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Podcast: Doom Generation
Episode: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984): "He's very wet for a burnt man."
Description: Wes Craven once heard a story about people who avoided sleep for fear of dying in their nightmares; along with a childhood bully and a step-father, it inspired him to create an iconic character who's haunted us all for 40 years.
Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), child murderer, comes to thin lipped Tina (Amanda Wyss) with his wet face and knife glove in her nightmares, scaring her so badly she warns best friend, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) who's had the same dream. Not wanting to be alone, Tina has a spend-over with Nancy, her boyfriend Glen (Johnny Depp), Tina's rough...