Wes Craven & Bob Shaye talk origin of Nightmare on Elm St.

Wes Craven and Bob Shaye (Founder, New Line Cinema) discuss the origin of A Nightmare on Elm Street on STARZ's "Going to Pieces" horror special.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street

Directed by: Wes Craven
Starring: Robert Englund, Johnny Depp and Heather Langenkamp

Nancy Thompson (Langenkamp) is suffering from violent nightmares about a badly burned man wearing a glove made of knives. She quickly learns that this man -- child murderer Freddy Krueger -- is also terrorizing the dreams of her friends and boyfriend, Glen (Depp). As they begin to die one by one in their sleep, Nancy learns, that years prior, the parents of Elm Street burned Krueger alive -- and now Freddy is back to claim their children's lives as revenge! As the teenagers of Elm Street fight to stay awake, Nancy must save their lives and her own by bringing Freddy out of their dreams and back into the real world to destroy him forever.

Rated: R
Copyright: New Line Productions, Inc.

For more A Nightmare on Elm Street, visit: http://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com

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[thestrangearea]

i als o heard that freddy was partially based on people wes craven met as a child. e.g a homeless guy that freaked him out and a school bully

[mindstormsabrewin]

The concept of having to stay awake in order to preserve yourself was pioneered by the original 50's sci fi flick : "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" A VERY creepy film.

[iheartslashers]

I'll bet those film companies that turned ANOES down are rueing the day they did that.

[IndianGoddesss]

You guys should check out the doc this interview came from "Going To Pieces" great film

[xxxvampire1985]

Great interview!! I just watched scream 4 and was looking for a good Craven speech! I agree with Mindstorm though it doesn't matter. Haven't seen the original Invasion of body snatchers yet but heard a lot about. Don't think it ever involved dreams though. I think Wes is just of the best filmmakers period. But that since he makes films.

[pkhang06]

WOW...Hmong people!!!

[Ashloomis]

Heather Langenkamp is soooooooo pretty.

[eanorasv]

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[slydog005]

iam speech less and encouraged by these directors why because there original and real movie producers because even if big type companys turned them down because they said it wasnt going to be a hit were wrong and in the end they gross in so much money and made there own studio now thats what i call true artists

[Scardy]

The Nightmare from which you can not wake. I had one like that. As hard as I tried, no matter how many times I tried opening and closing my eyes, I was still in that nightmare, with that face baring down on me...

[JBalmoreS]

I got to say that when I was a young child I was seriosly too scared to sleep, that's the effect the film got on me. The idea of being attacked at your most vulnerable was what the whole film was about. And that is scary! O_O

[headshot217]

i dont think people find greddy frightening enough tbh hes a cult hero which is fair but theres somethin really dark and scary behind him i dunno he reminds me of a witc corssed with a pedophile (which he basically is) i mean hes a child murderer now thats a creepy concept esoecially in freddys case i mean i cant imagine bieng like 7 and gettin captured by an old burned phantom