It is my opinion, that A Nightmare on Elm Street can be seen as a film that targets the audience of the horror-going kind in a new light and comments on the comfort level of watching a film and having a nightmare. I feel that generally the role of a regular dream within film comments on the symptoms of a specific character or characters within their given situation, whereas the entire horror genre deals with nightmares that go beyond the film world and into the hearts of the audience whether they've had nightmares involving similar content or will now have nightmares involving similar content. The different way in which A Nightmare on Elm Street participates in the horror genre is the presence of terror within an inescapable world, which is normally understood to be safe. Since the idea of film and dream has some very close relations, I find that this film can be analyzed as an attempt to mess with the subconscious regarding safety. I will also discuss Freddie Kruger's character and......
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