A Nightmare On Elm Street Movie Essay
A Nightmare on Elm Street
In 1984, when a nightmare on elm street was released. This movie was considered a fresh/new approach to horror films. It contained a character named Freddy Krueger who was the villain in the film. Freddy Krueger was burned to death by some parents in the neighborhood, and because of that Freddy Krueger went into teenager’s dreams and essentially murdered them. Freddy Kruger was a petrifying character in the film, who had metallic claw hand and a burned face. His image stirred up fear within us (the audience) and the characters of the film.
A nightmare on Elm Street is considered one of the first “postmodern” horror movies. The Postmodern time period was a shift in horror films due to the fact that we were no longer concerned with the same pre-world war 2 or pre-industrial issues that originally concerned us. Traditionally, horror films narrative were pertaining to knowledge, science, and power structures. But with postmodern horror films, expression is linked to the narrative. The story was told through the audiences fear. In the film, we are given the four victims and we become attached to them. This gives us a better intuition on what’s going on in the story and allows for us to relate to the characters in a different way than the other horror …show more content…
One way would have been to show less gruesome images. Another way to transform this film to a different genre is by having a male character survive Freddy at the end of the movie, since most of the time in the “postmodern” era; the female character is the one that survived. A nightmare on Elm Street is no different, considering the fact that Nancy was the survivor of her group of friends. Lastly, a transformation in the movie that would change its genre, is making the ending have a clear resolution. For instance, if Freddy died at the end, the film would have had a clear ending to the
In 1984, when a nightmare on elm street was released. This movie was considered a fresh/new approach to horror films. It contained a character named Freddy Krueger who was the villain in the film. Freddy Krueger was burned to death by some parents in the neighborhood, and because of that Freddy Krueger went into teenager’s dreams and essentially murdered them. Freddy Kruger was a petrifying character in the film, who had metallic claw hand and a burned face. His image stirred up fear within us (the audience) and the characters of the film.
A nightmare on Elm Street is considered one of the first “postmodern” horror movies. The Postmodern time period was a shift in horror films due to the fact that we were no longer concerned with the same pre-world war 2 or pre-industrial issues that originally concerned us. Traditionally, horror films narrative were pertaining to knowledge, science, and power structures. But with postmodern horror films, expression is linked to the narrative. The story was told through the audiences fear. In the film, we are given the four victims and we become attached to them. This gives us a better intuition on what’s going on in the story and allows for us to relate to the characters in a different way than the other horror …show more content…
One way would have been to show less gruesome images. Another way to transform this film to a different genre is by having a male character survive Freddy at the end of the movie, since most of the time in the “postmodern” era; the female character is the one that survived. A nightmare on Elm Street is no different, considering the fact that Nancy was the survivor of her group of friends. Lastly, a transformation in the movie that would change its genre, is making the ending have a clear resolution. For instance, if Freddy died at the end, the film would have had a clear ending to the