Stills from the filming and interesting facts about the movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (24 photos)

The first part of the film "A Nightmare on Elm Street", released in 1984 year and filmed by Wes Craven, became a real hit. The tape was notable for the fact that it was not just about another maniac or monster, but about a killer who penetrated the dreams of teenagers.





Well, since many of us watched this movie as a child, then and it was very scary to fall asleep, because Freddy Krueger could come in a dream. IN In general, today I will tell you some interesting facts about the film "A Nightmare on Elm Street, and also show you some interesting archival footage from the filming of this film.



1. The role of Glen in this film was the first in his career future famous actor Johnny Depp. But other actors do not became famous.



2. Freddy Krueger was based on the director's childhood fears Wes Craven. Kruger's character is based on a homeless man with a disfigured the face that scared Wes as a kid. And the very name Freddy Krueger got thanks to the guy who bullied the future director at school.



3. Freddie's sweater was originally supposed to be red and yellow. colors, but in 1982 Wes Craven read that red and green are contrasting (opposite) colors. Therefore, he decided to use as clothes for Kruger, the sweater is exactly red and green.



It is not known whether this is true or not, but there is a bike that is vile Freddy Krueger's sweater belonged to one of the crew members, and that his wife tied him up. Wes Craven, seeing such a nasty sweater, decided that he would be perfect for a maniac. At that moment, he just I remembered the contrasting colors I read about earlier.



4. Initially, Freddy Krueger was conceived as a silent killer like Mike Myers (Halloween) and Jason Voorhees (Friday 13"). But in the end it was decided to move away from traditions, as a result of which Freddie began not only to speak, but also to make jokes.



5. Wes Craven decided to make Freddie's weapon a glove with knives, since I read that claws and fangs are primitive and instinctive fear in humans. Moreover, the most interesting thing is that as blades were used vegetable knives.

6. In one of the scenes, Nancy looks at herself in the mirror and says he looks 20 (due to lack of sleep and all). But the most interesting thing is that the actress Heather Langenkamp, who played Nancy, is real was 20 years old at the time of filming.



7. Remember the scene with Freddy's arms lengthening in Tina's dream? This effect was achieved in a very interesting way. Long sleeves were hung by a fishing line, and at this time they were pulled up by members of the film crew groups sitting on different rooftops.



8. At that time, the slasher genre was in decline and the box office became less and less after the release of paintings of this genre. Film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" managed to revive interest in the genre.



Robert Englund removes makeup

The film's budget was $1.8 million, while the box office in the United States alone topped the $25 million mark. It was a huge success.



9. A Nightmare on Elm Street was such a hit that filmmakers actively took up the shooting of sequels and other content.



Thus, 6 more full-length parts were filmed, the series "Freddy's Nightmares" (Season 2), "Freddy vs. Jason" crossover, 2010 restart, etc.



In addition, Freddy Krueger (or a reference to him) more than once met in popular cartoons, such as "The Simpsons", "Family Guy", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", etc.





In addition, Krueger appeared in the game "Mortal kombat" (2011), and you could even play for him.



10. A Nightmare on Elm Street is 92 minutes long, but Freddy Krueger has only 7-8 minutes of screen time. IN In subsequent parts, Kruger appeared in the frame much more often.

11. When Nancy falls asleep in front of the TV, we can see footage from the movie "Evil Dead". True, apparently she looks not a movie, but a trailer or a cut, as the scenes go out of place.

But in the movie "Evil Dead 2" we can see the original Freddy Krueger's glove hanging on the wall.



By the way, before filming the third part of the film, someone (apparently from the film crew) pulled off his glove. Despite all the search, the glove have not been able to find it.



12. There is a scene in the movie that was cut and didn't make it into the final version of the film. Surely, many of you remember how the mother Nancy told her about the fact that they (parents) burned Freddie, and even shows her a glove. In the cut scene, she also talks about the fact that Nancy and all her friends were brothers and sisters who were killed Krueger during his lifetime.



13. The bathroom scene with the glove was filmed quite interesting. way. The bath itself had no bottom (there was a large plywood water tank) and Heather Langenkamp lay on the boards and rested her legs on her sides so that there was a feeling that she was lying in bathroom.



Meanwhile, the special effects designer was in the tank. Jim Doyle with a glove on his hand. At the director's command (Wes tapped on bathroom) Jim pulled his hand out of the water. Poor Jim had to dive several times under water and hold your breath for 60-90 seconds, to get the best take.

When it came time to pull Nancy into the water, Jim Doyle cleaned struts that fixed the boards on which Nancy lay. Wherein, to make the tightening look natural, Doyle dragged Nancy by the towel.



By the way, the underwater scene itself was filmed separately in the pool Jim Doyle himself. To dim the lights, the pool had to be plastered over black plastic. By the way, Heather Langenkamp herself in these shootings is not participated. In the underwater scene, she was replaced by an understudy.

But the most interesting thing is that initially this scene did missing from the script. It was proposed to remove the same John Doyle, and in As a result, the scene became one of the cult.

14. Every day it took about 3.5 hours to make up Robert Englund and make Freddie out of him. Moreover, Initially, the makeup should have been more detailed.



It was even supposed that through the remnants of Freddie's skin there would be teeth are visible. But due to the complexity of implementation, this idea was abandoned.



15. Tina's death on the ceiling was filmed in a specially built rotating scenery. Thanks to this mechanism and glued objects, there was a feeling that Tina was really climbing the ceiling.



The scene with Glen's death was filmed in the same scenery. (Johnny Depp). The room was turned over, then poured on the ceiling, which was at the bottom, artificial blood. For filming this scene, more than 2 tons of artificial blood were used.

16. To shoot the scene with Freddie going through the bars, the creators resorted to connecting the two frames. That is, at the beginning the scene with the bars was filmed, and then the scene with Freddie passing by. Wherein, the camera was at the same point so that there was no failure. When applied frames and it turned out such an interesting effect.