The thrilling and thrilling in the nightmare is actually the helplessness and depression in reality

Cindy 2021-10-22 14:30:33

The two super horror IPs (or the weird murderer doll) of Freddie and Jack Murderer Street are basically representative of the horror movies of the 1980s. The two IPs are independent and stand out from each other, but they show the mental outlook and living conditions of similar teenagers in that era.

The 1980s was a beautiful era. Technological progress, economic prosperity, political prosperity, the immense popularity of television, movies, and radio, and social stability made young people who were already full of vitality more active. Just like in the movie, they are not under the pressure to enter school, lack the strict discipline of their parents (just like Depp and the heroine in the movie), squandering their youth and hormones through hangovers, partying, camping, and sex. They love to dream and always dream of being better. When they grow up, they will slap Fang Qiu to welcome a better tomorrow.

But moving forward without any restrictions always creates risks. Just as the heroine's father in this drama always shows a worried look. Therefore, the film creators who have become adults will have ulterior motives to add some horror elements when they are happy and happy in their lives, when they are crazy for camping parties, when they have dreams and dreams of the future. . . The meaning of this is obvious, don't be proud of it, the routines in society are deep. . .

It is undeniable that it is very cruel to ruin the good times like this. But it is this cruelty that creates a very contrasting sense of horror. The more relaxed the moment, the stronger the sense of horror.

The sense of horror given by this film is more than that. Freddy's real horror is not only derived from the sense of crisis facing threats directly, but also from the sense of helplessness as a ignorant child facing threats alone. When the four protagonists in this film are threatened by Freddy, they all choose to ask for help from adults, but the attention and help given by adults is chilling: either he is ignored or he is ignored. Or simply reprimand. In the eyes of outsiders, when they need it most, children who do not receive warmth and support from the family may be sad, but for themselves, this sadness is actually a kind of terror, which means anything, any risk, he Have to face it alone. Just like the families of the Loser League in the return of the clown, the parents are aware that things are not normal and that the town has been madly decayed, but no one wants to admit that they are just very selfish and let their children face it.

Regrettably, this seemingly crisis education method failed. In the end, only one of the two protagonists survived and was scarred. Through these plots in this work, you can spell out a complete parent-child relationship of that era. Only formal care and so-called caring, indifference, distrust, completely selfish adult thinking, and strong desire to control. Constantly distorting normal family relationships.

This work is undoubtedly very successful in shaping the image of Freddy, the fierce ghost. Every detail of this role has (or is given) a strong metaphor. This characteristic is that he went from a kind of surface terror to the thing we feared most in our hearts.

Visually speaking, Freddy did not hide his terrifying appearance. The skin disfigured by the flames is completely bare, with a hideous expression, and teeth that have been deliberately sharpened (I particularly like this detail, which is similar to the image of Tim Burton's headless valley guillotine), synonymous with nightmare. The weird top hat can maintain the mystery of this dignity to a certain extent.

In addition to the shocking appearance, Freddy's weapon is very distinctive, it is a DIY blade glove. Unlike Jack's machete, which is vigorously sinking without hesitation, the blade glove fits Freddy's identity. Using blades as tools shows that Freddy's target customers are mainly children. Moreover, the blade can not only kill, but also torture the victim, which is also Freddy's most favorite behavior. The blade glove is so famous that I always thought that Freddy's red and green sweater was a metaphor for the victim being cut.

This is Freddy's first appearance. The creators gave Freddy great aggressiveness and long-term vitality with their unrestrained imagination, such as his own stretchable limbs, clusters of maggots in his body, arbitrarily chopped fingers, and the wretchedness that has been stretched out from time to time. His tongue, and the green blood flowing out, let you smell the decay of death across the screen. In this setting, from the first work of Mental Ghost Street to the current new Mental Ghost Street, Freddy's ability has changed a lot, but the basic setting of this character has not undergone a fundamental change.

In terms of scenes, Freddy's appearance is always connected with the steam factory where he died. At the end of the 1980s, which has already entered the era of electrical appliances and even IT, the steam factory actually represented backwardness and decay, which coincides with the connotation of Freddy's identity. In addition, the consistent Freddy Lullaby always appears in the protagonist's dream, and it is also the highlight of the series. This tune is rhyming, catchy, slow in style, ethereal in tune, and the unobtrusive tune of the music reveals a strange sense of killing, full of progressive warnings and potential crises:

One Two Freddy's comin' for you

Three Four better lock your door

Five Six grap your crucifix

Seven Eight gonna stay up late

Nine Ten never sleep again

From the plot point of view, this work is actually very complete. Freddy, as an evil spirit, is his revenge for the offspring of his murderer. Freddy can only draw strength from fear, and the only person who is afraid of his appearance is the female lead quartet who was in adolescence at that time. After the heroine was attacked by Freddy, she sought help from an adult. Out of the guilt of lynching (also very selfish), the adult chose to avoid the matter completely, which eventually led to a tragedy. The final Freddy’s revenge succeeded, killing three children and one parent

Johnny Depp, as a particularly recommended actor in the film, is still very young in acting, but there are already a few pieces of Captain Jack's heroism between his eyebrows. But because he was not an important role, he became one of the worst victims. The image of the blood-spattering bed contributed by Depp is the most courageous presentation of this movie, cruel and gorgeous.

The final ending is an open ending. The hostess bid farewell to her mother and went to school easily with her three friends. This has already aroused the audience's doubts. Haven't the three children been killed? Until the Freddy-style red and green signs cover the carport, and the vehicle will go far away without returning, we can understand the true ending:

After confrontation with Freddy, the heroine Nancy has lost control of her spirit. Later, her mother and three friends were actually imaginary, and his mother, like three friends, had already become Freddy's dead soul under the knife. After this series of changes, the Nancy family moved away. Freddy's evil soul is always attached to this house, quietly waiting for the next victim. Don't ask me how I know, I see the sequel summed up.

In terms of acting, the heroine's expressive power is still very strong, but you can hardly tell how his acting skills are. Unfortunately, the heroine's next works are few and rarely appear. And Robert England? He is the eternal Freddy in my heart. Basically, this person has been transformed into Freddy himself just like You Benchang is to Jigong and the sixth-year-old boy is to Monkey King.

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  • Kenton 2022-03-23 09:01:25

    The Freddy I bought was the look from the first episode, and I didn't give enough pictures. The soundtrack is a criticism of horror films of the 80s, and now it looks a little witty. In general, it can still be watched as the originator of Ghost Street.

  • Melissa 2022-03-23 09:01:25

    It's really funny, especially in the killing of Johnny Depp, blood spurts on the bed, like a big aunt during a blood flow!

A Nightmare on Elm Street quotes

  • Nancy Thompson: Maybe I should just pick up that bottle and veg out with you, ignore everything going on around me by getting good and loaded.

    [Marge slaps her]

  • Glen Lantz: We have reason to believe there may be something very strange going on.

    Lt. Thompson: You got that right.

    Nancy Thompson: What are you doing here?

    Lt. Thompson: There's an unsolved murder and I hate unsolved murders, especially ones that my daughter is mixed up in. What are *you* doing here?

    Nancy Thompson: Look, I just gotta see that he's okay.

    Sgt. Garcia: I just checked on him ten minutes ago, he's sleeping like a baby. He's not going anywhere.