A Nightmare on Elm Street The Rewatchables
A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot

Freddy's knife fingers coming out of the bathtub water

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  • The pick is the knife fingers coming out of the water for the bathtub, affirmed as the answer.
  • Tina in front of the boiler is offered as an additional gorgeous, perfectly framed shot: barefoot in a nightgown, so vulnerable, setting the stakes.
  • The blood coming out of the mattress, Glenn going into the mattress and a bird's eye shot looking down at the tub are also raised before the choice is restated as the bathtub shot, with a joke that 9th grade Bill watched the bathtub scene closely and used the freeze frame.
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