# (CHILDREN LAUGHING AND CHATTERING) THUNDER CRASHING Can I have another? Hey. Can I have some more coffee, please? Where are you going? JINGLES Excuse me. Bitch. Hello? Hello? Anyone here? Lady. Lady. Hello? What the fuck? DOOR SQUEAKS BLADES SCRAPING CANS CLATTERING DOOR SQUEAKS NANCY: Dean. Dean. I told you, if you keep falling asleep, they're gonna kick you out of here. Um, s-sorry. Won't happen again, okay? Okay. TICKING THUNDER CRASHES BELL JINGLES Nancy. Hey, Kris. You can sit wherever you want. Actually, I'm-- I'm just here to meet Dean. Oh, he's right over there. Thanks. Hey. You look like you haven't-- Like I haven't slept in three days? Dean, what's going on? QUENTIN: What are we doing after this? JESSE: Let me see if we can go to Ashley's or whatever. Then I don't know. Look out, here comes your girlfriend. Oh, hey. NANCY: Hi. Can I get you guys anything else? Uh... Um... No, I think we're good. We'll just get the, uh, check. JESSE: Is that the only thing you wanna ask her, Quentin? CHUCKLES Asshole. THUNDER RUMBLING Hey. JESSE: Why is Kris with Dean? SIGHS Okay. Come on. QUENTIN: That's fucked up. DOOR OPENS (BELL JINGLES) What was that all about? Um, Jesse's just-- He's pissed because Kris broke up with him. I didn't even know they were together. Yeah. Well, I guess I can keep the change? Yeah. Look, um... DOOR OPENS (BELL JINGLES) ...I'm sorry about the mess. These guys are just-- I'm used to it. So you ever get tired of working here every weekend? Do you ever get tired of coming here every weekend? Quentin. You coming or no? Sorry. Look, this should take care of the rest of it. See you around. See you. DOOR OPENS (BELL JINGLES) Listen, maybe you should talk to somebody. I did. And he thinks all my problems come from my past. We began going through my childhood, and that's when they started. When what started? These nightmares. Nightmares. So, what, you-- You can't sleep? I can sleep. I just don't want to. Okay, Dean, listen to me. They're just dreams. Okay? They're not real. These dreams, they're real. They're not. They're real-- I'm-- I'm s-sorry, Kris. No, it's okay. Kris. No, no. It's fine. I'm gonna go clean myself off. It's okay. It's okay. DEAN GRUNTING (FREDDY CHUCKLING) DEAN: You're not real. You're not real. You're not real! I am now. Dean, what are you doing? You're not real! Dean, stop it. Dean. Dean, stop it! GASPS Dean! Dean! # MINISTER: Tragedy can shake us at our core and it can also unite us in our shared grief. Today we are gathered and united for the tragic loss of a young man with so much life ahead of him. Let us pray. Lord, you who can turn the shadow of death into the light of a new day. As we gather to commend Dean into your hands, help us to wait upon thee with penitent hearts and remind us of who... GASPS MINISTER: --and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. ALL: Amen. Come on, sweetie. It's over. INDISTINCT CHATTERING ALAN: Let's go say hi. Gwen. Hi, how are you? Alan, hi. It's been a long time. Yeah, yeah. Especially under these circumstances. GWEN: Yeah. You know, Nance, if you need someone to talk to... I'm okay. Thank you. ALAN: We're setting up a crisis center at the school. You know where my office is, right, Nancy? NANCY: Yeah. GWEN: We're gonna head out. Take care. Good to see you. GWEN: Bye-bye, Quentin. You knew Dean that far back? KRIS: Jesus, that is me. But I don't know how I'm in that picture. I didn't meet Dean until high school. Come on. Dean said something right before he died. Oh, please don't. He said, "You're not real." He kept repeating it over and over again. Do you have any idea what that means? No. I don't. Think about it. What would it mean? Dean was on a truckload of medication when-- Jesse. When it happened, it was like somebody was making him do it, but there was nobody there. Jesse, you have to believe me. Kris, it was late and you were scared. Your mind was just playing tricks on you, that's all. I believe you. You do? I've seen... I saw-- You didn't see anything. You weren't right there. Kris was. She's already fucked up, so leave her alone. You have no idea what I've seen. Let's go home. EXHALES SOFTLY # ROARS GASPS Hi. Hi. Hey, Mom, where are all the photos of me from when I was younger? They're not here. Oh, well, who knows? They're probably packed away over the garage. Why? Because today at the funeral I, um... I saw a photo of Dean and I when we were, like, 5. But, you know, it's funny, I don't remember knowing Dean before high school. Who can remember being 5 years old? Hey, why don't you pack those up? Dinner's almost ready. NORA: Good night, honey. # ELECTRICITY CRACKLES (GASPS) FLOORBOARD CREAKS SCREAMS GASPING Remember me? SCREAMING Kris? You okay? BELL RINGING QUENTIN: What is that? Uh, nothing. Just, like, a sketch. Are you okay? Yeah, I'm okay. Yeah? Are you okay? Yeah, you know. You know, like, if you ever need somebody, if you ever wanna talk to somebody, I-- I'm sure you have like a thousand other people you could talk to, but if you wanna talk to somebody... Thanks. Quentin. You're gonna be late to class. Come on, buddy, let's go. My dad. I know. Now, class, it was Pericles who told the Athenian people they should all gather into the gates of the city while his naval fleet picked off the Spartans by sea. Now, it was to be a slow but sure victory. The Spartans would never make it over the walls of the acropolis, Pericles said. But what he didn't take into account is that the plague would eventually strike. Open your books to page 84. To further complicate matters, the Spartans were armed with a variety of weapons, some of them even improvised. And they would not hesitate to slaughter every Athenian they saw, even children. Especially the children of soldiers. This is where the... BREATHING HEAVILY Wake up. Wake up, wake up, wake up. You really shouldn't fall asleep in class. FREDDY LAUGHING PANTING FREDDY: Hi, Kris. Who are you? You look just as beautiful as ever. You have nothing to worry about. This won't hurt one little bit. SCREAMS Are you okay, Miss Fowles? MOUTHING What happened? I'm sorry. BELL RINGING JESSE: Kris! CREEPY MUSIC CAR ALARM CHIRPS Rufus. Rufus, what are you doing? Huh? What are you doing out here? Come on. Rufus. WHISTLES Come on. NORA: Hey. I have to fly to London on a redeye tonight. Okay. NORA: You gonna be okay? Yeah, I'm fine. I'm gonna be all right. Have a safe flight. I just worry about you. Try and get some sleep. Okay. I'll call you when I land. I love you. Love you. BEEPING FLOORBOARDS CREAKING SIGHS Jesus, Jesse. What the hell are you doing here? Are you gonna let me in? Yeah, come in. All right, I know I've been an asshole and I've been jealous and I've been fucked up. But Dean was my friend too. Will you please tell me what's been going on? I'm having these dreams. And I'm scared. I think Dean was having them too. Kris, listen, we've all-- I know what you're gonna say. But now every time I dream, I always see this man. And he's... He's burned and-- And-- And-- And melted. And he's always trying to attack me with these knives-- Knives on his fingers. What? Oh, my God. We're having the same dream. Kris, it's not possible. It is possible. It's just a dream, all right? Not a dream. Shh. Shh. (CRYING) Shh. Shh. Oh, God. I'm so afraid. All I wanna do is go to sleep, but if I do he's gonna kill me like Dean. Maybe we should just stop talking about it, all right? We keep talking about it, we'll keep thinking about it, and then we'll keep dreaming about it, okay? Look at me. You'll stay with me? Of course I'll stay with you. RUFUS BARKING Rufus! Rufus, get in here! Rufus! SIGHS Shit. Rufus. Rufus? Rufus, come here, boy. CLAPPING HANDS Come here. WIND CHIME TINKLING Ru-- Ru-- Rufus. Oh, my-- FREDDY: I was just petting him. LAUGHING (BLADES SCRAPING) Jess! Help! No! No! Help me, please! Help me! LAUGHING GIRL: # One, two Freddy's coming for you # Come on. Come on. # Three, four # # Better lock your door # We have to hide. # Five, six Grab your crucifix # FREDDY: Five... # Seven, eight # ...four... # Gonna stay up late # ...three... ...two... ...one. Ready or not... Oh, my God. BLADES SCREECHING ...here I come. GASPS PANTING Jesse? Mm. Jess? SIGHS Found you. SCREAMING Kris! It's all right-- Hey! Hey! Kris, stop! Kris! Stop! Kris! Oh, my God. Wake up! Kris! Kris! SCREAMS GASPS Oh, shit. Kris? Oh, God. Kris? Oh, shit. HOUSE ALARM BLARING Fuck! PANTING DOG BARKING Okay, okay. Okay, okay, okay. MAN: Hey! Hey, you! I'm calling the cops! THINKS: I have two PHDs. Should I go for a third? THINKS: 'I don't wanna throw the sea away. I mean, you gotta keep it; LAID-BACK MUSIC PLAYS THINKS: I blame the ocean. That's what divides us as people. 'I mean, if we drained all the sea from the planet, then we'd be connected.' THINKS: I have two PHDs. Should I go for a third? THINKS: 'I don't wanna throw the sea away. I mean, you gotta keep it; it's` it's of some use. 'Maybe up in space in a bowl.' THINKS: Bit greedy maybe. 'I'm just so smart.' LAID-BACK MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING THINKS: 'Course, we'd have to house all the animals. CAR HORN BEEPS 'Ooh. 'Meanwhile, down on Earth, all those shipwrecks could become playgrounds for kids ` 'kids of all nations. (LAUGHS)' TYRES SCREECH LAID-BACK MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING THINKS: Ow, my genius head. LAID-BACK MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING KNOCK AT DOOR GWEN: Honey? Nancy. Nancy. Yeah? It's the middle of the night. You need to go to sleep, hon. Okay, I will. Now. Okay. Shh! Shh! Shh! Nancy, it's me. It's me. Jesse. What the--? Hey, hey. What are you doing here? Just listen. What happened to you? Whose blood is that? Is it your blood? Listen, okay? Please. I was with Kris and-- What'd you do to her? I didn't do anything to her. I'm trying to tell you. Now listen to me, something's going on, okay? Tell me what happened to Kris, Jesse. Someone killed her in her sleep. What? What are you talking about? Don't pretend like you don't know, because you do. You said it at the funeral. He's the one who's trying to kill us in our dreams. All I keep hearing is the song. What song? # One, two # # Freddy's coming for you # Freddy. That's his name and he's in all of our heads. No, that's impossible. (KNOCK AT DOOR) GWEN: Nancy. Shit. We gotta stop this. How? I don't know. Just don't fall asleep. If you die in your dreams, you die for real. GWEN: Nancy? Who's in there? POLICE SIRENS APPROACHING Oh, shit. COP 1: Police. Don't move! Get down! Get down! I didn't do anything. COP 2: Down! Listen to me, I didn't do anything. I swear. Please. Get down! Ah! I loved her, man! I couldn't kill her! COP 3 OVER RADIO: What's going on? JESSE: I didn't do anything! Stop! COP 2: Shut up. Get up. I didn't kill her! You know! Shut the fuck up. DISPATCHER: That's a roger, two-two. GRUNTS COP 2: Get up. COP 1: Call it in, code four. COP 4: Get him out of here. COP 3 OVER RADIO: Copy that, we've got a homicide. COP 2: Code four. Homicide suspect in custody. Nancy! You know! You know who did it! POLICE SIREN WAILING COP 1: Open three. Clear. Clear four. Get him out. COP 2: All right. COP 1: Hold five open. INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER COP 1: Open four. BUZZER SOUNDS (DOOR RUMBLES OPEN) CELL PHONE RINGING QUENTIN: Hello? Hi, it's Nancy. Hey. You said to call you if I needed to talk. Yeah. Kris is dead. BREATHING HEAVILY Stay awake. Stay awake. Quiet. JESSE SLAPPING Shut the fuck up. CROWS CAWING GIRLS GIGGLING GIRL: Five, four, three, two... FREDDY: Five, six, seven... FREDDY WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY GASPS Nightmares? Yeah. Freddy? COP: Open four. BUZZER SOUNDS (DOOR RUMBLES OPEN) Get up. Folks posted your bail. BUZZER SOUNDS STEAM HISSING KRIS: Jesse, help me. Help me, please. METAL CLANKING AND GROANING CHILDREN GIGGLING GASPS BLADES SCRAPING Kris? Oh, God. No. Just me. What do you want from me? FREDDY: Hmm. I don't know, Jesse. You think you can turn back time? Answer me! No. Do you think you can bring the dead back to life? No. No! No? I didn't fucking think so. No! No! No! FREDDY: Why are you screaming when I haven't even cut you yet? FREDDY CHUCKLING WHIMPERING SCREAMS I didn't do it! I'm innocent! Get me out of here! BANGING ON DOOR Let me the fuck out of here! Did you know that after the heart stops beating, the brain keeps functioning for well over seven minutes? WHIMPERING We got six more minutes to play. CHUCKLING SCREAMS You okay? Yeah. I'm just really exhausted. ZIPPER RASPS Here. What's that? QUENTIN: Zoneral. It's basically, um, speed for kids with ADD. I've been on it since I was, like, 15. No. No. No, thanks. Nancy, look, you're running on fumes. Here, okay? Are you sure? It's-- Yeah, I'm fine for now. I didn't, uh, take you for the religious type. Yeah, well, you gotta believe in something, you know? What's this one doing here? It's The Pied Piper of Hamelin. I saw it in one of my dreams. It's a story about a guy who's betrayed by a town and he gets his revenge by taking all their children. I keep dreaming about children too. And then there's also a school. Well, it's gotta mean something. Yeah, but, I mean, what? We didn't go to school together until, like, 6th grade. Look, we're running out of time. What do you mean? Well, it says nightmares are triggered by the belief that the dreamer has no control, and this can cause insomnia. But then it says at the 70-hour mark, the insomniac will begin to experience micronaps. "His brain will begin to shut down its functions for seconds in an attempt to recharge." This basically means that you're dreaming, but you don't know it. Like, even if-- Even if you're awake. And then it says after that, your brain will shut down, inducing a coma. Which is permanent sleep. Nancy? Nancy? Nancy. KNOCK AT DOOR Yeah? Hey. Hey. Where have you been? I was at the bookstore. Okay, well, I didn't know where you were. And I just feel like, with everything that's been happening with your friends-- Hey, Mom? Do I have some sort of connection with Kris and Dean and Jesse? Or Quentin? Like, maybe we went to school together when we were little or something like that? Not that I can recall. Did we ever know a guy named Freddy? I don't think so. Okay. Good night. Good night. Hey, it's Gwen. Nancy's starting to remember. WATER SPLASHING ALARM RINGS SIGHS KNOCK AT DOOR GWEN: Honey, you okay? Yeah, I'm fine, Mom. All right. I'm going to bed. Okay. # FREDDY: Little Nancy. All grown up. You're just a nightmare. FREDDY: That's right. And no one can prove I was ever here. Who are you? FREDDY: Hm. You don't remember? You must. You're my number one. WHIMPERS You're my little Nancy. MOANS I set an alarm. Yes, you did. In your dream. CHUCKLES SNIFFING You smell different. CELL PHONE RINGING GASPS Quentin? Nancy, he got to him. Jesse's dead. He died in his sleep. I saw him. I fell asleep. I saw Freddy. All right, I'm coming over. Okay. Shit. QUENTIN: So Badham's a preschool. It's on the other end of town. It was closed years ago. Can't find any pictures. Wait, come here. I drew this after my dream. I don't know. I've-- I've never seen it before. How is the guy in our dreams connected to the school? I don't know. But I know my mom's hiding something. QUENTIN: There's nothing here. Help me. What is that? We're all here. Kris, Jesse, Dean. It's me, it's you, it's-- What are you doing? What are you doing? Nancy, what is going on? Give me the picture. I don't understand. You said that... You said that we didn't know each other. But we're all in this picture. We went to school together. Give me the picture. It's okay. Why would you lie to me? GWEN: I didn't lie. It's right here. Why would you lie to me? Stop lying to me. I know you're lying to me. I'm not lying to you. Stop lying to me! I am not lying to you! I didn't want you to have to go through your life with this memory! I didn't want you to remember. I wanted you to forget! Remember what? What happened at that preschool? MAN: Smile, everybody. You guys look great. GWEN: There was a man at the preschool. His name was Fred Krueger. GIRLS: # One, two # # Freddy's coming for you # # Three, four Better lock your door # GWEN: He was a gardener. He lived in the basement of the preschool and you kids were his life. LAUGHING FREDDY IMITATING AIRPLANE (CHILDREN LAUGHING) Four, three, two, one. We didn't wanna believe it at first. FREDDY: Ready or not... You all were so innocent. ...here I come. And you, Nancy... What are you drawing? That is so good. you were his favorite of all. You know what? I got some other drawings. And they're, like, really bad drawings. Maybe you can help me fix them? And then we started to notice things. Yeah. Uh, he has been acting a little strange lately. He takes us to the secret cave. CRYING It's okay. It's all right. So, what did you do? Did you call the police? He left town before we ever were able to confront him. He's gone. He can't hurt you anymore. So these dreams that you're having, they're-- They're repressed memories from a terrible, terrible time. I hope that you're right. We have to find the other kids in the picture. What are you talking about? No. It doesn't make any sense. There's gotta be more to it. It's not-- This makes total sense. You heard your mom. These are just memories. What if she's wrong? We're experiencing them, we're living them, but they're just memories. How do you know that? HORN HONKING Whoa, whoa, whoa! Quentin, get in the car. It's my dad. I gotta go. We have to do something. Look, stop. This is crazy. Listen to yourself. I'm sorry. TYRES SCREECH WHISTLE TWEETS COACH: I want you to do 400 warm-up. Then do a 200-back-breast drill swim. Quentin, I need you to focus. I need you to wake up. Let's go. All right, guys. Step up. Let's go. On the blocks. Take your mark. WHISTLE TWEETS COACH: Make sure you're working your underwaters, hit the turns, in and out really quick. Powerful dolphins off the wall. All right, guys, we're gonna do eight 300s, descend one to four, hold five to eight. All right, hop out. On the blocks, guys. Let's go. Let's step up. Take your mark. WHISTLE TWEETS (SWIMMERS GRUNT) Come on, pick it up. Let's go, guys. Come on. Come on. Come on, let's go. Attaboy. Come on, now. Come on. Come on, let's go. Come on. Come on! Memories don't kill you. GASPING COUGHING TYRES SCREECHING Wait! Hey! PANTING TYRES SCREECH Okay. ALAN: Krueger! MAN: Come on out, you bastard! BANG Goddamn it. You open this door, Krueger! What do you think I did? I didn't do anything! Get your ass out. Open the fucking door! I didn't do it! Norm, make sure he can't get out the back! Okay. GRUNTING Okay! Stop! Stop. Okay. Okay. Okay. What are you doing? No, no, no. This isn't the right way. We gotta call the police. What is the right way? Our kids get on a stand, and tell a room of people what happened? We've got to call the police. He's right. This is not the way to do this. This ends tonight. YELLS Okay. Okay. This is for my son! Come out, Krueger! SCREAMING SCREAMING SCREAMING No! GASPS Are you okay? GASPING AND COUGHING Go get the nurse. Breathe, breathe. Come on. Come on, breathe. Just relax and breathe. Come on. Come on. I had another nightmare last night. That burned man with the striped sweater, he keeps trying to kill me. I ran a different way this time. I ended up in front of a preschool. I woke up before I had a chance to explore, but it has to mean something. He, uh, chased me into the preschool this time. I got away, made it down to the basement. But it feels like that's where he wants me to go. Like he needs me to find something. I'm starting to dream with my eyes open. I can't tell what's real anymore. I haven't slept in three days. SNIFFLES If I sleep, I dream. If I dream, I'm dead. Is there anybody else out there that this is happening to? Can somebody help me? Please? GLASS SHATTERS SNIFFLES GASPS NANCY: They're all dead. I know what happened to Freddy. You killed Krueger. Where'd you hear that name? You chased him, you cornered him and burned him to death. You hunted him! We did not hunt him. We were protecting you. From what? From him. From what he did to you. From what you told us he did. We were 5. We would've said anything! Why didn't you go to the police? You were so young. No. God! And the things we said he did... The cave. Did you ever find it? No. How do you know he was guilty? Oh, my God. You killed an innocent man. Mm-mm. There's not a day that goes by that I don't think about that night, Quentin. Good, you deserve at least that. Quentin. When you grow up and you have kids, I hope you never know the feeling of utterly failing to protect them. Don't touch-- Don't touch me. Son-- You listen to me. As far as everyone around here is concerned, Fred Krueger never existed. Quentin. Quentin, wait. Wait. What? Slow down. Stop. We got him killed. Our stories, our lies. What if we can make him stop? What if we can? What about the preschool? Marcus said that Freddy wanted him to find something. Fine. KRIS: Nancy. Don't you wanna hang out, Nancy? FREDDY LAUGHING What are you doing? I just saw Kris in a body bag. All right, you've been up for too long. You're having micronaps. We gotta go. Let's go find the preschool. TYRES SCREECHING What are we doing here? I need more pills. ("UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) KNOCKS ON WINDOW GROWLS (SCREAMING) PANTING Hi. Um, I'm gonna need a, um, refill on that, please. On this, um, you're out of refills. I'm gonna have to, uh, call the doctor on this. Look, I-- I don't have, uh, time to call a doctor. Look-- Look, I've been on this stuff since I was-- I was 15. Okay? It's totally fine. You just-- You just go back, you fill it up and-- Even just a couple. All I need is a couple. No. No, I'm sorry. LIGHTER CLICKS SIZZLING GASPING # When I want you # # In my arms When I want you # Quentin. Quentin. SNIFFLES Just fill it up. No. # Dream, dream, dream # Quentin. # When I feel blue In the night # # And I need you To hold me tight # # Whenever I want you # # All I have to do is dream # METAL SCREECHING NANCY: No. No. FREDDY CHUCKLING SCREAMING Wake up! You're bleeding. SCREAMING Oh, my God. What happened? His sweater. Okay. He's here. Man, you're hurt really bad. Let's go to the hospital. Come on. WOMAN OVER PA: Dr. Blake Mason to ICU, please. Baby. Oh, honey, honey, honey, what happened? Who did this to you? Look at it, Mom. You know who did it. You know who did it. Oh, honey. Okay, how we doing? It's gonna be okay. I'm gonna give you a little something for the pain. It'll put you right out. No, Mom, I don't want it. I don't want it, Mom. I don't want it. GWEN: It's okay, it's okay. No, Mom, no. I don't want it. Don't let her do it. This might sting a bit. No! No! Okay. Okay. NANCY (CRYING): No! Where's Quentin? Can I have a word with you in the hall? Don't leave. Don't leave, Mom. Mom. Where's Quentin? I need Quentin. Your daughter needs to be sedated, but I can't do anything without your authorization. I-- I just-- I want her to be out of pain. Good. Sign this. She'll be fine. Great. TYRES SCREECH SIGHS SNIFFLES Thank you. You okay? Yeah. Yeah? What is that? QUENTIN: Adrenaline. Keep us awake. Where'd you get it? I stole it off one of the nurse's carts. You can't just take that. You have no idea what it's gonna do to you. You know what? That is kind of the least of my concerns right now. So do you want some? No. QUENTIN GRUNTS Whoa. Are you okay? Yeah. I'm good. Let's go. NANCY: How much further? QUENTIN: We're almost there. Hey, will you talk to me? I'm falling asleep. Yeah. What do you wanna talk about? I don't know. What's your favorite color? Blue. Look, if you really wanna talk, how come over the last couple of years, every time I've invited you out, you've just never shown up? I don't know if you've noticed, but I don't exactly fit in. Okay, look, if we survive the next 24 hours, then I'll take you out on a real date. Well, what if I say no? Well, why don't you sleep on it? CHUCKLES TYRES SCREECHING QUENTIN: You okay? NANCY: I'm fine. Come on. I saw him. He was right there. We gotta go. Come on. FREDDY LAUGHING This is it. This is the school. No! (LAUGHS) Are you okay? BREATHING HEAVILY I don't know what's real anymore. Come on. Follow me. Hey, give me your lighter. All right, well, now that we're here, now what? Because I don't remember any of this. This must be his room. Okay, he brought us here for a reason. QUENTIN: This is definitely his room. PAPER RUSTLING Quentin. What? There's something back there. I've been here before. If you can keep a secret, I'll take you to a special place. CHILDREN LAUGHING What are those? What are those pictures of? They're all of you. Let me see. No. No. SOBBING Oh, God. No! We were wrong. He's not after us because we lied. He's after us because we told the truth. He brought us here so we would remember what he did to us. God. Fuck! Fuck. What does he want from us? He's never gonna stop. I know what we need to do. Come on. There's gotta be another way. If we just sit here and do nothing, we're gonna die. I should do this. I'm the one who pulled his sweater out. What if I'm the only one who can bring him out? Nancy, I can't let you go to sleep. You're not gonna wake up. I know you won't let that happen. Wake me up if you see me struggle. Gotta believe in something, right? I'm gonna be here when you get up. We're gonna make it. CREEPY MUSIC STEAM HISSING Aw, shit. SCREAMS GRUNTS You can't save her. Tag. You're it. QUENTIN GRUNTS NANCY: Krueger! FREDDY: Your girlfriend's here. I'll be right back. FREDDY: # One, two # # Guess who's coming For you # FREDDY CHUCKLES Little Nancy. Now that you caught me, what game do you wanna play next? Fuck you. Ooh. Sounds like fun. It's a little fast for me. How about we hang first? No. It's not real. It's real. I'm real. SCREAMS FOOTSTEPS CLOMPING Boo. NANCY SCREAMS # SCREAMS Now, how's this for a wet dream? FREDDY CHUCKLING BLADES SCRAPING LAUGHS SCREAMS WOOD GROANING DOOR CREAKING TAPPING (BLADES SCRAPING, METAL RINGING) Quentin, wake me up. MOANING FREDDY: This dress was always one of my favorites. Do you remember it, Nancy? Of course you do. You remember everything now, don't you? Your memories are what fuels me. CHUCKLES No. Please don't. Your mouth says no, but your body says yes. Mmm. Don't turn away. Look at me! Look what you did to me. Now it's time to play. GRUNTS CHUCKLES Are you having fun? NANCY YELLS (FREDDY GASPS) CHUCKLES Naughty girl. GRUNTING You can't hurt me. You're in my world. Ah! And you can't ever leave. SCREAMING Oh... That's music to my ears. I wanna wake up! You can't wake up. I had to keep you awake long enough so when you finally slept, you'd never wake up again. CRYING Nancy, wake up. Wake up, Nancy, wake up! We're gonna be in here a long time. Nancy, please! Did you really think your boyfriend could wake you up? Please, don't do this! Please! I'm your boyfriend now. Nancy, come back! Please, wake up! You promised! Sweet dreams. GASPS GASPS PANTING NANCY: Quentin, get him. BOTH GRUNTING Ah! (GRUNTS) Die! Fucking bastard! FREDDY: Nice try, Nancy. Now let me take a stab. FREDDY SCREAMS FREDDY: Now, why don't you just fucking die? YELLS (FLESH TEARING) NANCY: It hurts, doesn't it? That's because you're in my world now, bitch. BREATHING HEAVILY QUENTIN COUGHING Wait. BOTH COUGHING FIREMAN: Aim it up a little higher. INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER COP: No sign of a body anywhere. AMBULANCE SIREN WAILING Hey, Quentin. Nightmare's over. CRICKETS CHIRPING I want you to go straight up to bed, okay? Yeah. (SIGHS) Hey, Mom? I know you were just trying to protect me. Thank you. I'm just glad you're safe. SCREAMING FREDDY GRUNTING # Dream # # Dream, dream, dream # # Dream # # Dream, dream, dream # # When I want you # # In my arms # # When I want you # # And all your charms # # Whenever I want you # # All I have to do is dream # # Dream, dream, dream # # When I feel blue # # In the night # # And I need you # # To hold me tight # # Whenever I want you # # All I have to do is dream # # I can make you mine Taste your lips of wine # # Anytime night or day # #Only trouble is Gee whiz # # I'm dreaming My life away # # I need you so # # That I could die # # I love you so # # And that is why # # Whenever I want you # # All I have to do Is dream # # Dream, dream, dream # # Dream # # Dream, dream, dream # # Dream # # Dream, dream, dream # # Dream # # www.tvnz.co.nz/access-services Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. TVNZ Access Services 2012 GIRL: # La, la, la, la # # La, la, la, la # # La, la, la, la #