Rick mentioned to Evelyn that her dreams that started six weeks earlier coincided with the start of the Egyptian New Year - the year of the Scorpion.Nancy also told her that the man in her dreams was "real."During a group therapy session with the seven troubled adolescents, Phillip interjected that the groups"" dreams were a "group psychosis, sort of a mellow mass hysteria" - they had all dreamt of Freddy, even before meeting each other."Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The film, an ""origin story,"" was considered a prequel to all of the other films in the series, occurring chronologically beforeManhunter (1986)and its remakeRed Dragon (2002).Fearing that he will lose both his ex-wife and his star reporter, he suggests hat she come back to the paper and work with him to see if they can get along: "What""s the use of fighting, Hildy? I""ll tell you what you do.