The screenplay was co-authored by Alma Reville (Hitchcock""s own wife), Sally Benson (the writer ofNew Yorkerstories hat were made into one of Hollywood""s best musicals,Meet Me in St.Other techniques included placing larger physical objects in the foreground of shots, and having midgets as figures in the city backgrounds.Her mother explained it was for "security," and led Nancy to the cellar to further elucidate the truth about Fred Krueger, a terrorizing child killer:"He was a filthy child murderer who killed at least twenty kids in the neighborhood, kids we all knew.Edmund""s empowered sword glowed bright blue, enabling him to slay the serpent (and destroy the White Witch at the same time).Lehman: You may have heard me lecture...I usually alk about nervous disorders.I am a psychiatrist.Susan: Oh! Crazy people.Dr.Lehman: We dislike the use of that word.All people who behave strangely are not insane...Susan: What would you say about a man who follows a girl around?...Dr.Lehman (listening intently): Follows her around?...Susan: And then when she talks to him he fights with her?Dr.Lehman: Fights with you?...Is the young man your fiancee?Susan: Oh no, I don""t know him.I never even saw him before today.(Blithely) No, he just follows me around and fights with me.Dr.Lehman: Well, the love impulse in men very frequently reveals itself in terms of conflict.Susan: The love impulse!Dr.Lehman: Without my knowing anything about it, my rough guess would be that he has a fixation on you.As she walks away from the psychiatrist""s table, she mistakenly takes the purse that belongs to his wife (Tala Birell), hinking it is hers [her errors from the golf game and in the parking lot are compounded here].