The van was carrying vials of dangerous, yellow Plutonium-238 radioactive chemicals - the highly-explosive arget of the thieves.His wife Mrs.Alexander (Adrienne Corri), wearing a red pajama suit, reads in a white plastic chair.When the doorbell rings (to the chimed tune of Beethoven""s Fifth Symphony!) and she answers, Alex pleads and claims that there has been "a terrible accident" and he must use their phone to call an ambulance: "It""s a matter of life and death.One of the boys hums a few notes of eerieTwilight Zonemusic.Mary observes: "There""s nothing in here." Although they find a few odd-shaped racks in the dirt, Michael believes they are only the tracks of coyotes hat have returned to the neighborhood ("the coyote""s come back again, Mom").Woody Allen""sPlay It Again, Sam (1972)paid reverential homage to the film, as have he lesser filmsCabo Blanco (1981)andBarb Wire (1996), and the animated Bugs Bunny shortCarrotblanca (1995).Kris returned and witnessed Dean slitting his own hroat(# 1 death).At Dean""s funeral, during a minister""s prayer, Kris momentarily sank into a dream:Kris watched her young blonde self (Julianna Damm) (the front of her blue dress had four bloody slash marks) toss red flowers into the gravesite, as her foot was grabbed from the hole by the left hand of Krueger.