In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and Exploitation. Future podcasts in this series: “Pulgasari” (Shin Sang-ok, 1985)“Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)“The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)“Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)“Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)“Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)Past podcasts in this series: “Rome, Open City” (Robert Rossellini, 1945)“The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)“Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Howard Hawks, 1953)“The Seventh Seal” (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)“North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)“Midnight Cowboy” (John Schlesinger, 1969)“The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” (Lau Kar-leung, 1978)“The Castle of Cagliostro” (Hayao Miyazaki, 1979) Referenced media: “Ben-Hur” (William Wyler, 1959)“Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969)“Psycho” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)“Peeping Tom” (Michael Powell, 1960)“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (Tobe Hooper, 1974)“Halloween” (John Carpenter, 1978)“Men, Women, and Chainsaws” by Carol J. Clover (1992)“The Last House on the Left” (Wes Craven, 1972)“Freddy vs. Jason” (Ronny Yu, 2003)“Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977) Audio quotation: “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40“A Nightmare on Elm Street” (Wes Craven, 1984)