The marvelous sound work on the film was deserving of an Oscar for Best Sound for its effective sound-mixing of interdependent elements: taped conversations, muffled voices, background and other mechanically-generated noises, musical/piano accompaniment (Harry Caul""s signature theme) and other ambient sounds.Another male was stabbed in the chest by Freddy and bled to death(# 8 death).And finally, one brave ""do-gooder"" male tried to talk Freddy Krueger down by asking him to be calm and relax, promising: "Nobody""s gonna hurt you" - he was thrown across the pool deck and smashed into the gas grill(# 9 death).[Note: The film""s opening was on September 23, 1944.] The original cast stars of the Kesselring play, Jean Adair, Josephine Hull, and John Alexander, were released for a short while (for four weeks, he duration of the film shoot) to reprise their roles in the film, and joined established stars - such as Cary Grant.Aragog believed in Hagrid""s innocence: "Hagrid never opened the Chamber of Secrets," and professed it wasn""t the monster either: "The monster was born in the castle.