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A Nightmare on Elm Street

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"The original A Nightmare on Elm Street was
inspired by an extraordinary series of
unnoticed stories in the Los Angeles Times. A
young immigrant male, early 20's, usually
from Southeast Asia, a son, would have a
severe nightmare where he would wake up
screaming. The next day, he would tell his
family it was the worst nightmare he'd ever
had, and he had been terribly shaken by it.
The next night when he went to sleep—he
died. Six months later I looked in the paper
and there was a very similar story. I clipped it
out and put it with the other one. Then the third
appeared about a year and a half from the first
one, this time in Northern California. And the
elements were the basis for the film. The rest
is horror history."—Wes Craven, Director of A
Nightmare on Elm Street.

At a time when the stalker movie had run its
course to all ends and the image of mute,......

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