A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - 21 trivia entries
Directed by Wes Craven, starring Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, Charles Fleischer
The bathtub scene where Nancy is dragged under the tub - the bathtub had a false floor in it for Nancy to lay on and the tub was actually constructed around a swimming pool. Submitted by Hamster
When Tina is dragged along the ceiling as she is killed. To do this they built the room out of mettle with 3 rotating axis. They just covered the metal with scenery walls, to make it look like a regular bedroom. They bolted the camera, and every piece of furniture to the floor of the room. Nick Corri, who plays her boyfriend was similarly harnessed to the floor. As Tina is dragged across the ceiling the room is upside-down and she is simply rolling around on the ceiling of an upside-down room. Since the camera and Rod are both strapped to the floor of the room it creates the illusion that she is flying around the room. Submitted by Hamster
When Freddy bulges through the wall at the head of Tina's bed whilst Nancy sleeps in it, that is actually Jim Doyle (special effects specialist) standing behind a painted sheet of spandex, then pressing against it. Submitted by Hamster
When Nancy runs up the stairs, and steps in the goop, pancake mix is used in the pre-cut holes (visible as a mistake) and the pancake mix was covered with Bisquick and chopped up carpet. Submitted by Hamster
The firey footsteps that led upstairs were Pyro gel set alight. When it leads upstairs to Freddy set alight, it is stuntman Tony Cecere, who actually specializes in being set on fire. Submitted by Hamster
The sound of Freddy's knife-fingers scraping across metal was actually produced by scraping a steak knife across the underside of a metal chair. Submitted by Hamster