Wes Cravens
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
1A. INT. (MONTAGE). 1A.
NIGHTMARE MUSIC THEME begins as we FADE UP on a SERIES OF SHOTS,
all CLOSE and teasing.
-- A mans FEET, in shabby work shoes, stalking
through a junk bin in a dark, fire-lit, ash-
dusted place. A huge BOILER ROOM is what it
is, although we only glimpse it piecemeal.
Then we SEE a MANS HAND, dirty and nail-bitten,
reach INTO FRAME and p
The Night of the Hunter
by
James Agee,David Grubb
& Charles Laughton
FULL SHOT -- THE STARLIT SKY
VOICE
And he opened his mouth and taught them,
saying...
FADE sky to DAY.
LAP DISSOLVE TO
LONG SHOT -- HELICOPTER -- OHIO RIVER COUNTRY
High over the country, CENTERING the winding river.
VOICE
Beware of false prophets....
LOWER LONG SHOT -- HELICOPTER -- RIVER COUNTRY
We approach a riverside villa