Wes Craven once heard a story about people who avoided sleep for fear of dying in their nightmares; along with a childhood bully and a step-father, it inspired him to create an iconic character who's haunted us all for 40 years.

Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), child murderer, comes to thin lipped Tina (Amanda Wyss) with his wet face and knife glove in her nightmares, scaring her so badly she warns best friend, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) who's had the same dream. Not wanting to be alone, Tina has a spend-over with Nancy, her boyfriend Glen (Johnny Depp), Tina's rough boyfriend, Rod (Jsu Garcia) shows up uninvited and she ends up slashed to death after a night of a pretty okay weinering. Rod is arrested by Nancy's father, Lt. Thompson (John Saxon). Nancy's drunken orange mother, Marge (Roni Blakley) must now come to terms with her part in the vigilante justice that resulted in the death of Freddy, causing him to come back for his children in A Nightmare on Elm Street. A 40 year celebration, dedicated to the memory of Kathleen Garcia, the gal that started it all

The ultimate nightmare, this week on Doom Generation.

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Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) fits in, he's engaged to Evelyn (Reese Witherspoon), he's sleeping with Courtney (Samantha Mathis), keeps himself to a rigorous routine of self care, works on Wall St. with his fawning secretary, Jean (Chloe Sevigny).

Along with his associates Bryce (Justin Theroux), McDermott (Josh Lucas), VanPatten (Bill Sage) and that dork, Carruthers (Matt Ross) they lord over NYC and after hours, Patrick picks up ladies like "Christie" (Cara Seymour) and stabs them to death and plays around in their blood.

Soon Paul Allen (Jared Leto) becomes the object of Patrick's obsession, his world begins to fall apart when after Paul goes missing and private detective Don Kimball (Willem Dafoe) is hired to look into their world. Reality and fantasy merge and Patrick spirals into his personal nightmare in American Psycho, this week on Doom Generation.

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The nightmare begins when Max Cady (Robert De Niro) is released from prison and follows his former defense attorney, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) to a small town and begins to stalk him, his wife, Leigh (Jessica Lange) and teenage daughter, Danielle (Juliette Lewis). After a poisoned dog, a beaten girlfriend (Ileana Douglas), and a break-in that results in the deaths of housekeeper and private dick, Claude Kersek (Joe Don Baker); the Bowdens take to their boat for a final showdown on the river in Cape Fear, this week on Doom Generation. 

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Legendary music producer, the mysterious Swan (Paul Williams) is searching high and low for the perfect sound to open up his ultimate Rock Palace. While holding auditions he hears it, Winslow Leach (William Finley) presents his epic cantata, Faust. With the help of his right hand man, Philbin (George Memmoli) Swan plots to steal the music away and give it to his own find The Juicy Fruits (Archie Hahn, Jeffrey Comanor, Harold Oblong) and sets Winslow up to be sent away to Sing Sing. Succeeding in sending Winslow away, Swan attempts to open The Paradise with stolen music, upon hearing this Winslow escapes on a rampage that ends with his head in a record press, disfiguring him. Believing he's dead, Swan again attempts a reopening this time with the Juicy Fruits as the Beach Bums who Winslow, now the Phantom, attacks again. In the following auditions, the Phantom insists upon Phoenix (Jessica Harper) is the only one who could be his voice and sells his soul to have his music heard, but Swan cannot tolerate perfection in anyone but himself so again he he searches for another to sing Faust when he finds...Beef (Graham Greene) who dies onstage performing a dead man's music at the hands of the Phantom. Since someone burned for her to sing, Phoenix takes the stage and takes her place beside Swan as his bride set for assassination on stage the following night.

The days are long and the nights are frightening, nothing matters anyway and thats the hell of it - Phantom of the Paradise, this week on Doom Generation.

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The year is 1999 and we were all experiencing a moment and a little bit of motion sickness when the found footage of three missing documentarians was shown in theaters across the country. Get in the corner; it's the The Blair Witch Project, this week on Doom Generation. 

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In a dark and very French world, mad scientist Krank (Daniel Emilfork) aided by his 6 clones (Dominique Pinon), tiny woman nurse (Mireille Mosse) and brain in a tank, Uncle Irvin (Jean-Louis Trintignant) sneaks into the dreams of children in order to steal them and stop his unhappy aging. While this is going on, at the docks a side show features strong man One (Ron Perlman) and his little brother, Denree (Joseph Lucien). Also, while all THAT is going on, there is a gang of kids who steal things for the Octopus (Genevieve Brunet, Odille Malet) the leader of which is street smart Miette (Judith Vittet) who reluctantly helps One when the Cyclops Cult kidnaps Denree to deliver to...you guessed it, Krank and his nightmare machine. Come with us to The City of Lost Children, this week on Doom Generation.

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Charles Brady (Brian Krause) is the new kid in town and he seems to have it all; good looks, a nice car, and a close relationship with his mother, Mary (Alice Krige). These qualities are what draw Tanya (Mädchen Amick) to him, but unfortunately for her those looks are a lie and the relationship with his mother is so not what it seems. Prying schoolteacher, Mr. Fallows (Glenn Shadix), Deputy Andy (Dan Martin) and his attack cat, Clovis (Sparks) know better. Charles and his mother are more than just new in town, they're Stephen King's Sleepwalkers, this week on Doom Generation. 

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In a world of money and unlimited privilege, we meet vicious step-siblings Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe) who exist on a steady diet of sexual tensions, journaling, and cocaine. Before the start of a new year at Manchester Prep, they hatch a series of plots to feed their egos and leave the school as legends. Caught in their wake of destruction is naive young Cecile Caldwell (Selma Blair), her crush music teacher Ronald (Sean Patrick Thomas), closeted jock the Gregster (Eric Mabius) and the biggest triumph, virginal headmaster's daughter Annette (Reese Witherspoon). Check your reputation and join us in our final salacious offering, Cruel Intentions, this week on Doom Generation.  Support this podcast at patreon.com/doomgeneration --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doomgeneration/support

In a possibly mob owned building in Chicago, Corky (Gina Gershon) fresh off of a prison stint, gets a job as a maintenance worker. It's in the elevator she sets eyes on Violet (Jennifer Tilly), scheming girlfriend of mobster, Ceasar (Joe Pantoliano). Things get damp when Violet loses an earring down the sink drain and calls Corky over to use her strong hands to retrieve it and while she's at it, use her strong hands to the brink of orgasm. Wanting out of the life, Violet immediately involves Corky in her plan to set Ceasar up and take money from crime boss, Gino Marzzone (Richard C Sarafian) and his psychotic son Johnnie (Christopher Meloni) and escape into a new life. Cross and double cross your legs, you're not only gonna need a towel but you'll need a murder towel for the Wachowski Sister's salacious story, Bound, this week on Doom Generation.

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Up in the hills, hitmen Lee (James Spader) and Dosmo (Danny Aiello) are listening to Olympic skiier Becky Foxx (Teri Hatcher) have a nightmare. When they pull up in their Buick and murder ex-husband Roy (Peter Horton) in her bed, the real nightmare begins. But was he killed over his contact with Lee's lover Helga Svelgen (Charlize Theron) or for his life insurance? Vice cops Strayer (Jeff Daniels) and Taylor (Eric Stoltz) stumble upon a convoluted scheme involving a sexual art dealer (Greg Cruttwell), his sister (Marsha Mason), and assistant (Glenne Headly), a washed up suicidal director (Paul Mazursky), a couple of homicide detectives (Keith Carradine/Ada Maris), and a couple of DAWGS. In 2 Days in the Valley - this week on Doom Generation.

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There's a scandal in Blue Bay when beloved guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) is accused of raping rich high school student, Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards). He's shunned by the community when detectives Duquette and Perez (Kevin Bacon, Daphne Rubin-Vega) interview swamp rat, Suzie Toller (Neve Campbell) and she seemingly supports Kelly's story. With no one in his corner, Sam hires strip mall lawyer, Ken Bowden (Bill Murray) to defend him when it all goes to trial. After an explosive surprise on the stand, Sam is set free and then the bodies start piling up. We do our absolute best to let the twists reveal themselves for our first steamy selection for Salacious September in Wild Things, this week on Doom Generation. 

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