<P> A scene from Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead appears on a television when Nancy is trying to stay awake about halfway through . This was in response to Raimi featuring a Hills Have Eyes poster in the film . Craven was so impressed that he included it on the TV, and in return a Freddy Krueger glove was featured in the tool shed in Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn . </P> <P> Wes Craven originally planned for the film to have a more evocative ending: Nancy kills Krueger by ceasing to believe in him, then awakes to discover that everything that happened in the film was an elongated nightmare . However, New Line leader Robert Shaye demanded a twist ending, in which Krueger disappears and the film all appears to have been a dream, only for the audience to discover that they are watching a dream - within - a-dream - within - a-dream, where Fred reappears as a car that "kidnaps" Nancy and her friends, followed by Fred reaching through a window on the front door to pull Nancy's mother inside . Both a happy ending and a twist ending were filmed, but the final film used the twist ending . As a result, Craven (who never wanted the film to be an ongoing franchise), dropped out of working on the first sequel, Freddy's Revenge (1985). Production wrapped in July, and was rushed to get it ready for its November release . </P> <P> When the film was submitted to the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system (MPAA), two cuts were required to grant it an R rating The theatrical version was released with an R rating and 13 seconds of cuts . In the U.K. the film was released theatrically and on home video uncut . The Australian theatrical release would see the film edited to an M rating, but the uncut version on VHS home video in 1985 with an Australian R rating . The uncut version would not see a U.S. release until the 1996 Elite Entertainment Laserdisc release . However all DVD, digital and Blu - ray releases use the R - rated theatrical version, meaning the uncut version has yet to be released on a digital format . </P> <P> Freddy exclusively attacks teenagers and his actions have been interpreted as symbolic of the often traumatic experiences of adolescence . Nancy, like the archetypal teenager, experiences social anxiety and her relationship with her parents becomes very strained . Sexuality is present in Freudian images and is almost exclusively displayed in a threatening and mysterious context (e.g., Tina's death visually evokes a rape, Freddy's glove between Nancy's legs in the bath). The original script actually called for Krueger to be a child molester, rather than a child killer, before being murdered . </P>

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