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[theme music]

[indistinct chatter]

I'll be back! I'm free!

[screaming]

[screaming] No!

[laughing]

[rock music]

I had a great time tonight

Night's not over.

Don't push your luck.

Besides, if my mom wakes up

we're history.

No problem.

If your mom catches us, you just say you're Merit.

Why do you always bring her up?

I don't know. I guess it still freaks me out.

You have an identical twin.

Aren't I enough?

- That depends. - On what?

On whether or not you throw me out.

Twenty minutes.

A lot can happen in twenty minutes.

Mmm.

[gasps]

[Lisa laughing]

(Lisa) 'Don't.'

'Okay, stop.'

[Freddy Krueger laughing]

[screaming]

Seven years bad luck.

[laughs]

- Hey, that hurt. - What hurt?

Do me a favor, John. Cut the nails.

Well, just don't play so rough next time.

I didn't do anything.

It's been 20 minutes. It's time to go.

Well, come on, let's go.

Let's go.

[door opens]

[car engine starts]

You didn't have to wait up for me.

I wasn't waiting. I got woke up.

(Lisa) 'Hey, what happened to our mirror?'

You know what happened.

Don't start that again.

Sooner or later you'll believe me.

Believe what? That Freddy Krueger is alive and well

and living in your dreams?

He killed daddy.

Daddy died 'cause he couldn't take it anymore.

He killed Freddy, and he couldn't live with it.

I can, and I know you can too.

It's easy for you. You're the normal one.

Everyone just thinks I'm your nutcase twin.

Forget about what they think.

Mom and I care about you.

Mom spends all her time trying to help you.

I don't want to disappoint her. I can't help it.

Freddy's there every time I close my eyes

I don't know why you don't see him.

I don't see him 'cause I don't believe in him.

Let it go, Merit.

I wish I could be like you

You're my sister, that's close enough.

He got you.

What?

It was my dream, and he got you.

The only thing that got me was an overeager senior.

It's time to go to bed, Merit.

Mmm. Mmm.

Mmm.

[choking]

[Lisa laughing]

Help me!

I don't believe in him.

[theme music]

[theme music]

[intense music]

(Sara) 'Merit, come on, honey, breakfast is ready.'

'Merit, you sister's got a headstart on you again.'

What else is new?

Morning, sweety. Sleep okay?

[sighs] Sure. Fine.

I'm sorry, honey, I know I've... been too busy

to really take care of you. It's just this job.

It takes so much time.

Mom, you don't have to worry so much about me.

I know. It's just that it's only been six months since you..

Since I've gotten out of the hospital?

I'm not very hungry. See you later.

She'll never get over Freddy if you don't quit babying her.

I can't just let her deal with this alone.

I need to spend more time with her.

More time? You don't have more time.

You barely have enough time for... yourself

[sighs]

Honey, try to take care of her, okay?

Make sure the kids at school don't tease her.

Just take care of yourself sometime.

I know. Just not now, okay?

I love you. Have a good day.

'Bye.'

[door shuts]

There she goes. The white tornado.

I still make her nervous.

Can you imagine how she'd feel if you mention Freddy?

She'd lose it.

Don't worry, I wouldn't say a word.

Anyways, parents don't understand.

[sighs]

Your neck!

I know. Pretty freaky, huh?

You're not doing anything funny to me in my sleep, are you?

How could you say that?

Never mind, just forget it Let's go.

[instrumental music]

[indistinct chatter]

- Hi. - Hi, how're you doin'?

Ritzo, to the rescue.

Am I in danger?

Only of being musically deprived.

Wanna hear my song?

Do I have a choice?

No. Besides I wrote it for you.

♪ I know a girl who sits under a tree ♪

♪ I wanna know her better ♪

♪ I say pretty please ♪

♪ But she rebukes me ♪

♪ She rebukes me she rebukes me ♪

♪ And I think she is sexy.. ♪♪

Enough.

Pretty good, right?

Top forty, right?

You'll go out with me, right?

You're pretty persistent.

You're pretty resisting.

Perfect match.

What's a cute guy like Ritzo wasting his time for?

Hey, no offense, but I mean your sister

isn't exactly the most stable girl in town.

How long was she locked up

Not as long as you've been stuffin' your bra.

[laughs] Bye.

[school bell rings]

Walk you to class?

You mean, you're not afraid being seen with me?

The girl who cried Freddy.

You don't look so tough.

You just have this tragic nobility about you.

You're half right.

[rock music]

That was a good session, Merit.

You're really making progress.

Mr. Seligmann, that was the most

a guidance counselor could say.

So, sue me. I got a hangover.

Be in peace, sweety.

[rock music continues]

You know, it's funny.

First your dad goes nuts 'cause he let Freddy go

and then you go nuts thinkin' Freddy is back.

How is it like being crazy

[laughs]

Well..

Well, what?

All we learned is I can look like you.

That we already knew.

The point is confidence, you need some.

Lisa, I appreciate this

but, number one, dressing like you will not help my confidence.

And number two, it's not me I'm having a problem with.

Then what is it?

It's what they think.

People like Alison will always

have an excuse to screw with me.

They think I'm immune.

Forget about Alison.

She's just a stuck up bitch who likes Jeff Ritzo.

I can't forget about it.

I have to live through it every single day.

- Live through what? - Never mind.

You'll never understand what it is like to be at the bottom.

You're at the top.

Being you isn't so bad.

God knows you get enough attention.

I'm telling you, it's all attitude.

Attitude? You be me for a day, and tell me it's attitude.

Okay, I will.

[instrumental music]

Not again.

Go back to sleep. I'll be okay.

Merit, you have to sleep.

I can't.

Not while Freddy's in there.

Oh, give me a break!

[door slams]

[intense music]

[glass breaks]

Merit, I love you so.

[rock music] M-M-Mer-r-it, I need your soul.

(Freddy Krueger) 'I love you so.'

'I love you so. I love you so.'

[laughing]

Lisa!

Lisa.

[birds chirping]

[indistinct chatter]

Well, have you seen Freddy

- Merit? - Yes.

- How you doin'? - Okay.

- You seen Lisa? - Oh, she's home, sick today.

Hey.

You wanna have lunch with me today?

- Wouldn't Lisa mind? - Hell, no.

She always says that, uh,

you and I should get to know each other better.

Two timing creep.

Touchy! Touchy!

[indistinct chatter]

I love guitar players.

Soliciting in public, Alison?

You've got a big mouth for a freak.

You better be careful. Lisa is not here to protect you.

Lay off, Alison.

How chivalrous. Van Halen to the rescue.

How do you do?

I am Lisa.

I'm so very popular..

I don't know what to do.

[doorbell rings]

Hi.

I heard you're sick, so I thought I skip a few classes

come by and see how you were.

Maybe play doctor.

How's that for hello?

Not bad.

If you're really not well, I'll split.

No, stay. I want you to.

That's my girl.

Now show Dr. John where it hurts.

No!

Is it me or what?

What do you mean?

You're not really into this. Are you?

It's not that.

It's just that, boys never, I mean, I never..

What are you talkin' about

I'm not Lisa, I'm Merit.

[laughs]

- Cool. - What?

This is like one of those wild letters in those magazines.

How I made out with twins and didn't know it.

This is great!

I think you better go now.

Did you guys plan this or what?

Wow!

Then that was Lisa I met in school today.

I made a pass at you, but it was her.

You made a pass at me?

I better get back there and explain or she's gonna kill me.

Oh, no, please don't say anything.

Don't worry, I won't.

It just isn't my day.

[door slams]

How dare you?

How could you?

I tried to help you, and you steal my boyfriend.

I'm sorry. I just wanted to feel what it's like to be you.

Sure it's not enough that you have all mom's attention.

You have to take John's too?

No, it wasn't like that.

Then why John?

Jeff Ritzo likes you.

Why don't you go out with him?

It was just the first time anyone m-mistook me as you

Was also the last time.

From now on, stay away from my life

and go lead your own.

Let mom baby you herself.

[intense music]

What are you doing here?

I came for you.

I've always liked you better, Lisa.

But I'm Merit.

No. You're Lisa.

No. That's Lisa.

Let me put it this way.

You will be Lisa, when Lisa is gone.

Gone?

Gone!

[laughs]

Now do you believe me?

He's in both of our dreams.

Gone!

[laughs]

(Freddy Krueger) 'But not forgotten.'

[Freddy Krueger laughing]

Where am I?

This isn't happening.

This isn't real.

(Merit) 'He wants you now.'

Help me!

(Merit) 'You said stay out of your life.'

Where are you?

[students laughing]

Nutcase.

Merit, please!

Let's see how you like it.

Merit, behind you, it's Freddy.

'He'll kill you.'

Let him get me. You'll wake up the evidence.

Oh, mom! Thank God.

You were right. Freddy is back in our dreams.

We've gotta do something.

We've gotta tell someone.

Merit!

What have you done to yourself?

Lisa said you were having trouble

but this?

Lisa?

I'm Lisa.

W-what are you talking about?

See, mom. She claims to be me.

It's because no one else will believe her about Freddy.

Now, honey, don't, don't get upset.

I called the doctor.

I just can't let you hurt yourself again.

I'm Lisa. She's Merit.

Mom, it's me.

Tell her about Freddy.

Tell her.

Tell her about Freddy.

Mom, please!

'Mom! Help me!'

(Freddy Krueger) 'Merit!'

'Merit!'

'Merit! Over here.'

Room for one more.

[laughs]

(Freddy Krueger) 'Merit!'

(Sara) 'I didn't want this for her.'

'But she kept on talking crazy.'

'Kept on about Freddy.'

'Why can't she be more like her sister Lisa?'

Mom, I am Lisa.

I am Lisa.

Merit.

Oh, Merit.

Merit! Psst! Merit!

Over here.

Merit!

Merit.

The drugs, they're wearing off.

You let them think I was you.

You let them believe I was crazy.

You were yelling about Freddy.

If I had defended you

they would've drugged us both.

I had to let them think you were me.

They're used to me being crazy.

There were men in white coats, and..

No, m-mom just called my regular doctor, he sedated you.

I had to wait until we could be alone.

For what?

Now you believe me, right, about Freddy?

It was just a dream.

You made me dream about him. It was all your talk.

Are you out of your mind?

How much more do you have to see?

He's after both of us in our dreams

because daddy killed him.

Get away from me.

You're causing all this.

Now you're trying to make me crazy too?

Lisa, please, we have got to work together.

Together? I'm sick of being together.

It was bad enough when you were screaming

about Freddy on your own.

I'm not gonna become like you.

You are like me. Don't you get it?

We're sisters. He's after both of us.

Don't ever say that I'm like you.

I take after mom. She's strong.

God, I wish I was an only child.

You listen to me.

Our only chance is to fight him together.

If you reject me, he'll find your weakness and feed on it.

Stay away from me, Merit.

I'm not like you.

He tried it with me.

He tried to make me wish I were you

wish you were gone.

Now he'll come for you.

We have got to be strong together.

I don't believe in Freddy.

You're a liar.

- Mom, can I talk to you? - Sure.

Mom, I've been thinking bad things.

Oh, what sort of things?

Things about Merit.

It makes me mad that there's another me walking around.

That I'll never be, you know, unique.

What do you mean things about Merit?

- You are Merit. - No, mom, I'm Lisa.

Lisa? Who's Lisa?

Me!

I'm Lisa, your other daughter.

Lisa?

There is no Lisa.

Just poor sick Merit.

Well..

I guess I'm gonna have to teach you about what's real, dear.

Merit? Lisa?

Doesn't really matter, does it?

Does it?

You wanna be an only child?

Do you?

Come to mama!

[laughing]

[intense music]

No! No!

Lisa! Lisa!

Do you believe me now?

Or does one of us have to die first?

You were right from the start.

He got inside my head, and he knew what I was thinking

about you, all the awful things that I was thinking about you.

That doesn't matter now.

He knows where to hit both of us.

Well, what are we supposed to do?

No one will believe us. They'll put us away.

We're not gonna tell anyone.

We're gonna do this ourselves.

We're sharing each other's nightmares.

If he gets you, I feel it.

And if he gets me, you feel it.

How are we supposed to stay alive?

I don't know.

[car honking]

It's been four days.

I can't take it anymore.

You've got to try and hold on.

- What's your next class? - Calculus.

- What's yours? - History.

Oh, great. Beller's class. He'll put anyone to sleep.

[school bell ringing]

I'll hold up, and so will you.

Any equation that's true for all of the numbers

in it's domain is called an identity.

Now, a good way to prove an identity

is to first start with the more complicated

'side of the equation.'

'And then re-write it in the form of the other side.'

Trying to find a sequence of equivalent expressions.

But if we look at some of the examples

on the board here

you can see that sometimes

the best way to prove an identity

'is to work with both sides of the equation independently.'

Trying to find a third common expression.

(Mr. Beller) Okay, people, you've all read pages 100 through 216

and today we're gonna start our in depth study

of, guess what? "The American Revolution."

Let's not get too enthusiastic here.

Uh, the key issue at the time

and the one issue that was still relevant to today is..

'Anybody, hands?'

'Not the same hands, thanks.'

'Other hands?'

'Taxation without..?'

(students in unison) Representation.

'Great!'

Now, in this problem right here, you see we've got sine

'on this side is X.'

'To prove that an equation is an identity'

'assume that the expressions on each side'

'of the equal siagn are equivalent.'

'Then just use algebraic properties'

'to write equivalent equations until you have a..'

Oh, no.

(Freddy Krueger) 'Take this.'

'No running in the halls, Lisa.'

'Up against the wall.'

[Freddy Krueger laughing]

(Mr. Beller) 'So Old King George imposed these taxes'

not only to line his own... pockets..

- I couldn't hold on. - Let's get out of here.

Time out! Whoa!

Merit, I didn't excuse you

and what are you doing out of your class?

- Bleeding, you idiot. - 'Whoa.'

[indistinct chatter]

(girl #1) 'Can't believe she said that.'

(boy #1) 'Hey, where're they going?'

[students laughing]

(boy #1) 'I wanna go too.'

Uh, King George. Taxation.

He'll kill us at this rate

Sooner or later one of us will have to sleep.

I know someone who might be able to help us.

You said we can't tell anybody.

They'll put us away.

We're not gonna tell the whole story.

We're just gonna get some information.

- From who? - From Mr. Seligmann.

He's my guidance counselor

He teaches Psych and Social Studies.

What makes you think he can help?

I don't know. He's from the '60s.

He knows all types of weird stuff.

God!

[chatter]

So what about what we've told you?

It's not uncommon for twins to share dreams, visions.

What about linking up?

You mean having the same dream at the same time?

No, more than that.

We mean thinking as one person while we're dreaming.

Woo! That's pretty wild stuff.

Who knows, if you and your sister

go into sync while you're dreaming

it could be possible.

So we could go in together?

- Go where? - Never mind, Mr. Seligmann.

- Thanks for your time. - Sure, anytime.

[crickets chirping]

These are all set for an hour from now.

They should wake us up.

They'd better. A lot can happen in an hour.

I know.

I don't like going in any more than you do.

But we have to test this.

Now we both have to fall asleep at the same time.

- I'm scared. - So am I.

You sure you're up to this?

Don't worry, I'll be there

[intense music]

Lisa!

Lisa!

She left me.

Chicken!

[distant screaming] 'Merit!'

Lisa!

Lisa.

'Lisa.'

Hey, Merit.

Ever had a man in your bed before?

Don't worry.

I'll be real gentle.

[intense music]

Real..

Real gentle.

But I won't.

[alarm rings]

I thought you deserted me.

I thought the same about you.

It just took me a while to find you.

So, we can go in to get

Yeah. Now we just have to figure out a way to use it.

He isn't gonna stay away forever.

Symbiosis, the living together of two nervous systems

in close association.

I will now demonstrate the symbiotic relationship of twins

'by introducing a post-hypnotic suggestion'

'through Lisa and Merit.'

As you know, they have agreed to be hypnotized

at the beginning of this class.

Lisa.

(both) Yes.

Notice how they answer as one person.

'While they're in sync'

'they will be able to see the same things.'

If one believes it

the other one will as well.

I will count to three.

On the count of three

you will open your eyes

and be alone in the classroom.

'All of us will be gone.'

One, two, three.

[dramatic music]

Do you see anybody?

No. Where'd they all go?

I don't know, but we're both seeing the same thing

and that's what's important.

[snaps finger]

Well, what did you see?

We saw the class empty.

[clapping]

[school bell ringing]

(Mr. Seligmann) Oh, everybody has to read chapter 8 through 12 by Monday.

- Don't forget. - Mr. Seligmann..

We both saw the same thing

Of course, if you are both in sync

you'll both see and believe the same thing.

It becomes real to both of you.

What if we aren't in sync?

It won't work. It has to be both of you.

Well, thanks, Mr. Seligmann.

Thank you.

Here we are.

You two okay?

Hello?

(both) What?

Is there something going on here I should know about?

(both) No, mom.

Why are you two talking at once all of a sudden?

Oh, I don't know. It happens sometimes.

It didn't use to happen.

Well, we've been a lot closer lately.

Well, that's good.

It certainly seems to be helping Merit.

Lisa's been a big help.

I'm glad.

You two should take care of each other.

(both) We will.

[giggling]

Here, eat.

We know how to go in together, but we still have to face him.

- Forever. - Maybe not.

I think I know a way we can make him go away.

How? We have to dream.

I know, but we can help each other control

what we dream about.

I don't understand.

'If we refuse to believe in Freddy'

refuse to dream about him

he'll vanish.

Like how we dreamt the class was empty in school today.

Exactly.

Just remember, the most important part

'is that we do it as one soul together.'

We have to be in sync.

We have to wish him away at the same time.

- Okay. - Okay.

I'll see you inside.

Stay with me.

Always.

[eerie music]

[clock ticking]

Where is he?

Nowhere.

And everywhere.

What is this place?

A basement.

A dungeon.

A boiler room.

Daddy burned him in a boiler room.

[gasps]

Dream of me

Dream... of me.

Get away from her, you bastard.

Oh, sister-sister.

Sister's keeper.

Ah-h-h!

Lisa, now!

You don't exist. You're gone.

You don't exist. You're gone.

(both) You don't exist. You're gone.

You don't exist. You're gone.

(Freddy Krueger) Ah-h-h!

[clock ticking]

We did it.

Hey, Lisa!

Lisa?

Hey, we did it. We made him go away.

What's wrong? You were right.

We made him go away.

It doesn't work. You can't make him go away.

(Freddy Krueger) Ah-h!

[screaming]

(Freddy Krueger) 'I'm in your safe house?'

Lisa!

[screaming] Ah! No!

[Merit screaming]

What did you do?

What did you do to your sister?

No. It wasn't me.

We were helping each other.

No, it was Freddy.

Lisa died for me. It was Freddy.

It was Freddy.

Twins.

[laughing]

Now you can tell 'em apart.

[laughing]

[instrumental music]

[theme music]