Bing Crosby in A Nightmare On Elm Street 2?
It belongs to legendary crooner Bing Crosby, asking Did you ever see a dream walking?
in a brassy big band tune dating from as far back as 1933.
The contrast offers comic relief, a release of tension.
We can relax now.
The new context for this old standard invites us to take Mack Gordons lyrics at face value.
The gender of the songs subject is also switched in the transplant.
The Chordettes bubblegum classicMr.
Here the song taunts Christines helpless victims and serves a practical purpose, stifling their dying screams.
The trend continues to more recent times.
American horror movies have of course made equally good use of modern compositions.
But why is it that the genre keeps on coming back to the relics of pop culture past?
After all, what could be more compellingly human and timeless than yearning for a dream?
The subversion and corruption of these emblematic old songs enacts the same ritual.
