Episode 33: A Nightmare on Elm Street

On this episode, The Regular Guy Movie Show is heading to Elm Street, where the coffee is strong, the parenting is questionable, and falling asleep can get you murdered by a horribly burned psychopath with knives for fingers. We're revisiting Wes Craven's 1984 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street and asking the important questions: Does it still hold up? How the hell did nobody in this neighborhood tell their kids about the child murderer their parents burned alive? And seriously...what the fuck was Freddy doing for the last 15 years? Along the way, we dig into the movie's shoestring production, the practical effects that still look incredible, the rotating room that nearly became an electrical death trap, Johnny Depp's spectacular introduction to movie death, Robert Englund's transformation into a horror icon, and why Freddy Krueger was so different from the slashers who came before him. Plus: • We create our own Freddy-fueled nightmare with Nightmare on Mad Lib Street • Freddy faces some serious competition in Pick Your Poison • We hand out our Boddicker Award • And decide how many beers A Nightmare on Elm Street deserves The writing isn't always great. The acting sure as hell isn't always great. But more than 40 years later, the creativity, practical effects and sheer ambition of this movie still deliver. So grab a beer, brew a pot of coffee, and whatever you do... Don't. Fall. Asleep. Listen to The Regular Guy Movie Show wherever you get your podcasts, and visit regularguymovieshow.com (http://regularguymovieshow.com) to suggest the next questionable classic we take on. While there, check out our blog or listen to previous show episodes. You can also follow us on the socials! • Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...)   • Instagram  (  / regularguymovieshow  ) • X (https://x.com/RegularGuyMovie) • TikTok (  / regularguymovieshow  ) Wanna watch some short films of questionable quality? In case you are interested (don't lie...you know you are), here are the links to a few of our cinematic works from days of yore. Happy Viewing!!! G:    • G   Hot Lovin:    • Hot Lovin'   Green Means Go:    • Green Means Go   Reversal:    • Reversal   Love Sick:    • Love Sick