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House of Nancy
“One, two, Freddy’s coming for you.”
Nursery rhyme sung by the children in Freddy’s dreams
Elm Street as it appears in A Nightmare on Elm Street does not exist. Neither did the city of Springwood. Like many of his peers, Wes Craven has created an environment from scratch, built around a terrifying house, in order to give consistency to his story.
Springwood, the fictional city in which the story takes place, is the result of a clever collage of various places in Los Angeles. Sites among which the John Marshall High School, where Grease had already been shot and of course the famous house on Genesee Avenue, where Nancy, the character played by Heather Langenkamp, lives.
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It is also where Freddy makes his appearance, distorting reality and testing the sanity of his victims. Supposedly located at 1428 Elm Street, the home was also chosen because of its distinctive architecture and convenient location near the studios and the respective homes of the film crew. And if its owners have since repainted it, it remains very recognizable.
So much so that one would almost expect to see Johnny Depp, playing one of his first roles in the film, being chased by Robert Englund, the actor who, thanks to his talent, was able to bring to life the tetanizing Freddy.
Between 1985 and 1994, six sequels to Nightmare on the Rise were produced. The Freddy vs. Jason spin-off was released in 2003 and 2010 was marked by the remake of the first part.
1428 N Genesee Ave
Freddy Krueger begins his reign of terror in this house located not in the small town of Springwood but in Los Angeles.
It’s in West Hollywood, a stone’s throw from Sunset Boulevard and its mythical rock and roll clubs, that Wes Craven found the house of Nancy, the heroine of his hallucinating waking nightmare. Privately owned, the building has now regained its color but its characteristic roof and porch supported by two columns contribute to its atypical character. In Genesee Avenue where it is located, no other house resembles it. To contemplate it is to remember the perfidious attacks of the Elm Street Killer. One can almost hear his terrifying claws crunching…
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By Gilles Rolland
Passionné de cinéma, de rock and roll, de séries TV et de littérature. Rédacteur de presse et auteur des livres Le Heavy Metal au cinéma, Paroles de fans Guns N' Roses, Paroles de fans Rammstein et Welcome to my Jungle : 100 albums rock et autres anecdotes dépareillées. Adore également voyager à la recherche des lieux les plus emblématiques de la pop culture.