Nightcrawlers story
A veteran of the Vietnam War shares his nightmares with the patrons of an all- night diner. Directed by: William Friedkin. Story by: Robert R. McCammon, Philip DeGuere.
11 total · 6 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with post-traumatic stress | major | Price was haunted by his experiences in the Vietnam War. He took sleeping pills, had flashbacks, and fits of anger. |
| the horrors of war | major | Price shared his experiences in the Vietnam War with some patrons of a diner. Later his nightmare of the war became a reality in the vicinity of the diner. |
| the Vietnam War | major | The story centered around grizzled Vietnam War vet Price sharing his recollections of his unit getting massacred with some people at a restaurant. |
| unbounded thought powers | major | Exposure to a certain chemical in the Vietnam War had left Price with the ability to materialize his thoughts into reality. For example, he conjured up a cold beer and a t-bone steak. |
| what if I were trapped in a nightmare | major | Price's nightmare about a battle in the Vietnam War became reality. |
| what it is like in a combat zone | major | Price explained his experience, then everyone got to experience a battlefield. |
| being ashamed of who you are | minor | Price felt ashamed over having deserted his fellow soldiers in the middle of a battle. He made it back home to the United States in contrast with his comrades who all died. |
| cowardice | minor | Price beat himself up for being a coward, running over the corpses of his fellow squad members. |
| remorse | minor | Price felt ashamed over having deserted his fellow soldiers in the middle of a battle. |
| shame | minor | Price felt ashamed over having deserted his fellow soldiers in the middle of a battle. |