In an attempt to drive off and escape in his Oldsmobile, he discovered that he was entrapped at the cabin due to a destroyed bridge.During dinner at Springwood""s only Thai restaurant, Nancy told Dr.Gordon that his patients were in "real physical danger from their dreams." She suggested "dream deprivation" by having the doctor prescribe an experimental psychoactive drug, Hypnocil, for the suicidal, surviving teenagers so that their nightmares would disappear, just until things were "under control.After her success inSpendor in the Grass (1961), Natalie Wood was chosen for the lead female role after Barbara Luna was considered.Berg blamed rampant diarrhea:The roofing material didn""t come in, so we had to start on the front here.When he returns to his room to change his clothes, he locks the door, fixes up a shotgun, and fires it.