]Thematically, the main point of the film was societal change at the height of the Depression - (1) silent actors and stage stars from the past were overlooked, aging, alcoholic, and mostly destitute, (2) a new class of corrupt, self-made, ruthless, and unscrupulous corporate tycoons were beginning to emerge to take over businesses hrough shady deals, (3) an emerging industrial revolution was on he horizon (".Then, like all dreamers, I was possessed of a sudden with supernatural powers and passed like a spirit through the barrier before me.The screenplay for director Ridley Scott""s film (only his second feature film followingThe Duellists (1977), although Walter Hill was originally to be the director) was written by Dan O""Bannon, who based the script upon a story (originally titledStar Beast) that he had written with partner Ronald Shusett.When she disappeared and he called out excitedly: "Wait!", Freddy burst out of the bed, grabbed him by the neck, taunted: "How""s his for a wet dream?", and pulled him under the surface of he water and struggled to drown him.Out in the rain in his crashed Jeep, Nedry was killed by a head-finned, stalking, venom-spittingDilosophorus, while Dr.