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A Nightmare on Elm Street / Marge Thompson the penultimate victim?
« on: October 13, 2023, 04:33:41 AM »
First off. Hi everyone. It's been a while. Hope you are all okay. I miss the days when this forum was hopping. That said....
Watching the original today I thought of something. Marge Thompson is the ultimate victim of the first film. Imagine it....you kill a child murderer to protect your kid(s). You lose your marriage, fall into drink from the guilt of killing someone (even justified as it was in Freddy's case), lose most of your lasting relationships and have a strained relationship with your family. Your daughter starts exhibiting the traits of someone being stalked by the man you killed. You fall deeper into the bottle in denial and a way to hide from the fear. It gets worse, your daughter starts getting straight up attacked and names the man you killed as her attacker. You still deny and fall deeper in drink. But you secure the house as a precaution. You go to bed and that night the very man you killed bursts into your room, on fire and makes a beeline for you and starts attacking you.
Truly horrifying. I never really gave Marge Thompson much thought aside from just another Elm Street vacancy parent. Her arch in the first film is crazy when analyzed.
Watching the original today I thought of something. Marge Thompson is the ultimate victim of the first film. Imagine it....you kill a child murderer to protect your kid(s). You lose your marriage, fall into drink from the guilt of killing someone (even justified as it was in Freddy's case), lose most of your lasting relationships and have a strained relationship with your family. Your daughter starts exhibiting the traits of someone being stalked by the man you killed. You fall deeper into the bottle in denial and a way to hide from the fear. It gets worse, your daughter starts getting straight up attacked and names the man you killed as her attacker. You still deny and fall deeper in drink. But you secure the house as a precaution. You go to bed and that night the very man you killed bursts into your room, on fire and makes a beeline for you and starts attacking you.
Truly horrifying. I never really gave Marge Thompson much thought aside from just another Elm Street vacancy parent. Her arch in the first film is crazy when analyzed.