Johnny Depp's Nightmare On Elm Street's Death Scene Nearly Killed Someone For Real

Glen's (Johnny Depp) death in Wes Craven's 1984 horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is one for the record books. "Nightmare on Elm Street," of course, is about the ghost of a child murderer — Freddy Krueger, played by Robert Englund — who can stalk and murder people in their dreams. When they die in their sleep, they die in the waking world as well, sometimes in a spectacularly bloody and undoubtedly supernatural fashion. Early in the movie, the character Tina (Amanda Wyss) is, in her dream, pulled up a wall and onto the ceiling by Freddy, a killer who happily flouts the laws of physics.

Something similar happens to the laidback Glen. During the film's climax, right as the stakes are the highest, Glen — happily listening to his headphones — dozes off during a crucial moment. Glen's