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Originally posted by filmmaker2
Perhaps the easiest way for you to get it is to rewatch the scene in which Wes Craven (playing"himself") sits down with Heather Langenkamp (playing "herself") and explains what myths are, the "genie in the bottle" theory, and why he thinks they need to reinvent the myth to recapture the demon.

Basically, Freddy was always a real monster going back for thousands of years, and making movies about him captured his essence and controlled him. But when the movies lost their punch (became formulaic and stupid) the monster was released again. Thus creating the need to "reinvent" the myth and recapture the monster. Basically, the monster is trapped inside the story until the story goes bad, and then you have to rewrite it again and capture the monster again.

What I think is clever about the film is how it makes reference to the fact that most of the sequels to the original film were crap. It's really not a bad movie at all, it is aware of itself, and Robert Englund playing "himself" is really funny.

That is exactly what i meant to say!! :D