Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

...in loving memory, Wes Craven, 1939~2015

TO BE DEAD IS OK, BUT TO BE FORGOTTEN IS A REAL BITCH!

As far as I can grope into the vast sea of my recollection, A Nightmare on Elm Street was the first horror movie I've ever seen. Now I can still remember a lot of details, such as Freddy goes thru a wall and leaves the wall on fire, Freddy's face moves behind the mural space right above the headboard, Freddy's arms so long that they're trying to hug me, oh, Depp was sucked into his bed and thrown up again in a fountain of blood, blah blah blah. And yeah! That rope jumping nursery rhyme :D

Actually the movies never scare me even if they're scary, I just love them for the innovations, the perseverance and the coolness and all

While reading this book, I realized my eyes were watery and there was a lump in my throat, I just felt I'd grown up with Freddy on Elm Street, Springwood, Ohio. It has much rare details and never-before-seen materials, they graphically portray the birth of this legendary, classical horror movie series...and stuff like how Wes created Freddy, Why he named Freddy as Freddy Krueger, Why he chose Depp not Charlie Sheen to be Glen, etc. Definitely a must read for a Freddy buff like me

The book is so cool, Freddy is so cool, the crew was so cool, Wes was so cool, but not that cool the moment Freddy spoke Shanghainese to me when he visited me in my dream after I'd seen the movie on VCR in 1990

Welcome, be my guest, fuckers!!

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