{"id":6001,"date":"1992-09-01T00:01:23","date_gmt":"1992-09-01T00:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/?p=6001"},"modified":"2012-05-16T03:00:22","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T03:00:22","slug":"a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master-adaptation-excerpts-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master-adaptation-excerpts-4\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master \u2014 Adaptation Excerpts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Adapted by Bob Italia<br \/>\nTranscribed by Rob Nimmo<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FOUR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<div style=\u201ddisplay:block;float:right;\">\n<div style=\"padding-left: 16px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-0772942500851985\";\n\/* 250 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3976876457\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dan was seated in the backseat of Rick\u2019s car as they drove down Elm Street. He sat next to Alice who desperately tried not to make eye contact with him. Debbie sat on the other side of Dan. She wanted to make eye contact with him. Rick and Kristen sat in the front seat. Kristen had just finished telling them a strange story. \u201cNow you know who and what Freddy really is,\u201d Kristen said. \u201cI thought Freddy was just an old town story,\u201d Rick stated. \u201cIt\u2019s no story,\u201d Kristen said. \u201cIt happened. Freddy\u2019s real, and he\u2019s back.\u201d \u201cHey, c\u2019mon,\u201d Dan said, \u201ceverybody has nightmares.\u201d Kristen turned to face him. \u201cYou don\u2019t know what nightmares are. You play by Freddy\u2019s rules. Wake up or die.\u201d Alice and Debbie leaned forward, engrossed in Kristen\u2019s story. Rick grew uncomfortable. \u201cHey, c\u2019mon,\u201d he shouted, \u201cgive me some room. I hate tight spaces!\u201d Kristen looked up at a house they were approaching. \u201cWe\u2019re here,\u201d she said ominously. Rick pulled up in front of a boarded up house. Everyone got out and stood on the front walkway, surrounded by a weed-infested lawn. \u201cSo why the haunted house?\u201d Dan asked. \u201cKids died here,\u201d Kristen replied. \u201cHuh?\u201d Dan said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a house,\u201d Kristen told them. \u201cIt\u2019s his home. He\u2019s waiting there for me\u2026to dream.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t get it,\u201d Dan said. \u201cThe story of Freddy Krueger, remember?\u201d Rick stated. \u201cI wasn\u2019t paying much attention,\u201d Dan said. Rick rolled his eyes. \u201cIt\u2019s a town legend. He was a child killer who was freed on a technicality.\u201d \u201cSo?\u201d Dan said. \u201cA lot of parents got angry,\u201d Rick said. \u201cAccording to Kristen, they hunted him down, roasted him alive.\u201d Dan gazed around. \u201cNice neighborhood.\u201d \u201cNow it gets weird,\u201d Rick said. \u201cShe said he comes back\u2014in dreams. If he kills you there, you\u2019re dead for real.\u201d Alice stared at the house. \u201cNow I lay me down to sleep&#8230;\u201d Kristen stared at Alice. \u201cThe dream master,\u201d Alice said to Kristen. \u201cI think I remember the rhyme. \u2018The master of dreams, my soul I\u2019ll keep\u2026\u2019 \u201d She faltered. \u201cSorry, I forget the rest.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s okay,\u201d Kristen said. \u201cIt\u2019s only a prayer, no good to me. Freddy\u2019s real.\u201d The group decided to return to the car. Alice stopped as something on the walkway caught her attention. There were traces of a chalk drawing on the concrete. Alice bent down and ran a finger across the surface. \u201cAlice?\u201d Rick said. Alice looked up to Dan and Rick. She started toward them, glancing at the sidewalk again. The drawing was gone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That evening, Kristen\u2019s mother, Elaine, sat at the dining room table, watching her daughter eat. The atmosphere was tense. Kristen was barely touching her food. \u201cSomething wrong with the cuisine?\u201d Elaine asked. \u201cWell Mom, I\u2019ll tell ya, when two of your friends die the same day, you let me know what it does to your appetite.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re just tired. Don\u2019t think I haven\u2019t noticed you not sleeping. That has to stop, honey.\u201d Kristen rose to her feet. She felt strangely dizzy. She grabbed hold of the table to steady herself, then sat. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with me?\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re distraught. It\u2019ll help.\u201d Kristen\u2019s eyes widened. \u201cOh, no! What did you do?\u201d Kristen grabbed her glass and poured the last of the milk onto the table. There was a grainy sediment remaining in the bottom of the glass. When Kristen stood again with glass in hand, she was unsteady. She tried to brace herself on the back of the hair with her free hand. Then she lost grip of the glass. It fell to the floor and shattered. With a wobbly gait, Kristen lurched from the table. <\/p>\n<p>Kristen stumbled around and grabbed her mother\u2019s purse. She dumped its contents on the counter. Fumbling around, Kristen found a half-full container of prescription capsules. She turned and threw it at Elaine, pills flying everywhere. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, honey, but\u2014\u201d \u201cSorry!\u201d Kristen screamed. \u201cSorry that your tennis pals torched this guy who\u2019s now after me? In case you haven\u2019t been keeping score, it\u2019s his banquet\u2014and I\u2019m the last course!\u201d \u201cHoney, we went over this in therapy\u2014\u201d \u201cMother, you\u2019ve just murdered me. Take that to your therapy!\u201d Kristen stumbled into her room and slammed the door. \u201cCan\u2019t end like thisss,\u201d she mumbled. \u201cNoooo&#8230;\u201d Barely able to stand, Kristen crossed to her bedstand and searched awkwardly through a drawer. But when she pulled the drawer out too far, she spilled everything onto the floor. Kristen got down on her hands and knees, but then collapsed completely. She reached for the telephone and tried to dial, but got hopelessly tangled in the cord. As she started drifting off, Kristen remembered something. \u201cDream someplace fun&#8230;\u201d she mumbled. \u201cSomeplace&#8230; fun&#8230;\u201d Kristen rolled over on her back. Then her eyes shut.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The light in Kristen\u2019s eyes was so bright she had to squint. She heard the sound of water gently lapping a nearby shore. She looked up. Kristen found herself lying on a towel on a deserted beach that ran along the edge of a broad lake. The sun was high in the blue sky. Kristen slowly gazed around. Near the water, a little girl was building a sand castle. When the child turned and looked at her, Kristen realized it was the same little girl she saw drawing the picture on the sidewalk. And the sand castle was a model of the Elm Street house. Suddenly, just offshore, the glassy surface of the water was broken by fin-like objects that rose up and sliced through the surf. At first, it looked like a shark. But as it got closer, Kristen could see that it was four blades in ascending height. Kristen looked back at the sand castle. The little girl was gone. The blades turned and headed for shore. When they reached the sand, they continued on, cutting through the beach to the Elm Street house sand castle. Just then, the castle exploded. <\/p>\n<p>Freddy stood on the beach, squinting in the harsh sunlight. He popped on a pair of sunglasses. Then he smiled and stepped toward Kristen. \u201cTime to turn, or else you\u2019ll burn!\u201d Kristen sunk halfway into the sand, preventing her escape. Freddy watched her struggle, and laughed when her screaming mouth filled with sand. He watched her sink below the surface. Kristen appeared in the Elm Street house, hanging upside down on her hands and knees from the ceiling of the dining room. Feeling disoriented, Kristen crawled to the wall, then down to the door. She struggled to open it, and flung herself through. Kristen was horrified to discover that she was back in the boiler room. She stood on the catwalk, fire and steam surrounding her. Freddy stood in font of the furnace, watching her with a sickly grin. With a defiant cry, Kristen ran toward Freddy and crashed into him. Freddy stumbled backward and fell onto the grating. \u201cDo it till you\u2019re dizzy!\u201d Freddy said with a sinister laugh. \u201cWe beat you before!\u201d Kristen shouted. \u201cBut you\u2019re all alone!\u201d Freddy rose to his feet and advanced on the terrified girl. \u201cHey, Kristen, why don\u2019t you call in some help?\u201d \u201cNever!\u201d Kristen said. \u201cI\u2019m the last!\u201d Freddy drew closer. \u201cReach out and touch someone!\u201d Freddy raised his claw. She panicked. \u201cAlice!\u201d she cried. Suddenly, Alice crashed down on top of them. Kristen was enraged, but Freddy was happy. \u201cHow sweet!\u201d he said. \u201cFresh meat!\u201d Kristen slapped Alice hard across the face. \u201cCome on! Wake up and get out! It was a mistake!\u201d Nothing happened. Kristen started to back up, taking Alice with her. \u201cLeave her alone!\u201d Kristen cried, stepping in front of Alice. Freddy grabbed Kristen. He threw her into the furnace. As the flames finished off the doomed girl, a blast of energy shot out of the steaming furnace and slammed into Freddy. His body crackled and contorted. \u201cNow, no one sleeps!\u201d he roared. He advanced on the terrified Alice. \u201cYou\u2019ll&#8230; you\u2019ll need my&#8230; my power,\u201d Kristen said as the flames consumed her. A second bolt of energy shot from the furnace and slammed into Alice, causing her to glow and shake. Freddy closed in for the kill. He raised his razor knives and prepared to strike. <\/p>\n<p>Alice bolted upright in her bed, screaming. She took a few deep breaths and jumped out of bed. Suddenly, Rick burst in. \u201cYou all right?\u201d \u201cKristen,\u201d Alice whispered. She grabbed Rick\u2019s hand and pulled him out of the room. Rick and Alice drove furiously to Kristen\u2019s house. When they arrived, they saw orange flames in Kristen\u2019s upstairs bedroom window. Rick and Alice charged into the house, startling Elaine who was in the living room. \u201cKristen!\u201d Rick cried as he flew up the steps. Rick burst through the bedroom door, followed by Alice and Elaine. Kristen\u2019s bed was ablaze. Nothing remained. <\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master-adaptation-excerpts-3\/\">Chapter 3<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master-adaptation-excerpts-5\/\">Chapter 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n<p style=\"clear:left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adapted by Bob Italia Transcribed by Rob Nimmo FOUR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17,339],"class_list":["post-6001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merchandise","tag-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master","tag-bob-italia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6001"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6090,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6001\/revisions\/6090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}