A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)
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A new Nightmare on Elm Street will be released April 2010, and promises to be twice as frightening than the original. Despite the rumors, this isn’t a remake, but rather a prequel to the first movie.
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A Nightmare On Elm St 2010
The original “Nightmare” was written and directed by Wes Craven and released in 1984. The new project will keep the high school setting and delve deeper in the psychology of nightmares and Freddy Krueger himself.
A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality.
Jackie Earle Haley is the new/old Freddy Krueger , you know him as Walter Kovacs/Rorschach from Watchmen, but us older folk know him as ‘Kelly Leak’ from The Bad News Bears (1977). Kyle Gallner ( The Haunting in Connecticut ) plays lead teen, Quentin who is also Rooney Mara’s boyfriend in the film.
This time around, we learn about the death of Freddy, how he was killed, and a new round of killings by the awesome Jackie Earle Haley, instead of Robert Englund playing Krueger. I like this, I like it a lot. This franchise needed a new direction and a new lead character to play Fred Krueger.
This Nightmare on Elm Street remake is exciting, and one of the few times I won’t trash the idea of it.
I’m Sold! When Is It Out?
A Nightmare On Elm Street hits theaters April 30th 2010.
Who’s In It?
Jackie Earle Haley … Freddy Krueger
Rooney Mara … Nancy Thompson
Kyle Gallner … Quentin
Katie Cassidy … Kris
Thomas Dekker … Jesse
Kellan Lutz … Dean
Clancy Brown … Alan
Connie Britton … Marge Thompson
Lia D. Mortensen
Charles E Tiedje … Officer Delaney
Reminds me of
A Nightmare on Elm Street (lol)
Interesting Fact
Did you know Johnny Depp was in the original Nightmare On Elm Street? Yeah, Depp played ‘Glen Lantz’ , a horny young teen who gets slaughtered by Freddy Kreuger.
The Good
Freddy Krueger looks terrific in this version of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Katie Cassidy is an incredible babe, and Jackie Earle Haley is going to do wonders for the role of Kreuger.
Now that modern CGI can deliver whatever special effects the director wants, it will be exciting to see how it holds up to the original ‘Nightmare’ franchise.
The Bad
Fear of having a childhood favorite ruined. I think Bay will do this remake properly, and avoid the mistakes Rob Zombie seems to constantly do when remaking classic movies. Also, I have to include Michael Bay in here as well. He has to be considered one of the most overrated directors in recent history, and I am now a bit worried he will destroy this franchise once and for all.
Am I the only one who wants to watch a horror film where people don’t act stupid and scared and simply spend two hours beating the shit out of the villains?
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Dear editors of this fine website. I am deeply disapointed of the lack of updated information. Jackie Earl Haley will be portraying our favorite killer freddy, also in this film stars Roony Mara, as Nacy, Kyle Gallner as Quentin(Glen), Kellen Lutz as Jesse, Katie Cassidy as kris(Tina), clancy brown, and Connie Britton as Marge Thompson.
Other than that great site.
admin Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I believe this is in the movie info right here on the same page you are commenting on. Therefore, I must assume this is spam, and if thats the case.. very creative spam!
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November 22nd, 2009 at 10:10 am
So true Wesley, but at least Rob Zombie isn’t remaking this one.
ooh scary. cant wait
STOP WITH THE REMAKES, everyone knows what happends… He is a child molester everyone from the town burns him and he comes back in there childrens dreams WOW I got that from Freddy 1,2,3,4,5… After This someone should Remake Childs Play I really wanna know what kind of drugs Charles Lee Ray did and where he lived, and how he was treated growing up so I can UNDERSTAND what made him go in to a life of crime! Thank You for listening. Oh one more thing Rob Zombie stop it your ruining all my favorite HORROR MOVIES!!
rob zombie should remake this one and it is said that rob zombie is shooting halloween 4 3D
I’m also thrilled that Rob Zombie is not doing this remake. I am still getting over H2.
no robert england no remake this movie will suck with out him no good without england
admin Reply:
January 22nd, 2010 at 9:59 am
I think the film will do fine without England.
I am a total Freddy junkie and I am all for a remake. I do believe this will be an awesome movie. The trailer shows its potential. I am quite disapointed that Robert Englund will not be playing the “dream boogeyman,” but I will be at the cinema, front row, to see this remake.
i PERSONNAL THINK IT SUCKS WITHOUT England, I mean he is Freddy, at least finish the Freddy Vs Jason with the obvious sequal that they left it open for then maybe change who freddy is, I’m tired of these remakes but at the same time i’m gload for them because we’ll never forget them. One good thing about this remake is nothing could have been worse then seeing the camera guys shadow in the first movie as well as Johnny Depp when he was an aweful actor.
DevGau Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:31 pm
No… he WAS Freddy. They offered him the part, and he said “No”. Obviously he wasn’t interested. Its not like he could have made Freddy much worse than he did in “Freddy’s Dead”. I mean, each sequel got dumber… and dumber… and dumber… It was like the evil snot-faced troll from Earnest Scared Stupid missed his intended cursing target and whomped the Nightmare Series right in the face.
What later directors missed about Freddy was that his laughing wasn’t intended to be like Joker laughing. It was intended like “I’m going to kill you, there is nothing you can do about it, and as pissed off as I am, I’m so thrilled about it that it makes me giggle” Later directors turned Freddy into a moronic joker with bad skin and a gloved hand. I feel the original intent of Freddy’s joking was meant to resemble something like Pennyworth- not as a penny-worth set of one liners.
If the new cast and crew make this new version of Nightmare on Elm Street half of what it looks like, its going to be one hell of a good ride! Yes, the claw is a bit different too. It looks like a single, flexing metal apparatus that Freddy wears a glove underneath, almost to protect his hand (though, if the man was burned into bacon, something tells me there aint much to protect)
I’m all for this movie and I cant wait to see what comes of it.
BTW, the remake of Friday the 13th was god Awful… as was the sequel to Halloween. But the first Halloween by Rob Zombie was much better than the original. We got to see Michael before he became the silent killer…SBD killer he was. Personally, knowing the background makes the movie so much more frightening.
I agree with almost everybody,The remakes on movies is getting old. See everybody goes to see them just because they liked the movie on the first row. But I guess they having trouble coming up with new movies. well have fun at the movies guys.
I have owned all the vhs’s of A nightmare on Elm street since I was a lil boy.I have upgraded through out the years to owning all the dvd’s.Fredd krueger has been my favorite movie monster since I can remember.I am still as big of a fan 2day as I was then and I must say I am completely stoked over this remake.It looks like it is going to be great.Robert Englund(yes englund not england) is as sad as I am to say this,too old to play this role.They needed some young blood to invent this horror icon.The new actor looks and sounds like he will deliver.I will be looking forward to seeing this the day it is released.Speaking as a life long fan,I think this movie will be an amazing adaption into Freddy’s true potential.I mean with all the new effects movies have now a days,the nightmares look like they will actually be scary.I always felt like the nightmares were a lil cheesy and this one looks like it’s gonna deliver.I am very excited to see it and more excited to see a new freddy
admin Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Thanks Gary, I share you passion with the original series as well.
im truely dissapointed robert england is the man and for him to not be included in thys movies is a total screw up the role of freddy is now totally distroyed and itotally disagree with the one of the comments above robert england is not too old to play the role of freddy even if he is 67 lol
im a big fan of a nightmare on elm st. i was born that year when it came out so till i got to the age of 8 i started to watch them that and childs play so yeah i remember the hip hop song to the movie the kids food box the jammies ect im glad there giveing more info on freddy this time around idk if there taking any of the ideas from freddys dead movie about his back story ?
make sure we find out what happened to his mother as well give more depth to him not the children but its kool to see the reason to the twins why they sing the song and what happen to them. i hope this would run 2 1/2 hr movie!
You are not the only one. I can’t wait for this movie to come out I am the biggest NOES fan around. I am hoping for this movie to be as good if not better than the original but the chances of that are slim. favorite Freddy quote: welcome to prime time bitch. (noes 3)
yeah its gonna suck bigtime englund is freddy and you will all realize it when this pos comes out!!
I agree that this remake may ruin the original all of the movies after part two in my opinion was crap I hope this is good and scary and I hope it won’t ruin the original Freddy
I’m looking forward to see how they handle this. Nightmare 5,6 and new nighmare were very poor, christ part 6 was a proper slap in the face down to rachel talaley who had been part of the movies long enough to know better, and with make-up that looked a cross between a disney witch and my grandad. I think given robert englund’s acting background he could have pulled this more serious krueger off but if this turns out to be the shot in the arm the movies needed then so be it! I shall certainly be one of the first in england to see it whatever the outcome!
admin Reply:
March 23rd, 2010 at 8:28 am
Great insight, thanks for your input. I think they are going to do this right, too bad its not in 3D.
Im not happy 1 bit about robert englund not playing this(his part at all i mean come on iv grown up watching these freddys since i was a lil girl an i love them 2 bits or should i say robert bein freddy hes got the voice the look the moves an he puts the funky into it. iv watched the new trailer yes it looks good cause its new an modern but then when you hear an see the so called new better freddy rubbish just not rite at all i think it would of bein top with robert init he is the main man the star of the show an to carry on or try one of hes films without him is just stupid but bit guttid well alot actually iv waited ages hopin they would of brote a modern 1 out an its all 2 cock if you did say no 2 the part rob thanks alot 4 lettin all ur fans down ur not 2 old at all 2 go out in style enjoy the film guys it mite b good but it wont be as good as it could of been without him
I heard Freddy wont be telling jokes in this movie. Too bad.
Can someone tell me how Freddy “died” in the end of this movie? I cant find that spoiler anywhere!
For those who can read my email address, just send me the answer please!
admin Reply:
May 4th, 2010 at 11:42 am
In the end of the original movie? He never died, he just went back to his dreamworld.
Anyone who thinks this movie will even hold a candle without Robert Englund is obviously a stupid tween who probably thinks there has been a decent horror movie since the 90′s.Its not your faults though, you grew up thinking movies like House of the Dead and Room 1408 were actually scary, I actually feel sorry for you, and at the same time I despise you, because its your stupid ratings that made people remake everything into the pointless PG 14 dribble we see today. Why do you think Wes and Englund arnt doing this, because they know if they had to make this movie to todays standards it would be garbage. ANY REAL FAN OF FREDDY will hear freddys voice(Jackie Earle Haley) and say “Jesus F’n Christ, they did it again”. but like I said, it is YOUR fault for paying to see this crap. because you just payed for the next prequel to some other movie they want to ruin with CGI and scary scenes comprised of nothing but loud noises to shock you. The original movie used strong psychological horror made up of things ONLY seen in nightmares, things people like Micheal Bay wouldnt dare do today, scenes like turning into a giant bug while Freddy rips your limbs off one by one, or having your fetus torn from your stomach and served to you on a plate, all done without CGI so you thaught to your self ” HOW THE HELL DID THEY DO THAT!”. This stuff actually made you have nightmares, and not want to go back to sleep! But if they used that stuff today all you EMOS would go home and slit your wrists. and your over-protective parents would try to sue them to pay for there vicadin habbits.
this movie was ok well why did you change him rob sombie should dericted this mivie. i give it 2/1 stars.
everyone is hating on rob zombie yet michael bay just finished ruining one of the scaryest movies of my childhood….stick to action Bay your not cut out to make horror films.