Don't Fall Asleep!

Nicholaus 2021-10-22 14:30:33

Ever since I was a child, I didn’t even dream of sleeping because I didn’t sleep deeply at night. And because every dream is almost a nightmare, I noticed it when I first saw the name of this film.
To be honest, compared to some current horror movies, this movie does not feel perfect in the production of certain scenes, and I am very fond of disgusting and bloody movies, so the visual impact of this movie on me is not It's pretty big. But what I have to admire is the novel idea of ​​the whole movie and the way the plot progresses, which not only achieves a terrifying effect, but also shows the family relationship, love and hate.

Can’t distinguish between dream and reality, day or night, the maddening silence, the sharp voice of steel armor, the strange laughter, the disgusting scorched face, the cruel way of killing, to the dreamer Tortured at the same time as the outsiders in the dream, and staged in the dream the past that the heart most dared not face...
Either sleepy or being killed while falling asleep, who has enough will to resist?

However, what I like the most is the incomprehensibility of the movie.
Most movies like to have a cause and effect and a good or bad ending, but this film is truly a horror film with no solution. Since the murderer was a murderer, why does Nancy's mother feel ashamed? Why would the gloves Nancy's mother kept in reality be taken away by Fred Krueger in the dream? Since Fred can be killed by taking all the energy away, why does Fred appear again?
The children's nursery rhymes at the beginning and end of the film add a special mood to the film.

Many people have many pasts. The past that dare not face is our biggest demon, and it is also the way for Fred to defeat us. What is your demon?
Hey, Don't fall asleep!

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Extended Reading
  • Jonas 2022-03-20 09:01:21

    Full of American B-level movies with yellow violence and Cult elements, Elf Street pays tribute to "The Exorcist", and "Terminator 2" pays tribute to Elf Street. The highlight is the application of Freud's concept, the heroine His acting skills are really frustrating, the director still cherishes Johnny very much, and he didn't let his pretty face be shattered. What's spectacular is that the bloodiest death scene actually made a person's blood rush out enough for four or five adults. Of course, it was just a dream!

  • Lloyd 2022-04-23 07:01:27

    After all, it is a classic of the past, so I won't say more now. It's just that I suddenly felt that most of the audiences in the past were relatively simple, and the only requirement for horror films was: if you scared me enough, I would buy it. Most horror movie fans these days are relatively cheap and like to ask why. In fact, this is progress, because only when you understand why can you have an advanced horror experience. It's the same sentence: the most terrifying thing is human nature, all evil should be attributed to human nature

A Nightmare on Elm Street quotes

  • Voice on Glen's television set: It is now twelve midnight and this is station KRGR leaving the air.

  • Glen Lantz: Oh, man. Midnight, baseball bats and boogeymen. Beautiful.