Author: Bruna Foletto Lucas, School of Creative Arts, University of Hertfordshire - Personal Website, ORCID, ResearchGate

Abstract: »This essay reconsiders A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) as a significant intervention in the rape-revenge subgenre, arguing that it both aligns with and reconfigures its conventions. Through an analysis of Freddy Krueger as a sexually coded antagonist, the film’s emphasis on collective trauma, and its rejection of vigilantism as a viable response to sexual violence, the essay demonstrates how A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) foregrounds victim subjectivity and the persistence of trauma in ways that anticipate contemporary rape-revenge cinema. By contrasting the film with earlier rape-revenge texts and the more regressive A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), the essay highlights its departure from reductive, retributive models of revenge. Ultimately, it argues that A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) offers a notably progressive engagement with the gendered politics of sexual violence, positioning it as a key text in the evolution of feminist horror.« (Source: Australian Feminist Studies)

Contents:

	Abstract (p. 1)
	Contemporary Rape-Revenge Films (p. 2)
	A Nightmare on Elm Street as a Rape-Revenge Film (p. 4)
	‘It’s Too Late, Krueger. I Know the Secret Now’: The Same Nightmare Twenty-six Years Later (p. 8)
	“I’m into survival”: Conclusion (p. 9)
	Note (p. 10)
	Disclosure Statement (p. 10)
	Notes on contributor (p. 10)
	References (p. 10)

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