A Nightmare On Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher,
written and directed by Wes Craven. The film is set in Midwestern town of
Springwood which evolves around several teenagers who are stalked and killed
similar to Halloween and scream. These teenagers have a nightmare of their
death in their dreams before hand and a killed in their reality. Whilst the
teenagers are unaware of their paranormal discoveries, their parents hide a
dark secret. The film had been praised for the story as the director has been
able to distinguish the boundaries between the imaginary and reality.
- The typical convention are used in olden films and the new films of 2012 and onward, the iconography:blood and gore. The colours used are dull and terrifying such as black and red, white is used on a naive soul who is often the one who survives. The use of colour is associated with the activities that take place in the film therefore allows the audience to identity what the film is trying to portray. Also the abandoned location which are isolated from the rest on a darker environment where is is difficult for characters to hide. The themes are also very similar: Good vs Evil, religions, supernatural, fear, zombies, nightmares.
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