Day 96: Let's go do the Hop!

Day 96
February 3rd, 2024

A new revelation to me popped up in this viewing.

Why does Freddy Dream hop to find a vessel that could spread fear thus bringing him back to life? He clearly admits at the beginning of the film that he’s been searching for someone to help him. Given that Jason was the choice, just proved that he can pick and choose anyone. Jason wasn’t afraid of Freddy though, just manipulated by him. Or was Jason afraid of Freddy thus making him easier to manipulate into doing his bidding?

I noticed throughout all of the Elm Street films that It is never explained how he picks and chooses people to begin spreading fear. Yeah, he targets Elm Street, why just that street? I find it hard to believe that those who burnt him alive all decided to move to Elm Street.

Does he work for Monsters Inc. and he opens closet doors until he finds someone scared of him? It’s also never explained why he has this dream-hopping power. Yes, he is a dream demon, but that opens the world up for Freddy to pretty much be everywhere all at once while people sleep.

Are there multiple Freddys? Given the rules laid out that Freddy has to search to find weak-minded people, there cannot be just one singular Freddy. There have to be multiples of him spread out to either find someone to get revenge on for who did him wrong, or new weak-minded people so that he can basically take over the world. Or, do the multiple Freddys just converge into Freddy prime once he finds someone weak-minded to spread the fear of him? If he doesn’t merge into Freddy Prime that would explain why he is able to just return time and time again after the split soul of Freddy dies. The fear makes him last forever. He multiplies like gremlins in the dream world once the fear of him begins.

The movie does touch on Freddy gaining power through fear. Does that also mean he just continues to level up? Going on the multiple Freddy theory no Freddy would be able to power up beyond Freddy prime, which is why he dies all the time. What if Freddy actually won an encounter with teens/adults and killed the group of people he set out to kill? He could literally jump back into the dream realm and find new victims and start the cycle again, or just stay where he is until he dies.

Freddy rises from his ashes like a Phoenix.

I know I’ve talked about multiple Freddy’s in the film before but it was debunked in the commentary, it’s just Freddy leveling up.