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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET TRIVIA

1) A Nightmare on Elm Street was inspired by ________.


The film was inspired by several newspaper articles printed in the Los Angeles Times in the 1970s about Southeast Asian refugees, who, after fleeing to the United States because of war and genocide in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, suffered disturbing nightmares and refused to sleep. Some of the men died in their sleep soon after.

2) How much screen time does Freddy Krueger get in the first film?


Director Wes Craven knew the unseen was far scarier than the seen, which is why Freddy Krueger only has 7 minutes of screen time in the original film.

3) Who is the first teen to dream about Freddy?


Tina awakens from a nightmare wherein she is attacked by a disfigured man in decayed clothes who wears a blade-fixed work glove on his right hand. Her mother points out four mysterious slashes on her nightgown.

4) What color is Freddy's sweater?


Craven chose to make Krueger's sweater red and green after reading an article in a 1982 Scientific American that said these two colors were the most clashing colors to the human retina.

5) Who is arrested after for Tina's murder?


The next day, Tina's boyfriend is arrested despite his pleas of innocence.

6) Where does Freddy chase Nancy when she falls asleep in class?


Nancy dreams about Freddy Krueger who chases her to the boiler room where she is cornered and burns her arm on a pipe.

7) How does Freddy kill Rod?


Krueger kills Rod by wrapping bed sheets around his neck like a noose.

8) What is the first thing Nancy pulls into reality from her dream?


When Nancy's mother takes her to a sleep disorder clinic, Nancy grabs Freddy's fedora and pulls it from the dream into reality.

9) What movie does Nancy watch in an attempt to stay awake?


Wes Craven added the nod to director Sam Raimi because Raimi had previously included a poster of Craven's second film, The Hills Have Eyes, in a scene in The Evil Dead. Raimi eventually returned the favor by hiding Freddy's bladed glove in a scene in a toolshed in Evil Dead II.

10) Which actor made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street?


During casting, it came down to 21-year-old Depp or another young actor to play Glen. Director Wes Craven asked his teenage daughter which actor he should cast as the heartthrob boyfriend. She chose Depp.

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