Elm Essays

A killer is on the horizon and his name is Freddy Krueger, in the movie Nightmare on Elm Street(2010). This film directed by Samuel Bayer and written by Wesley Strickand Eric Heisserer as a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 film of the same name, which revolves around a group of teenagers who are being stalked in their dreams by an impenetrable man named Freddy Krueger. Jackie Earle Haley, plays the bladed demon Freddy as he terrorizes teens; Kris Fowles (Katie Cassidy), Dean Russell (Kellan Lutz), and

You may be familiar with the supernatural horror movie character, Freddy Krueger from ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street.’ He is horribly disfigured with burn scars all over and is always wearing his trademark fedora, glove, and red and green striped sweater. He kills his victims with his glove that has claw-like razors in their dreams, which kills them in real life. On October 30th in San Antonio, Texas, a man dressed as the popular dream demon, Freddy Krueger opened fire at a Halloween party.

Hearts beating, fingers trembling, love is one of the most complex emotions people experience every single day. Love, a controller of actions, can influence actions to the point where one is lost in an illusion. In A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Catherine Barkley meticulously creates an illusion of love in order to fulfill her desires thereby leading Frederic, an oblivious man lost in an illusion, into an escape from reality. Catherine begins her plan by replacing the role of two important

The Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) developed by Petty and Cacioppo (1986) stresses the importance of cognition in mediating variables involved in the persuasion process. Elaboration refers to the degree to which an individual process the information that they are faced with. In this micro theory of communication, the model postulates that information processed through the two distinct routes, mainly the central or peripheral route, will ‘form the poles of a continuum to attitude change’ (McNeill

In need for a house that will deteriorate even the strongest of souls? Well look no further than 238 Elm Street. The exterior will surely leave you weak and on the floor sobbing with fear. The pungent stench of rotting moldy wood will surely wake you up at the break of dawn. Hear the charcoal crows squawk horrendous tunes as they circle in the gloomy sky like murderous vultures. As you walk across the creaking and moaning floorboards of the atrocious porch, the chilling trees will grip your startled

The modern horror genre constantly uses sleep as a plot device. In A Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy Krueger haunts people in their sleep and, in countless other movies and literature, ghosts and dolls always attach when the moon has risen. Even in reality, sleep can be horrifying. People can sleepwalk, have nightmares, or even awake temporarily paralyzed (sometimes even for hours). So, the use of sleep in the horror genre is anything but unusual and the device is definitely not a new construct.

gory murder. Both A Nightmare On Elm Street and Saw have the classic elements of a slasher film but differ significantly. The Saw movie franchise brings a new age curve to the horror movie genre with morals and lessons taught by each intricate trap made by the infamous Jigsaw. On the other hand, A Nightmare on Elm Street movie franchise, although considered a classic horror film, focuses on the supernatural aspects of the plot with added humor. A Nightmare On Elm Street and Saw both hold true to

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven in 1984. It was a critical success and went on to earn twenty-five-point-five million dollars and spawned several sequels, a remake, a television series, and comic books. With this paper I will look to answer four questions pertaining to my experience while watching this film. The first question involves how I distinguished between whether I was feeling fear or whether I was feeling anxiety. I explained that since the

started walking almost half-backwards…The guy was not only still looking at me but he thrust his head forward as if to say “Yes, I'm still looking at you” (extract from The Nightmare Never Ends: The Official History of Freddy Krueger and the Nightmare on Elm Street Series by William Schoell (1992) (IMDB) This neighbor not only set Krueger’s taunting bogeyman character, but it also set his appearance. In an interview about the film, Craven mentions his childhood story and briefly touches base on Krueger’s

A Nightmare on Elm Street was one of the most iconic movies ever made. The movie was written and directed by Wes Craven which was originally published in 1984, it was based on a man named Freddy Krueger, who was a serial killer which he was wearing a glove with four edges implanted within the fingers and murders individuals in their dreams, ensuing in their real demise into reality. The most heroes within the film are a bunch of youngsters that are all the victims of Freddy Krueger. The crew is like

Coming of age is apparent through the play, “Brighton Beach Memoirs” by Neil Simon. Although Simon writes about characters asserting their independence, and reaching the age of puberty, the one that finally comes to life and takes control of her life is the character that is most intriguing. The Character, Blanche Morton was forced to move in with her sisters family, the Jerome’s, after the death of her husband. Instead of being an independent woman and taking care of her own family she relies

Nightmare on Elm Street by Stephen King in the fact that people think could these thorrible things could happen to them while reading. It almost forces us to read or watch further to understand if we are in danger and how we can survive. Although fictional, we are reading for our lives. Another important element is the darkness and hidden aspect. In Frankenstein, Victor the creator is too afraid to tell others what he is doing. He is even too scared to tell his bride to be. In the nightmare on Elm street

Horror films have the capacity to be utilized as vehicles to discuss or address issues of social change and societal transformation. This essay is concerned with the function of the nuclear family in horror films. The question that is the focus of this essay is: how does the horror film use the family to address social issues? Therefore, this essay theorizes that horror films utilize the nuclear family to demonstrate the impact and effect that societal change can have on individuals within the family

I concur with King that we play host to anticivilization emotions and this explains why people can crave horror movies. There is some level of darkness in us, but, at most times, this dark side is eclipsed by the increased emphasis on civilization. King (2013) cites the case of emotions related to friendship, loyalty, love, and kindness to show how the society adore civilization and strive at maintaining the status quo. However, this does not entirely suppress the dark side in us. “Anticivilization

What exactly is the American Dream? It is a tangible concept that is within the hearts of most Americans. It can also differ and change between whom is asked and where that person is at with their life. The idea of the American Dream has certainly changed between its first manifestation during the 1800s and today, but at the same time some of those dreams have stayed the same. The American Dream equals happiness and what makes a person happy has changed throughout time. “In the 1920s, it became the

On August 20, 1989 Jose and Mary Menendez were found shot to death in their Beverly Hills home on 722 North Elm Drive. The convicted were their sons, Lyle and Erik Menendez. At the time, Lyle was aged twenty one and Erik was eighteen. Their parents, Mary Anderson and Jose Menendez, were on the coach when the two sons entered the room and shot them dead by the use of shotguns. The brothers claimed that they have returned from a night of the movies and found their parents assassinated. The brothers

According to Jeffrey Cohen, monsters and culture they were born in are interlinked and in no way could be read separately.() This progressive idea of ‘reading cultures through the monsters they engender’ can be greatly supported by the evidence of the texts available for the analysis, almost demanding to be read and processed accordingly. Lady Gaga, being a perfect monstrous product of the century, represents one of the most infamous monsters in the history of the beasts – the Fame Monster. To support

The Tooth Age “CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!”, Elm and his army yelled as they rammed their metal blocks into the evil one’s castle. Deirdre was the most evil and selfish person in all the land and was very powerful. He had a very short temper and got into fights easily. A god named Elm went to talk to Deirdre at his castle about teaming up against Riveria, the deadly water goddess whose dream was to rule the world. When Elm arrived, he levitated over ‘The Death Moat’ and went to talk to Deirdre. Deirdre wasn’t

I'm attending Elms for a few reasons but I'm ultimately going to college for my future in Accounting. I would like to attend Elms to attain a degree in Accounting and to learn the basics I need to become a strong CPA and eventually a CFO. In fact I enjoyed going to my grandfather's house at a young age to watch him work at his firm and because of my interest I want to continue his legacy in my future career. After taking multiple levels of accounting at my high school this only furthered my love

throughout the book. He has been taking care of his family members for years, never getting a break and somehow surviving with the small income he receives. His inner state resembles the giant elm tree that the smashup was centered around. The elm tree is strong with a large unmovable base. In the book, the elm is mentioned everywhere, even when someone would least expect it. It