Program note: This was one of the earliest episodes we recorded, and as such, the audio isn't great in certain spots. We enjoyed recording this episode, though, and IOHO, think it's smart and funny enough to include in the season. Also, from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
"I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy." Where were YOU on November 11, 1984? If that was anywhere other than your local multiplex, you missed out on a seminal cultural event of the decade: the premiere of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, Wes Craven's surreal slasher, in which a long-(thought)-dead child murderer begins haunting (and killing) teenagers in their dreams. With a cast led by Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Robert Englund, and "introducing Johnny Depp," ELM STREET struck a chord in the zeitgeist, and went on to spawn a franchise than only became funnier and campier as it went along. But the original remains a landmark of indelible images and ingenious practical effects.
Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-19:30
Discussion (spoiler-heavy) 19:31-42:05
Awards (spoilers for days) 42:06
Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with selections from the ANOES soundtrack by Charles Bernstein. The song “Nightmare” is by 213.
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