With the long-awaited reboot/sequel to the long-running Halloween franchise fast-approaching, it’s hard not look at some of the other sister franchises that also rose to prominence in the same era and wonder…can this work again? More specifically, today we’re talking about A Nightmare on Elm Street.
This is a film franchise that centered around the villain Freddy Kreuger, a serial killer who died in a fire, and has since gone on to terrorize teens in their dreams utilizing his trademark clawed glove. Several years back, there was a remake starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy, and while Haley was solid in the role, the movie itself didn’t do much for fans. So could another reboot help it out?
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Speaking at the Summer TCA press tour, long-time franchise star Robert Englund revealed his own idea for another film:
“If I had an Eli Roth budget I would have cast different actors to play Freddy for every potential victim. Because Freddy is only alive in the imagination of his future victim. They would talk about it at a slumber party or in a locker room at school, or on the bus going home. All we know about this Fred Krueger is he wears a hat, wears a red and green striped sweater and has a clawed hand. That’s the specifics.”
But he doesn’t even seem to think that those specifics are too important:
“So it could be a red and green cardigan for one Freddy. It could be an old tattered baseball cap for another Freddy. Freddy could be tall, he could be short, he could be overweight, he could be muscular. Every one of the victims could have a different Freddy they imagined. And you could haunt them with that Freddy.”
I get a real Pennywise the Clown feeling from those comments. As you may know, Pennywise appears differently to every child based on their own personal fears. While this take from Englund doesn’t necessarily sound fear-based, it is something that makes you wonder why each take would be different and could serve as fuel to take the story in a different direction.
What do you think of Englund’s idea? Should a Nightmare on Elm Street reboot ever happen again? Let us know your thoughts down below!
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SOURCE: Nerdist
