A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

"Mother, what's with the bars?"

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  • Any number of Nancy and Marge interactions qualify, with real acting between Langenkamp and Ronnie Blakely (as transcribed), but the pick is the line when she comes home to find security bars put up.
  • The bars went up on a two-story house in one school day while the mom drank a bottle of Citron, which would take a couple of days and is not a union job.