It took 4 hours to put all the make-up and rubber on for the face of Freddy Krueger. #30YearsofNightmare
While in college, I wrote a paper on dreams and learned to write them down after I awoke. #30YearsofNightmare
The first time Robert Englund tried on the infamous Freddy glove, he cut himself. #30YearsofNightmare
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The movie almost folded before production had even begun. Initially, Smart Egg productions were supposed to put $1 million into the movie, but they dropped out several days before filming began, and producer Robert Shaye had to try to raise money elsewhere. Two weeks into shooting, the production had no money left to pay the crew, so line producer John H. Burrows used his credit card. Eventually, Shaye brokered a deal with a European company called Media Home Entertainment and subsequently persuaded Smart Egg to put up the final $200,000 needed to complete the film. New Line Cinema was saved from bankruptcy by the success of the film, and was jokingly nicknamed “the house that Freddy built.”
This scene was shot by stretching Spandex across a hole and having Freddy press against it. #30YearsofNightmare #NightmareonElmStreet
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Final design inspiration for Freddy’s face came from the make-up artist, David Miller, eating/playing with pepperoni pizza.
I read an article in Scientific American that said the two most contrasting colors to the human retina were red and green. That’s how Freddy’s sweater got its look.
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I was told that #NightmareonElmStreet was initially banned in Finland and censored in Germany. #30YearsofNightmare
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The film playing on Nancy’s TV when she drifts off to sleep in her bedroom is Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead.
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The idea behind the glove was a practical one on my part, as I wanted to give the character a unique weapon, but also something that could be made cheaply and wouldn’t be difficult to use or transport. At the time, I was studying primal fears embedded in the subconscious of people of all cultures and discovered that one of those fears is attack by animal claws. Around the same time, I saw my cat unsheathe its claws, and the two concepts merged, although in the original script the blades were fishing knives, not steak knives as in the finished film. #FreddyKrueger #NightmareonElmStreet
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All of the boiler room footage in the film was shot in the basement of the Lincoln Heights Jail, which was condemned shortly after production wrapped, due to the high levels of asbestos.
The words “Elm Street” are not spoken at all during the film. #30YearsofNightmare #NightmareonElmStreet
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The role of Freddy Krueger was originally written for an older man, but when older men read the role, they had a softness to them — like they had lived too much life. That’s when I decided to cast a younger man for the role.
I believe NOES cost $1.8M to produce, which it nearly made back in its $1.2M opening weekend. #30YearsofNightmare #Spanishposter
Dying for a drink? Great t-shirt design. http://www.best-tshirts-ever.com/dying-for-a-drink-t-shirt #freddykrueger
And Freddy too!
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Charlie Sheen wanted to play the role of Glen in #NightmareonElmStreet, but he wanted more than was budgeted. #30YearsofNightmare
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T-shirt for today…
The famous scraping noise was created by scratching a steak knife on the underside of a metal folding chair. #30YearsofNightmare #nightmareonelmstreet
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Fun fan art 😊 Master of Horror #ghostface #scream #director #draw #coke #cocacola #wescraven #scream #mexicancoke #kyledeleon #art #icon #picoftheday #horror #mydraw
From my morning arrival into Boston. Back on east coast after four months in LA. A welcome change. #travel
