Most scenes together: Heather Langenkamp & Dr. Christine Heffner (2)
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.
[She pulls out Freddy's glove]
Ms. Langenkamp, has...there been any use of recreational drugs in your family? Or any history of mental disturbance?
What the hell are you asking?
Please don't take this wrong. But if there was, there's a good chance Dylan could be suffering from something passed down to him. Have you been suffering from any delusional events, Ms. Langenkamp? This man from your films...Freddy Krueger... Have you been seeing him?
There are drugs and treatments, Ms. Langenkamp. We could place Dylan in foster care for a short while. Run some tests on you...
I want my kid out of here now!
Very well. As soon as we gather the appropriate papers...
You don't understand. If Dylan falls asleep, then...
Your son, apparently, is terrified of a man. Someone he thinks is going to come out of his bed. One of the nurses heard him talking in his sleep. You have any idea who that man might be, Mrs. Langenkamp?
I meant to bring him his dinosaur, Rex. Rex keeps Freddy from...
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 about Freddy. He's like Santa Claus or King Kong.
I see. Well. Interesting talking to you, Ms. Langenkamp. I hope you understand, my concerns are simply for the welfare of your son.
If Freddy's loose, I mean, in your script, where's he going to go? Another age? Another form?
Wes Craven That's not what the dreams say he's doing.
Then what is he doing?
Wes Craven Well, see, he's gotten used to being Freddy now. And kinda likes it here in our time and space, too. So...he's trying to cross over, from film into our reality.
Isn't there anyone that can stop him?
Wes Craven Interestingly enough, in the dreams there is one person. A gatekeeper, so to speak. Someone Freddy's got to get by before he can enter our world. [looks at her] It's you, Heather.
Me? Why me?
Wes Craven Dramatically speaking it makes perfect sense. You played Nancy, after all, the first to humiliate and defeat him.
That was Nancy, not me!
Wes Craven But it was you that gave Nancy her strength. So to get out he has to come through you. And it's inevitable that he'll hit you at your most vulnerable points...The way to stop him is to make another movie. And I swear to you I'll stay at my 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?
Wes Craven Whether or not you will be willing to play Nancy one last time.
Well at least tell me what it's about so far.
Wes Craven I can tell you what the nightmares are about. They're about this...entity. Whatever you want to call it. It's old, very old, and it's taken different forms in different times. The only thing that stays the same about it is what it lives for.
What's that?
Wes Craven Killing innocence, one way or the other.
This is still a script we're talking about, right?
Wes Craven I think of it as sort of a nightmare in progress.
Then, in this nightmare in progress, does this thing have any weaknesses?
Wes Craven It can be captured, sometimes.
Captured? How?
Wes Craven By storytellers, of all things. Every so often, they imagine a story good enough to catch its essence. Then it's held prisoner for a while. In the story.
Like the Genie in the bottle.
Wes Craven Exactly. [pause] The problem comes when the story dies. It happens a lot of different ways, the story gets too familiar, or too watered down by people trying to make it easier to sell, or it's labeled a threat to society and just plain banned. However it happens, when the story dies, the evil is set free.
You saying Freddy's this ancient thing?
Wes Craven Current version. For ten years he's been imprisoned as Freddy by the story of Nightmare on Elm Street. But now that the films have stopped - The genie's out of the bottle, Heather, that's what the nightmares are about. That's what I'm writing.
John Saxon Jesus, what the hell's going on, Nancy?
John, why are you calling me Nancy?
John Saxon Why are you calling me John? Nancy, you gotta get hold of yourself before you make both yourself and that kid nuts.
John! Would you call Robert?
John Saxon Robert?
Robert Englund. You know. The actor who plays Freddy?
John Saxon Freddy who?
You know who. Freddy Krueger.
John Saxon Freddy's dead, Nancy. Now don't lose it like your mother. I love you, sweetheart. Don't forget that.
I love you, too... Daddy.
Limo Driver You played that girl...in that movie...with the guy with the [claws his hand; Heather gives an uneasy smile] Yeah, sure, that's you. That's what I love about this job, I get to meet the stars.
I'm hardly a star.
Limo Driver What, are you kidding? I love your stuff. The first was the best. Where the girlfriend's cut open and dragged across the ceiling. It was awesome. And when all that blood comes ouf your boyfriend's bed? I thought I'd shit. But they never should've killed off Freddy.
Robert Englund Heather? You doing okay?
Holding my own. You know that guy who was calling me all the time? He's started again. He's been putting stuff in my mail.
Robert Englund Must've read about the funeral. Sick mother. That's the last thing you need right now, I'm sure.
Actually, it's been giving me Freddy nightmares.
Robert Englund Wait a second. Now, let me get this straight. You're having nightmares about Freddy? As in me?
No. It isn't you. He's scarier. He's...
Robert Englund Darker? More...evil?
Yeah...how'd you know?
Robert Englund Call it a guess...
Robert Englund I think they'd like to see us together again.
In what, a romantic comedy?
Robert Englund Just because it's a love story doesn't mean it can't have a decapitation or two.
Robert Shaye You interested in making the definitive Nightmare with us?
I thought you'd killed Freddy off.
Robert Shaye We did. Bad mistake. The fans are clamoring for more. So, "evil never dies," right?
Pick a pet for the rugrat, bitch!
Come here, my piggy! I've got some gingerbread for you!
Heh heh heh, I touched him!
Hey, Dylan - ever played "skin the cat"?
Meet your maker!
