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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A Nightmare on Elm Street quotes

  • Nancy Thompson: [on the phone, referring to Glen] Hi, Daddy. I know what happened.

    Lt. Thompson: I haven't been upstairs yet.

    Nancy Thompson: Yeah, but you know he's dead, right?

    Lt. Thompson: Yeah, apparently he's dead.

    Nancy Thompson: Listen, Daddy, I've got a proposition for you. Listen very carefully, please.

    Lt. Thompson: Nancy.

    Nancy Thompson: I'm going to go and get the guy who did it, and I want you to be there to arrest him when I bring him out. Okay?

    Lt. Thompson: Just tell me who did it. I'll go get him, baby.

    Nancy Thompson: Fred Krueger did it, Daddy, and only I can get him. It's my nightmare he comes to.

  • Marge Thompson: Nancy, you are going to get some sleep tonight if it kills me.