In the end, it wound up being one of the most terrifying scenes in the movie—at least for Heather.
“I always remember the bathtub scene so vividly because there was the hot water, there’s the bubbles, there’s the glove coming up between my legs, which is so horrifying to me,” she explained. “It had just so many aspects that I found, personally, really scary.”
And while getting a good scare is certainly part of the franchise’s appeal, Heather is also excited for the next generation of teens to take a larger message away from the original when it’s released on digital and 4K UHD for the first time in honor of its 40th anniversary.
“They’re movies not only about Freddie,” she explained. “They’re a lot about teenagers and what they go through. And it takes their problems really seriously.”
Warner Bros. will release 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street on digital Oct. 1 and on 4K UHD Oct. 15.