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[theme music]

I'll be back! I'm free!

[screaming]

[indistinct chattering]

[rock music]

No, thank you.

[music continues]

[clattering]

Mark, I'm trying to study.

How did you know that was me?

I admit my stalker technique needs little work, but..

you couldn't possibly have heard me.

I mean, not with all the racket downstairs

and those headphones.

I didn't even turn 'em on yet

not that they would have done any good.

Okay, so..

you knew some maniac crawled in the window.

How could you be absolutely sure that was me?

Because any maniac that clumsy I figure I could handle

no offence.

I don't know why I even bother to try.

You're not afraid of anything.

Mark, I'm afraid that I'm not gonna pass

this anatomy test tomorrow.

What you need is a little R&R.

So I'm going to drag your

anatomy and your Mozart.

We're goin' downstairs and party.

Mark, I'm not going.

- 'Course you are. - No, I'm not.

You don't wanna disappoint, Mr. Pumpkin.

Marsha, come on. This is Halloween.

It's a very important holiday.

- Not in Detroit. - This isn't Detroit.

- This is Springwood. - Mark, and this is goodbye.

Would you come downstairs to the party?

You might surprise yourself and have a good time.

Mark, this is my most important test.

It's my anatomy exam

and I don't wanna blow my entire GPA with a C.

I'll be happy just passing.

Passing's not good enough for me.

And you know that.

Not good enough for grandma.

[instrumental music]

I don't wanna talk about her anymore.

Uh, hey, me neither.

Gary, I'm sorry. I thought you were somebody else.

Oh, that's the point.

Look, look, you're already late for the party.

So why don't you get upstairs and get into your costume?

Actually I wasn't coming in, I was just leaving.

Uh, library's closed.

Dissection room is open all night.

You're passing us up for a cadaver?

I'm sorry, Gary, I've got an anatomy mid-term tomorrow...

Now, now, that's, that's two apologies

in, in, less than a minute

I'm impressed.

- I'm sorry. - Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

I think that's a world record.

Marsha, look, I admire your dedication and your discipline

but you gotta feed the machine, right?

- Right. - Right.

When you dream you see a picture, right?

All the synapse in the brain send electrical impulses

broadcasting that picture to every part of your body

Zach's a real party animal.

Now, what I wanna do is, intercept those brain waves

decode them, and then replicate

the sensory information on videotape.

Come on, Zach, tell us the truth

you're just another post graduate pervert

using huge research grads

to indulge your voyeuristic fantasies.

Money that Professor Gutman gives me

I couldn't rent an X-rated cassette.

Not that I would.

Yeah, but your not saying that you wouldn't.

No, no, I-I admit.

I, I like watching people.

Women.

Naked.

Stripped bare.

You know, naked, a woman can't hide anything.

She can't keep anything secret.

She can't even lie, her body gives away every time.

Given the proper stimuli, she's got absolutely no control o...

Excuse me, um, Gary, I've gotta go.

- So thanks. - Okay.

For some women, it's a very scary thing.

[door closes]

Hey, Ernie.

Are you okay?

Oh, it's nothing. Y-you just surprised me.

Surprised you?

Ernie, you've seen med students coming and going

all day and night around here.

Yeah, I know but, uh

tonight is Halloween.

- Et tu, < - Huh?

Nothing. It's Latin for I give up.

Well, I can't help it.

Look, you've been here, uh

every night this week.

Tonight, you oughta be with people

instead of with corpses.

Not corpses. Cadavers.

Yeah, well, you can call 'em any fancy words you want

they're still just as creepy

especially on Halloween.

This town really takes this

trick or treating stuff seriously, don't they?

Yes, we do.

That's because we got a very spooky ghost in Springwood.

Ooh, are you telling me that this town is haunted now?

Yes, by Freddy Krueger.

- Freddy, who? - Krueger.

He murdered innocent children.

He burned for it.

The parents they, uh, torched him

a few blocks from here.

Well, creeps like that only scare me when they're alive.

Yes, uh, maybe you're a little too educated

to believe in ghosts.

Okay, uh, say that this ghost...

Freddy Krueger!

Excuse me, Freddy Krueger

really does exist.

He can't really do anythin except bounce under a shee

now can he?

Anyway, dead or alive a guy's gotta do a little bit more

than say boo to get my attention.

[chuckles] Oh, God.

[intense music]

[music continues]

I'm not gonna play games with you.

You're not my first cadaver.

That doesn't mean you're not special.

You know they can take away your head, your arms

and everything else but to me you'll be the same old..

Freddy.

Ernie!

[intense music]

Must have been something I said.

Right?

[chuckles]

Go ahead.

[intense music]

Ernie, I saw it.

It was right here.

Oh, look, honey, anyone can see you're a bit fried.

Hell!

Shut in with all these dead folks

uh, I guess I'd start seeing things too.

Hey, why don't you knock off for tonight?

No, I-I'm fine. I'll be okay.

Oh, look, uh, I'll tell you what

I'll stick around a while and keep you company.

Sure your stomach can handle it?

Oh, yeah, this, uh

stuff doesn't scare me.

Dead as dead.

That is disgusting.

Excuse me.

[intense music]

[sniffling]

(female #1) 'I'll teach you to touch filthy boys.'

'Vile, unclean.'

I'm gonna help you get clean.

Scrub you clean.

No.

There we go.

I didn't do it.

[intense music]

(female #1) 'You're not clean yet.'

Oh-h-h.

What big eyes you have.

Come to granny.

[laughing]

Oh, Mark.

I must have really got you that time.

No, Mark. It wasn't you, it was, I'm-I'm telling you...

I know what it was. I mean you're working too hard.

You're studying and you're thinking.

What the hell did you do?

Oh, I must have got carried away.

Well, you're gonna get carried away if you don't let up.

Let up?

She never let up.

She never let you live.

Marsha, you can't keep living in your grandmother's shadow.

It'll suffocated you.

Mark, what if I can't live out of my grandmother's shadow?

You're only a human being. You gotta live with it.

I mean, you have to eat and sleep.

Touch.

Mark, I can't.

I'm sorry, please understand it's just that

when I think about her I... can't.

Did you hear that?

What?

[intense music]

That.

What, Mark? I didn't hear anything.

Wait here.

[music continues]

[sobs]

(Freddy) 'Marsha, you hurt my feelings.'

Mark? Mark?

Mark?

[intense music]

Mark?

What are you doin' here?

[music continues]

Mark, what is the matter with you?

Oh, come on. Just trying to cheer you up.

It's a Halloween game.

Would you get in the spirit of things?

It'll make you feel a whole lot better.

It's a Springwood tradition.

[screams]

Jump my bones, baby.

[laughing]

[laughing]

[screams]

[metal clanging]

[intense music]

Trick or treat?

Mark..

why are you doing this?

Doing what?

That's it, Mark. I've flipped.

I don't know if I'm not getting enough sleep

or I'm just cramming too much

but whatever it is, I'm no gonna do well in this..

I think we both know what it is.

It's a lack of fun.

Of course, you're seeing things.

It's Halloween.

Come with me. Have some fun.

Come on. Come on.

[instrumental music]

What are we doing here?

It's about time you starte looking over your shoulder

See what's chasing you.

[intense music]

Come on.

You see?

You have to look.

You have to face it.

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

Did you hear somethin'?

I'm telling you, nothing is out there.

I don't know. What about my grandmother?

You said she won't be back for hours.

I know.

Sorry.

[door opens]

Oh, filthy whore.

We're never gonna get you clean.

Excuse me, ma'am.

I wasn't doing anything wrong, grandma.

Grandma?

I never got to be a grandma.

Grandma's get to spoil their grandkids.

But your selfish parents had to go and die.

I was left to raise you and by God

'I swore to do it right.'

'I tried to teach you what's proper'

'but you just don't learn.'

I told you time after time

you've gotta fight the flesh.

I'll help you.

You're the one that's unclean!

You're the one that's not normal!

I wasn't doing anything wrong and I hate you!

And I'm wishing you were dead!

- Oh, you.. - Don't! Grandma!

Grandma!

Grandma, what's wrong?

- Unclean. - Grandma, what's the matter?

'Grandma, what's the matter?'

Grandma, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it.

Don't die!

Grandma, I'm sorry!

Don't die!

'Grandma, please.'

Grandma, I didn't mean it. I'm sorry.

Grandma, please. I'm sorry.

No!

No, grandma, I can help now.

No, grandma, I can help.

[intense music]

Grandma, I can help you now.

I know what to do.

Grandma, I learned it for you.

Grandma!

I'm sorry, it wasn't my fault.

- I'm really sorry. - You passed for me?

There, there. Don't cry..

little whore.

[screams]

Trick or treat!

[evil laugh]

How's that for a facelift?

[screams]

You should always respect your elders.

I didn't do it. I didn't kill her!

It wasn't my fault!

Please leave me alone.

I didn't kill her, Mark. It wasn't my fault.

You believe me, don't you, Mark?

'Course.

I always knew the real story.

You always understand, don't you, Mark?

You're always there for me

You don't need me anymore.

You faced it.

I need you, Mark.

Mark?

Mark?

I don't wanna be alone.

Mar..

Mark is such a sweet son.

[chuckles]

Mark.

Please don't leave me alone now, Mark.

I'm not ready to be alone now.

Mark, please.

Please don't leave me alone now.

Hey, it's Marsha.

Mark, please don't leave me alone now.

What is it?

- Are you alright? - It's gonna be okay.

- Are you okay, Marsha? - 'I don't know.'

(Marsha) 'Please don't leave me alone now, Mark.'

Calm down, Marsha.

W-w-who's Mark?

- Don't you get it? - No, get what?

th-there never was any Mark.

He's just a part of her mind.

God, I could build an entire career on a head case like her.

A head case like her?

[intense music]

Alas, poor Masha.

[laughing]

Crushed..

by love.

[laughing]

[instrumental music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[static]

Two months ago she was a med school dropout.

Too scared to sleep.

'Grandmas coming back from the dead.'

'Boyfriends who never existed.'

- [indistinct] - 'We got her now.'

This is her dream?

Yeah.

How'd you put her under?

Hard work.

Little hypnotherapy, plus she trusts me.

If anybody sees this tape, it's your ass.

(Zach) 'Nobody's gonna see it.'

'Not until I get a perfect image of one of her dreams on tape.'

She's gonna sue you, pal, for everything that you've got.

She came in here as a patient, not as a research subject.

To find her release.

Unconditionally.

[static]

'Amazing, isn't she?'

'All that repressed sexual energy'

'bottled up all those years?'

'Waitin' for a volcano to explode.'

[static]

Wake her up.

That's all we're gonna get

Glitch must be somewhere between the computer and the VCR.

The glitch isn't in the computer, it's in her.

She's afraid of the dream, she keeps holding back.

Damn, I was sure we were gonna get a clearer image this time.

Getting nowhere.

Signal hitting those electrodes just isn't strong enough.

She's got to give us more.

Not a hell of a lot to do about that.

You can't just shove a floppy disk in her mouth

and reprogram her dreams.

I'm not looking to reprogram them.

I want to enhance them.

We got to see more.

[instrumental music]

[doorknob clicking]

[rattling]

[screams]

I love screamers.

[laughs]

[groaning]

Looks like you got what you wanted.

[groaning]

Come on, Marsha, wake up. Wake, wake up.

You alright?

She's fine.

She's had a bad dream is all.

[eerie music]

We're getting so close.

Well, it doesn't feel like that from this side.

That's because the dream is completely subjective.

To me, we're making great progress.

But my nightmares, they haven't even stopped yet.

That's it. See, you're finally getting in touch with yourself.

It's gonna get a lot worse before it gets any better.

Great.

All I want is to make you feel again.

If my method's not working, I..

can't ask you to..

go through all this just so I can..

find the right answer.

So you're giving up.

No, but..

you gotta want it.

I mean, you got to trust me.

- Let your dreams go. - It's not that easy.

I don't know if I can. I'm afraid.

I feel like there's something in there

waiting, waiting for me.

Then let's go find it.

Okay, together.

[sighs]

Okay.

I'll try it again.

I got to go.

[instrumental music]

[machine beeps]

You can't force somebody to confront their demons.

Especially, in their dreams.

No, but I can help it along a little bit.

You know, a few sounds, a light show.

Damn it. I'm not talking about one of your lab rats here.

She's not going into this blind

I explained it all to her yesterday.

Yeah, I'll bet you did.

Gary, we're on the road to a scientific breakthrough here.

I mean, if we pull this off think of the people we can help.

There's a line out there somewhere

I don't know where it is but I got a feeling

in my gut that tells me we're just about to cross it.

Gary, we crossed it. A long time ago.

We should keep on crossing it.

That's the difference between us and those pompous

figureheads out there who are going to be teaching

at this school for the rest of their lives.

Look... just one question.

What happens when we go too far?

What happens is you find an answer

nobody's even written the question for yet.

Nobody ever misspells your name again.

[instrumental music]

[static]

[intense music]

Hey, babe. More power to you.

[laughing]

[gasps]

[Freddy grunting]

[gasp]

[screaming]

[groaning]

[groaning continues]

Marsha?

Marsha!

Marsha! Talk to me.

- Get away from me! - Tell me what you see.

- No! - Marsha.

Masha, who's in there with you?

Is it your grandmother?

[gasps] No.

Who is it?

Freddy.

[intense music]

(Marsha) 'Zach, did we have to come here?'

(Zach) 'Yes, we did.'

(Marsha) 'Why?'

To help your imagination.

(Marsha) I don't like it here, Zach.

I don't like it here at all.

Which is why it's perfect.

I don't know, Zach.

Look..

we're onto something major here.

Freddy is major league.

You can't just dream him, you got to experience him.

You got to open yourself up.

What was that?

Where do you figure he stashed the bodies?

In there?

Or there?

Down there.

Whoosh!

Zach, I don't need you to do this, okay?

I can dream on my own.

Let's go!

Zach?

Zach?

'Zach?'

Zach?

Dammit, Zach!

Where are you?

[intense music]

Zach, this isn't gonna work.

I'm tired of being scared.

I'm not gonna be scared anymore.

Zach, do you hear me?

[music continues]

Enough.

That's it. I quit.

Zach?

[chain rattling]

(female #2) 'Help me. Help me.'

Who's there?

Who's there?

Help.

- Hello! - 'Help.'

Help me.

Please, help me.

Help me. Help me.

- Help me. - I'll help you.

Don't worry. I'll get you out of here.

[gasps]

Freddy! Freddy's coming. It's him.

Hurry!

Hurry. Hurry!

[screams]

(Marsha) 'Zach!'

[screams]

[static]

What the hell.

[sobbing]

Help me! Help me!

Dammit!

Losing the tr.. Dammit!

[Marsha screaming]

Help me!

Marsha. Marsha.

Marsha, wake up.

Marsha! Marsha! Wake up.

Wake up.

- Okay. - Zach.

He's onto me, Zach.

It's not safe for me to go back in there.

I can't go back in there alone.

I can't go back, Zach.

It's okay. You don't have to.

Still I'm going back in with you.

[static]

Help me.

Help me, please. Help me.

[static]

Help me, please. Help me.

I-I never thought you'd get this far, Zach.

When you first proposed recording dreams, I..

I thought your theory was science-fiction.

These results are truly remarkable.

The clarity of the picture is determined

by the intensity of the dream.

This is nothing yet.

How would you elicit a greater response?

If-if a little fear stimulus got this response

think of what a lot of fear will do.

We got to take her to the edge.

The edge? She came in here on the edge.

It's our job to pull her back, not push her over.

We're eliminating years of psychotherapy here.

Instead of lying on a couc

grasping and piecing together her subconscious

she can kick back over a TV dinner

and watch her own nightmar over and over

till it means nothing, it's like summer reruns.

And what if she can't handle it?

Wait a minute, is this Marsha, a research volunteer

or a psychiatric patient?

That's irrelevant.

Oh, it's crazy to let him go on.

He's so obsessed with this project

he doesn't even care about...

Zip it up, Gary! I know what I'm doing.

Zach!

Look..

your purpose was to create a device that records

and plays back dreams.

And it's obvious, you've made some strides.

But you're abusing the test subject.

Look, if you push it too far, if-if something happens

you, me, this entire university, we will be held accountable.

[sighs]

It ends here.

[scoffs]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[sighs]

[crickets chirping]

Then it's over?

(Zach) 'Yeah, they pulled the plug.'

Zach, but why?

'Cause they're fools.

Fools always fear the unknown.

Look, they think that I'm pushing you into something

against your will. Something-something dangerous.

But, Zach, I don't wanna stop.

I wanna go back.

[instrumental music]

[hissing]

Zach?

Zach?

[metal creaking]

Zach?

[creaking continues]

[woman groaning]

Hello?

Little girl?

Where are you?

[groaning]

Hey. It's okay.

Poor baby. Tell daddy all about it.

Don't worry, I'll be gentle.

[screams]

Zach!

- Zach! - Dream!

Dream, give me something I can use to fight.

Zach!

Think of it as the ultimate stimulus.

(Marsha) 'Zach!'

[gasps]

Marsha?

Two for one day.

I'm in your dream.

You said we'd go in together!

[groans]

[intense music]

[panting]

[static]

[intense music]

[sighs]

[crackling]

Marsha?

Two for one day.

I'm in your dream.

[sobbing] It's too late, Zach.

He wants you.

[laughing]

It's your nightmare now.

[spluttering]

Stick that in your VCR

then suck on it.

[intense music]

[theme music]

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