"A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET"

BY: MIKESLIKB

BASED ON THE CHARACTERS CREATED BY WES CRAVEN

"You are not wrong, who deem

That my days have been a dream;"

-EDGAR ALLAN POE

FADE IN:

INT. BOILER ROOM

The scene opens with a completely black screen and the sound of heavy, nervous breathing. In the background, the light echo of a familiar rhyme is heard through the voices of children.

"One two, Freddy's coming for you. Three four, better lock your door. Five six, grab your crucifix..."

Soon the heavy breathing is joined by the sound of moving and maneuvering. Suddenly, in the midst of the blackness, breathing and moving, the sound of a latch being opened is heard. A dim light appears as a small circular door is opened. From out of the darkness emerges a girl - the heavy breather. As she steps out of the cylindric metal boiler, her bare foot touches the wet cement floor.

Around her, the girl looks; standing in a white nightgown. The sound of water dripping can be heard. Surrounding her are long chains, hanging from the ceiling. A fire can also be heard in the distance. She slowly moves one foot in front of the other as she turns to see where she is. In front of her is a thin staircase that leads to an upper level of what is so obviously a boiler room. The sound of blades being dragged across metal echoes three times before it gets quiet again.

The loud and sudden release of steam pressure causes the girl to jump and sends her running up the staircase.

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The girl stands at the top of the stairs and looks to both sides of her. In front of the staircase is more boiler room equipment. Unaware of where to go, the girl chooses to go to the left. She walks along the gated floor, looking down at the level below. Again, the sound of blades scratching metal echoes throughout. She stops to look, but then continues on.

The blonde-haired girl continues to roam the boiler room, aimlessly. When she turns the corner, she finds herself right back in front of the dark boiler she crawled out of. The door remains open and the echoing voices of the children continues.

"One two, Freddy's coming for you..."

Nervously, she looks around. Probably wondering how she wound up back there when she ran up the stairs behind her.

"Three four, better lock your door. Five six, grab your crucifix. Seven eight, better stay up late..."

Hearing the voices coming out of the open boiler, she looks in to the darkness.

"Nine ten... never sleep..."

FREDDY

A-GAIN!

What appears to be a clawed-hand, followed by a red and green striped shirt reaches out of the darkness. The girl screams and jumps back.

CUT TO:

INT. BEDROOM

A young boy is heard yelling.

BOY

Tina! Tina, wake up!

The blonde-haired girl known as Tina is shaken in her bed by a nine year old boy. He has blonde hair and is dressed in baseball pajamas.

Tina opens her eyes and jumps up. Breathing heavily and sweating, she looks at the boy.

BOY

You were having a nightmare.

TINA

Go-go back to bed, Mark.

Mark turns and goes back to his bed on the other side of the dark room.

Tina lays back down in her bed. She looks out the window and sees a tree; making a shadow on her wall. The shadow looking similarly to the claw-like hand that just reached toward her just a second ago.

CUT TO:

INT. TINA'S CAR - MORNING

Tina pulls her car up to the front of a house which address read: 1428 Elm St. She honks her horn as she looks out at the two story, green brick roof. The radio in the car is on.

"In other news, tomorrow marks the thirteenth anniversary of the first victim of the Springwood Slasher..."

Tina lowers the radio when she sees her friend, a curly-haired brunette - NANCY look out the window of her second story room. A big smile on her face, the girl waved.

NANCY

Hey, happy birthday!

TINA

Nancy, we're gonna be late!

NANCY

Hold on! I'll be right down!

Tina sits back in her seat. The radio lowered, all she can hear is the sounds of the birds. She blinks and blinks until the blinks get longer and finally her eyes are closed. Suddenly she hears the echoing of scratching metal again. She whimpers in her sleep. But this nightmare doesn't have a chance. Tina is immediately awoken by her friend, Nancy getting into the car on the passanger side.

NANCY

Hey-hey, dozin' off there.

Tina jumps up and grabs the cup of coffee she had in the cup holder of the car. She sips it. Nancy hugs her.

NANCY

So, birthday-girl - when did it become official?

TINA

Three twenty-seven a.m. I was sleeping until I had the craziest nightmare.

Tina puts the gear back in drive and pulls away from 1428 Elm.

NANCY

(laughs) Nightmare?

TINA

Yeah, I woke up to my little brother shaking me.I guess he was up reading his comics all night.

NANCY

My nightmares are always something dumb like being chased by a dog. (laughs)

TINA

There were no dogs in my dream...

NANCY

So, anyway - what's it like to be seventeen?

TINA

Ha, like you won't find out in two days.

NANCY

(laughs) I know I can't wait! At least your birthday is on Friday this year...

TINA

Better than a Sunday.

NANCY

That's why we're celebrating your's tonight and mine tomorrow! Your mom's still goin' to California for the weekend, right?

TINA

Yeah, all we have to worry about is my little brother.(and Freddy!)

NANCY

Yeah, let's hope that's all it is...

CUT TO:

EXT. SPRINGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL - PARKING LOT

Nancy and Tina pull into a parking space. The pre-class mornings always have the parking lot filled with students waiting for school to start.

As Nancy and Tina get out of the car, two people yell over.

"Happy Birthday, Tina!"

"Happy Birthday, Teen!"

Tina smiles and waves.

TINA

Hey, thanks guys!

As Nancy and Tina begin toward the building, a brown-haired young man, GLEN on his skateboard, rides up right in front of them. He smiles deviously. He is dressed like a typical skateboarder: a hat, short sleeve shirt over long, baggy pants and sneakers.

GLEN

Happy Birthday!

A startled Tina and Nancy stop quick. Tina rolls her eyes.

TINA

Glen, you jerk!

Glen and Nancy laugh.

GLEN

Hey, babe.

He kisses Nancy, then stomps on the back of his skateboard and grabs the front. He puts his arm around her waste.

TINA

Nancy, you're boyfriend's an asshole.

Tina continues on. Glen looks at Nancy.

GLEN

What's with her?

NANCY

(shrugs) She must be exhausted. She was having nightmares or something.

The two laugh and follow Tina to the entrance of the school. The scene ends with the bell ringing and a distant shot of Nancy and Glen walking into the building.

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INT. SPRINGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL - CLASSROOM

Nancy and Tina are sitting in their English class. The room is full of students and a tall, older male teacher who wears glasses and has balding blonde hair. Nancy is sitting in the row next to Tina's, three seats behind her friend. Nancy notices Tina falling asleep at her desk.

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EXT. OUTSIDE A FACTORY - DUSK

Tina opens her eyes, only to find herself standing in front of an old burnt down factory. The sky is dark and dreary and Tina believes herself to be all alone until she hears that familiar rhyme - from behind her.

"One two, Freddy's coming for you. Three four, better lock your door. Five six, grab your crucifix."

Tina turns around and sees a group of children all in white, playing hopscotch and jumprope down at the very end of the road. She begins walking toward them.

"Seven eight, better stay up late. Nine ten, never sleep again."

The sound of the scratching of metal startled Tina. She turned around to see where it was coming from. Presumeably from inside what's left of the factory.

A low tone, deep voice calls out among the on and off metal scratching.

"Tiiinaa..."

TINA

Whose there?

Tina slowly walks toward the entrance to the factory.

"Tiinaa..."

She grabs the falling off door handle and struggles to pull open the huge metal door. The scratching continues, as do the playing kids chanting Freddy's theme.

Finally getting the door open, Tina looks in only to see blackness. The same blackness in the boiler she crawled out of. The same blackness the clawed-hand came out of.

"Tina..."

TINA

Hello?

Tina looks behind her shoulder before turning to look back into the blackness.

Suddenly, the clawed-hand reaches out and grabs Tina's arm, pulling her into the dark-filled room.

FREDDY

Tina!

Tina screamed as she was ripped in.

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INT. SPRINGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL - CLASSROOM

The class was completely, quiet. The teacher stood quietly writing notes on the chalk board. The students were writing in their notebooks and Tina was asleep.

The next moment, the sound of a cell phone vibrating disrupted the silence of the classroom. At that moment, Tina jumped from her seat, screaming and fighting an invisible person. The teacher turns around and the students all look on in shock.

Tina drops to the floor and looks around her.

MR. ENGLUND

Tina?

Tina gets up and runs out of the classroom. Everyone's eyes glued on her.

Nancy stands up, runs over and catches the closing door behind Tina.

MR. ENGLUND

Ms. Thompson!

NANCY

Uh, yeah, Mr. Englund - I'll make sure she's okay!

Nancy runs out the door after Tina.

FADE OUT