#30YearsofNightmare
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street all month. I’ll be posting fun facts about the film daily.
INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS
I read an article in the LA Times of a teenage boy who was suffering from horrible nightmares and began fighting sleep by any means possible. The boy’s parents, concerned for his well being, got him sleeping pills.
Finally getting him to sleep, they took him up to his room only to hear him moments later thrashing, screaming, and eventually dying. The parents found a coffee maker as well as all the sleeping pills hidden in the room. I thought it would be interesting if there was something or someone in the dreams that actually killed him, thus Freddy was born.
#30YearsofNightmare
Johnny Depp was in LA with his band when one of his friends got him in to audition. The role of Glen had come down to Depp and one other actor when my daughter told me I must cast Depp. I was unsure of Depp’s look but finally gave in when she insisted that girls would love him.
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The inspiration for the character of Freddy came from several sources in my childhood. A boy named Freddy bullied me for years on our shared paper route. Freddy’s appearance (especially the dirty clothes and hat) was inspired by a hobo who I saw staring at me through my window late one evening. #FreddyKrueger
I was told that over 500 gallons of fake blood were used during the making of the film. #30YearsofNightmare #NightmareonElmStreet
Happy birthday to my friend, the talented Neve Campbell. #scream
#Repost from @lladoslourdes with @repostapp 👏 👏 👏 @vans #vans #anightmareonelmstreet #FreddyKrueger
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The script was pitched for 3 years before being picked up.
New Line Cinema, which was a tiny, independent studio at the time, finally picked up the script after everyone else said no one would be frightened by a movie about dreams. I still have at least one of the rejection letters to prove it. #NightmareonElmStreet #FreddyKrueger
#tbt to shooting RED EYE with the talented Rachel McAdams almost a decade ago. #throwbackthursday
#tbt to the 70’s when I was shooting #lasthouseontheleft #throwbackthursday
Thanks to Matt Cunningham for the cool birthday t-shirt!
Cool shot I saw on @reddit. Lava from the Kilauea volcano flowing into the ocean by Alexandre Socci.
Green room after Sat. concert w/JJ, Neve, Elivs, me and Iya. Elvis jokes that he’s available for scoring movies! #hollywoodbowl
Today’s tee. #tshirt #WTF
Afternoon sun, Casa Craven/Labunka.
Returning to LA. Rte 101 S – Golete, CA
Breakfast at Norm’s Diner – West Hollywood, CA
I think this was from the early ’80s. #timeflies #tbt #throwbackthursday
Morro Bay in fog. Just arrived for two days of @audubonca board meetings and birding. Very geekily exciting!
Heirloom tomato gift from Felix the gardener. Delicious!
Love the one you’re with.
Morro Bay. A Morro, I learned, is the name for a “plug” that forms onside the caldera (mouth) of a dying volcano. The volcano stops functioning, and over centuries erodes away, leaving just the morro to remain. For thousands of years after.
Rail line along the Pacific. The train from LA to SF uses these.
