About halfway into A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), teenager Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) goes to The Katja Institute for Sleep Disorders. Her mother (Ronee Blakely) asks the scientist, “What the hell are dreams anyway?” His reply: “Mysteries. Incredible body hocus-pocus. The truth is, we still don’t know what they are or where they come from.” While the…
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