? What if by talking about her Freddy , one of these patients falsely convinces themselves they are being stalked by him,adopting her "fantasy" as their own and then harm themselves in an act of mental instability. She would most likely find it hard to trust talking about her state with these unstable strangers.
The Doctors would have none of her talk of Freddy. Eventually she would be forced to hide her feelings and thoughts of Freddy and the truth that transpired. For fear of being punished with medication that would leave her weak minded and unable to fight the good fight when or if Freddy came for her. So now, shes not only alone with her thoughts, but she feels she needs to repress them.
But this being our Nancy, she wouldnt just give up. Oh, sure, she would have some dark nights to suffer through. It's a wonder she never became a heavy drinker like her Mother. But that's out Nancy. Facing things. Not running away down a bottle. She would most likely make books be her friends she turned to. As she investigated what studies existed on dreams, dream control and psychological survival. Doctors would see this as a healthy pursuit and support her. Maybe Nancy would be the one to discover the existence of the drug called Hypnocil. Finding its name briefly mentioned in one of the many articles she has read about dreams or suppressants. I could see Nancy proactively contacting the Doctors associated with the drug, offering herself up as a test subject in her desperate attempt to get a decent nights sleep.
Another thought: What drove Nancy to take Hypnocil? Would it have been the fear of Freddys return? The fear to fall asleep at all , just in case something was waiting for her on the other side? Do you think she did see or sense Freddy in her post movie dreams? It's implied that when the Freddy Snake says "Youuuuuu" and Nancy cries "Oh My God! " that this is their dream reunion.
So if Nancy never saw Freddy after the Nightmare, why would she feel compelled to suppress them every night. I could understand every once an a while when her stress levels are high and shes going through a dark depressive patch. And certainly in the beginning of her healing process she would want to remove the possibility of a dream turning into a nightmare, knowing what she knew of how dangerous they could be. But to be on them every night? Maybe this was Nancys version of her Mothers addiction- pill popping.
Perhaps after the movie Nancy experiences regular Nightmares inspired by her memories of Freddy and his deeds. Reliving the horrors over and over. But while this is just her minds vision of Freddy and not the real thing, Nancy doesnt know this. She still thinks its the real deal. Or ,even if she can sense its not the real thing, she fears that one night it will be.That one night Freddy will find a way to slip into the skin of this "dream Freddy" and take over and get to her.He found a way to get to her once before.So she has to always be ready. Always on guard. And because of the intensity of the dreams Nancy has to put up an exhausting fight ...every.... single.... night. With no friend to turn to when she wakes.
Amanda mentioned something about her and Heather still being friends to this day. And it later, while laying down to sleep in my hotel room, got me to thinking about Nancy after the Nightmare once she finally woke to emotionally face the horrors of the reality of her Mother and friends deaths. The inescapable fears that Freddy is STILL coming for her.The complete change to her young life.
This is a teenage girl who in the short span of a week has lost her Mother, her best friend,her boyfriend and much more.What she thought she knew of her Parents would be forever changed at this point. Seriously? How does anyone cope with the knowledge that your Parents, especially one who is a cop, were directly involved in murder. A murder that than placed you in dangers path? She would go from being a young girl thinking should I sleep with my boyfriend to should I ever sleep again?Constant mental anguish. Dread.Impacted even more so by the fact that she cant ever get a healthy nights rest.
I've always pictured the Thompson household near the end to be full of fighting,door slamming and drinking while little Nancy tried to sleep in her room. Then after the divorce , she would see her Father less and less. And those times would be filled with an unspoken tension fueled by bitterness towards Nancy's Mom . Just listen to the way he says "Marge" when the two are in the LTs office. Especially while their daughter is right in front of him in grief over the fact that her best friend was murdered in the other room. If there was any time to drop the personal grudges and be there for your child, this would be one of them. There is a lot of history in that one word.
After the Nightmare, Nancy would now have to live with this man with whom she already had a damaged relationship. Nancy all the while still insisting it was Freddy who did the dirty deeds. Her Father still believing she is too far gone to accept the "truth". Nancy seeking the truth. Her Father denying it . Its doubtful the two of them could ever communicate about the situation without it turning into an argument and tears.
Who would Nancy have to turn too? Sure, she may have had a few friends outside of Tina,Rod and her boyfriend. But would any of them be close enough for her to talk to about her grief and fears? Unlikely there would be anyone with whom she felt close enough to discuss Freddy.
And after the events, how many would even want to be around Nancy? Would they be afraid to associate with someone surrounded by so much death?
Would she even return to school? Or would her damaged mind be so much that she had to be committed shortly after the events not even allowing her time to return to school.
So I found myself picturing Nancy as being incredibly alone . No Parent to really comfort her. No friend to confide in. No one around her to believe in her. She would be alone with her thoughts and fears way to often for many years after .
And this would continue if or when she would be committed for mental health reason.How could she talk to other patients who have their own real mental Freddys they are battling, about her real flesh and fantasy blood Freddy? What if by talking about her Freddy , one of these patients falsely convinces themselves they are being stalked by him,adopting her "fantasy" as their own and then harm themselves in an act of mental instability. She would most likely find it hard to trust talking about her state with these unstable strangers.
The Doctors would have none of her talk of Freddy. Eventually she would be forced to hide her feelings and thoughts of Freddy and the truth that transpired. For fear of being punished with medication that would leave her weak minded and unable to fight the good fight when or if Freddy came for her. So now, shes not only alone with her thoughts, but she feels she needs to repress them.
But this being our Nancy, she wouldnt just give up. Oh, sure, she would have some dark nights to suffer through. It's a wonder she never became a heavy drinker like her Mother. But that's out Nancy. Facing things. Not running away down a bottle. She would most likely make books be her friends she turned to. As she investigated what studies existed on dreams, dream control and psychological survival. Doctors would see this as a healthy pursuit and support her. Maybe Nancy would be the one to discover the existence of the drug called Hypnocil. Finding its name briefly mentioned in one of the many articles she has read about dreams or suppressants. I could see Nancy proactively contacting the Doctors associated with the drug, offering herself up as a test subject in her desperate attempt to get a decent nights sleep.
Another thought: What drove Nancy to take Hypnocil? Would it have been the fear of Freddys return? The fear to fall asleep at all , just in case something was waiting for her on the other side? Do you think she did see or sense Freddy in her post movie dreams? It's implied that when the Freddy Snake says "Youuuuuu" and Nancy cries "Oh My God! " that this is their dream reunion.
So if Nancy never saw Freddy after the Nightmare, why would she feel compelled to suppress them every night. I could understand every once an a while when her stress levels are high and shes going through a dark depressive patch. And certainly in the beginning of her healing process she would want to remove the possibility of a dream turning into a nightmare, knowing what she knew of how dangerous they could be. But to be on them every night? Maybe this was Nancys version of her Mothers addiction- pill popping.
Perhaps after the movie Nancy experiences regular Nightmares inspired by her memories of Freddy and his deeds. Reliving the horrors over and over. But while this is just her minds vision of Freddy and not the real thing, Nancy doesnt know this. She still thinks its the real deal. Or ,even if she can sense its not the real thing, she fears that one night it will be.That one night Freddy will find a way to slip into the skin of this "dream Freddy" and take over and get to her.He found a way to get to her once before.So she has to always be ready. Always on guard. And because of the intensity of the dreams Nancy has to put up an exhausting fight ...every.... single.... night. With no friend to turn to when she wakes.
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