She ran down he cellar stairs into the boiler room filled with catwalks, pipes, and steam, where Freddy was waiting for her: "Elm Street""s last brat.His mother is still suffering the traumatic effects of separation from her husband.Elliott unwittingly widens the rifts in the already broken family (his father left for Mexico with another woman) and weakens the bonds that hold hem together during their conversation:Mom: It""s not that we don""t believe you, honey.The two men who emerge from the car are Coley and Reno Smith (Robert Ryan), the town""s boss - they both watch Macreedy with a mixture of indifference and disdain."Cal""s father then reiterated one of the film""s major hemes - the ability of human beings to make choices in their lives - although he then reminded Cal of how often he would stray and not listen:"You can make of yourself anything you want.Speak.Let me see thy face!In a highly dramatic scene, fiery flames burst into view and a moving, masklike face appears.