Wes Craven’s New Nightmare Page #5

IT'S OLD. IT'S VERY OLD.

[SIGHS] IT'S EXISTED

IN DIFFERENT FORMS

IN DIFFERENT TIMES.

ABOUT THE ONLY THING

THAT STAYS THE SAME

IS WHAT IT LIVES FOR,

REALLY.

WHAT IS THAT?

OH, THE MURDER

OF INNOCENTS.

THIS IS STILL A SCRIPT

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,

RIGHT, WES?

YEAH, WELL,

I SORT OF THINK OF IT

AS A NIGHTMARE:

IN PROGRESS.

WELL, IN THIS NIGHTMARE

IN PROGRESS THEN,

DOES THIS THING:

HAVE ANY WEAKNESSES?

YEAH, WELL, IT CAN BE

CAPTURED SOMETIMES.

CAPTURED? HOW?

BY STORYTELLERS,

OF ALL THINGS.

I MEAN,

EVERY SO OFTEN,

THEY IMAGINE A STORY

GOOD ENOUGH:

TO SORT OF:

CATCH ITS ESSENCE.

AND THEN, FOR A WHILE

IT'S HELD PRISONER

IN THE STORY.

LIKE THE GENIE:

IN THE BOTTLE.

EXACTLY. EXACTLY.

BUT THE PROBLEM COMES

WHEN THE STORY DIES.

AND THAT CAN HAPPEN

IN A LOT OF WAYS.

IT CAN GET:

TOO FAMILIAR TO PEOPLE

OR SOMEBODY:

WATERS IT DOWN:

TO MAKE IT AN EASIER

SELL, YOU KNOW, OR...

MAYBE IT'S JUST

SO UPSETTING TO SOCIETY

THAT:

IT'S BANNED OUTRIGHT.

HOWEVER IT HAPPENS,

WHEN THE STORY DIES,

THE EVIL IS SET FREE.

YOU'RE SAYING FREDDY

IS THIS ANCIENT THING?

RIGHT.

THE CURRENT VERSION.

AND FOR 10 YEARS,

HE'S BEEN HELD CAPTIVE

PRETTY MUCH AS FREDDY

IN THE NIGHTMARE ON

ELM STREET SERIES,

BUT...

NOW THAT THE FILMS

HAVE ENDED,

THE GENIE'S

OUT OF THE BOTTLE.

THAT'S WHAT THE NIGHTMARES

ARE TELLING ME.

THAT'S WHAT I'M WRITING.

WELL, IF FREDDY IS LOOSE

IN YOUR SCRIPT,

WHERE'S HE GONNA GO?

ANOTHER AGE?

ANOTHER FORM?

NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT

THE DREAMS HAVE HIM DOING.

WHAT IS HE DOING?

HE'S SORT OF GOTTEN USED

TO BEING FREDDY NOW,

AND HE LIKES:

OUR TIME AND SPACE,

SO HE'S DECIDED

TO CROSS OVER:

OUT OF FILMS:

INTO OUR REALITY.

ISN'T THERE SOMEBODY

WHO CAN STOP HIM?

ACTUALLY THERE IS

A PERSON IN THE DREAM,

SORT OF A GATEKEEPER,

SO TO SPEAK.

SOMEBODY THAT:

FREDDY HAS TO GET BY

BEFORE HE CAN COME

THROUGH INTO OUR WORLD.

THAT PERSON'S YOU,

HEATHER.

IT'S ME?

YEAH.

WHY ME?

WELL,

DRAMATICALLY SPEAKING,

IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

YOU PLAYED NANCY,

AFTER ALL,

AND YOU WERE THE FIRST

TO HUMILIATE HIM,

DEFEAT HIM.

THAT WAS NANCY, WES.

THAT'S NOT ME.

YEAH, BUT IT WAS YOU THAT

GAVE NANCY HER STRENGTH.

SO IN ORDER TO GET OUT,

HE'S GOT TO

COME THROUGH YOU.

AND IT'S INEVITABLE

THAT HE'S GONNA

TRY TO DO THAT:

AT YOUR MOST:

VULNERABLE POINTS.

OH, MY GOD, WES.

DID YOU KNOW?

IT--IT WAS A SCRIPT.

IT WAS A DREAM.

I DIDN'T--

I DIDN'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW DAMN WELL

IT'S MORE THAN THAT NOW.

WES.

WES?

HOW CAN WE STOP HIM?

I THINK THE ONLY WAY

TO STOP HIM:

IS TO MAKE:

ANOTHER MOVIE.

NOW I SWEAR TO YOU,

I'M GONNA STAY

BY THIS COMPUTER

AND KEEP WRITING UNTIL

I FINISH THE SCRIPT, BUT...

WHEN THAT TIME COMES,

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE

TO MAKE A CHOICE.

CHOICE?

WHAT KIND OF CHOICE?

WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE

WILLING TO PLAY NANCY

ONE LAST TIME.

"MANY OF THE SYMPTOMS

OF CHILDHOOD SCHIZOPHRENIA

"ARE DUPLICATED IN CHILDREN

SUFFERING FROM SLEEP

DEPRIVATION."

"SLEEP DEPRIVATION CAN PRODUCE

TRANCE-LIKE STATES,

"MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR.

THE CHILD MIGHT..."

REX WOKE ME UP.

HE WAS FIGHTING THE MEAN

OLD MAN WITH THE CLAWS.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA

WHO THIS IS CALLING?

FREDDY,

FOR ALL I KNOW.

AS IN ME?

NO, IT ISN'T YOU.

HE'S SCARIER.

DARKER, MORE EVIL?

HOW DID YOU KNOW?

HE'S DECIDED

TO CROSS OVER,

OUT OF FILMS,

INTO OUR REALITY.

NEVER SLEEP AGAIN.

[STATIC HISSING]

THE WORLD OF HORROR FILMS

SUFFERED ITS OWN TERROR TODAY,

AS 2 OF HOLLYWOOD'S BEST KNOWN

SPECIAL-EFFECTS TECHNICIANS

WERE FOUND DEAD:

IN A VACANT FIELD.

TERRANCE FEINSTEIN

AND CHARLES WILSON,

2 SPECIAL-EFFECTS ARTISTS

REPUTEDLY WORKING

ON A TOP-SECRET PROJECT

FOR THE MAKERS OF

THE FREDDY KRUEGER FILMS

WERE FOUND BRUTALLY SLASHED

TO DEATH EARLY THIS MORNING.

[RUMBLING]

FREDDY'S GLOVE WAS MISSING,

AND POLICE ARE SPECULATING

THE MURDERS WERE THE RESULT

OF A BOTCHED THEFT,

WHICH APPARENTLY TOOK PLACE

2 DAYS AGO. AT THIS POINT,

THE MURDER WEAPON HAS NOT--

AAH!

[RUMBLING STOPS]

[CREAK]

[CREAK]

OH, GOD.

[CREAK]

MISS ME?

AAH!

NANCY.

[CREAK]

OW!

OHH!

OH, DYLAN, DYLAN.

Nurse:
THERE ARE NO

VISITING HOURS THIS LATE.

YOU MUST UNDERSTAND.

Julie:

NO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I TOLD YOU:

I'M HIS BABY-SITTER.

I'M A CLOSE FRIEND

OF THE FAMILY, DAMN IT.

I JUST NEED TO SEE HIM

FOR A MINUTE.

60 SECONDS. COME ON.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.

JULIE?

HEATHER.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I DON'T KNOW.

I HAD THIS REALLY TERRIBLE

DREAM ABOUT DYLAN.

I HAD TO COME:

AND SEE HIM.

YOU MUST THINK:

I'M CRAZY.

NO, I DON'T.

IS HE ALL RIGHT?

I DON'T KNOW.

THEY WOULDN'T LET ME IN.

MISS LANGENKAMP.

I'M AFRAID THERE ARE

NO EVENING VISITING HOURS

IN INTENSIVE CARE.

IS HE ALL RIGHT?

DYLAN?

HE'S HOLDING WELL.

EARLIER:

HE HAD SOME PROBLEMS.

HE'S IN

AN OXYGEN TENT NOW.

OH, MY GOD.

HEATHER.

SEEMS WE'VE HAD

AN ACCIDENT,

MISS LANGENKAMP. MAY I?

THOSE ARE NASTY CUTS.

HOW DID YOU GET THEM?

IT HAPPENED:

IN THE EARTHQUAKE.

I FELL.

I NEED TO SEE DYLAN.

IN A MOMENT.

FIRST LET'S SEE ABOUT YOU.

IF THESE HAD BEEN

A FEW INCHES:

NEARER THE WRIST...

WHAT DID YOU SAY

YOU CUT YOURSELF ON?

IT WAS THE EARTHQUAKE.

IT WAS DARK. I HAVE NO IDEA.

BUT THESE LOOK:

QUITE FRESH.

THEY ARE. IT HAPPENED

IN TONIGHT'S EARTHQUAKE.

IT HAPPENED:

JUST 15 MINUTES AGO.

YOU MUST HAVE FELT IT.

GUESS WE LUCKED OUT

OVER HERE.

YOUR SON...

IS APPARENTLY:

TERRIFIED OF A MAN--

SOMEONE HE THINKS

IS GOING TO COME

OUT OF HIS BED.

ONE OF THE NURSES HEARD

HIM TALKING TO HIMSELF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

WHO THAT MAN IS,

MISS LANGENKAMP?

I FORGOT TO BRING

HIS DINOSAUR REX.

HE KEEPS FREDDY FROM

COMING UP OUT OF HIS--

BED.

THE MAN FROM YOUR FILMS?

FREDDY KRUEGER?

WITH THE CLAWS?

IS THAT WHO:

HE'S AFRAID OF?

YOU HAVE LET YOUR CHILD SEE

YOUR FILMS, HAVEN'T YOU?

EVERY KID KNOWS WHO FREDDY IS.

HE'S LIKE SANTA CLAUS...

OR KING KONG OR...

YES.

WELL, INTERESTING TALKING

WITH YOU, MISS LANGENKAMP.

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.

MY CONCERNS ARE SIMPLY

FOR THE WELFARE OF YOUR SON.

[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

HOW'S HE DOING?

[BEEP]

DYLAN.

HONEY.

YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT.

TOO LATE.

I'M ALMOST THERE,

HEATHER.

ALMOST THERE.

DADDY!

DYLAN!

DOCTOR!

KEEP HER RIGHT THERE.

Nurse:
WE CAN'T HOLD HIM

MUCH LONGER, DOCTOR.

GET THE FULL:

ANESTHETIC, STAT.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT

HERE, DOCTOR.

NO ANESTHETIC,

YOU SAY?

SCREW IT, THEN.

I'M GOING IN.

LITTLE BOOGER'S FULL OF

SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE.

LET'S GET HIM OPEN,

GOOD AND PROPER.

CUT THIS EVIL:

OUT OF HIM.

HA!

NO, NO!

GLORIA!

HE'S GOT MY BABY!

WHO?

FREDDY!

WHO? FREDDY KRUEGER

OR SOMETHING?

WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON?

MY BABY!

FREDDY'S GOT MY BABY.

HE'S GOT MY DYLAN.

MISS LANGENKAMP!

I SUGGEST YOU GO HOME

AND GET SOME REST.

YOUR SON IS FINE.

HE'S DOWNSTAIRS

FOR FURTHER TESTING.

BUT HE WAS JUST HERE.

HE WAS HERE,

YOU FELL ASLEEP,

WE TOOK HIM.

YOU LOOKED SO EXHAUSTED,

FRANKLY, WE DIDN'T WANT

TO WAKE YOU.

BESIDES, THE YOUNG WOMAN

JULIE IS WITH HIM.

THAT'S HIS BABY-SITTER,

RIGHT?

BELIEVE ME.

EVERYTHING IS FINE.

EVERYTHING'S NOT FINE.

DAMN!

CALL SECURITY.

Woman on P.A.:

SECURITY, CODE YELLOW.

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