A Nightmare on Elm Street

Nate and Adam strap on their spooky names for a very special Halloween viewing of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Wes Craven’s surreal, funny, and maybe even beautiful slasher. Join us as we take our first dip into that near-bottomless well of Simpsons parodies, “Treehouse of Horror,” with a segment from the sixth entry in the series, “Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace” (S7E6).Also in this episode:• Freddy Krueger’s quippy, MTV-friendly place in the pantheon of iconic slashers • Discovering the seeds of Googolplex boys favorite Scream (1996) in Nightmare’s balance of teen drama and humor• What Fred Astaire, Wes Craven, and Christopher Nolan have in common• A sidebar on the Simpsons early experiment with 3D animation, and it’s Canadian predecessors Short Circuitz (1994-96) and ReBoot (1994-2001)• On the blog: A roundup of every Simpsons reference to A Nightmare on Elm StreetNext week, Adam and Nate get their fill of glavins with The Nutty Professor (1963). Follow us @simpsonsfilmpod on Twitter and Instagram! Find bonus content at SpringfieldGoogolplex.com.