It happens when you dream and it’s happening AGAIN! Get ready for the remake of Wes Craven’s spine chilling original, “Nightmare On Elm Street”. Production has finished and it’s all in the can, folks!
One, Two…Freddy’s Coming For You…. We first met Freddy Krueger, one of the most well recognized movie villains of horror history, in 1984 in the original release of Wes Craven’s Nightmare On Elm Street. Featuring a group of high school students being terrorized in their dreams by the ghost of Freddy the child murderer, Craven’s production of Nightmare On Elm Street grossed over $25 million dollars at US box offices. The premise of the film is the question of distinction between dreams and reality. If you never sleep again, will the terror finally end?
Three, Four…Better Lock Your Door…Several childhood experiences influenced Wes Craven’s plot line for Nightmare On Elm Street. Several newspaper articles had referenced the plight of a group of Cambodian refugees and their children. The children were suffering from terrible nightmares and would no longer go to sleep. After seeking the advice of doctors, the parents encouraged the children to sleep and each of the children DIED in their sleep soon after. Craven bases his character, Freddy Krueger, on the school bully who terrorized him in grade school. And Freddy’s sweater is the same sweater warn by a hobo who threatened Craven when he was a child.
Five, Six…Grab Your Crucifix… Just who, exactly, IS Freddy Krueger? And why is he terrorizing our children?! IMDb has this to say about dear Freddy: Frederick Charles Krueger is the product of the violent rape of the nun Amanda Krueger by one hundred maniacs. Called Freddy, he was constantly ridiculed for his infamous and brutal conception. It was then he started murdering small animals, and as he grew into adulthood, he turned his masochistic behavior on himself. After suffering abuse from his stepfather for many years, he brutally murdered him with a razor. After he was captured for his string of grizzly murders, he was unexpectedly freed on a technicality. The enraged parents of Springwood, OH then took the law into their own hands. They followed Krueger to a building where he took his victims and ignited it with gasoline into a raging inferno. Ever since that night, Krueger has taken his revenge on the parents of Springwood by stalking their children through their dreams.
Seven, Eight…Gonna Stay Up Late… This new incarnation of Nightmare On Elm Street is being produced by Platinum Dunes and will keep the original high school setting. This version will give us more information on Freddy’s background and the psychology behind his murderous nature. The reboot, directed by Samuel Bayer and written by Wesley Strick, (”Arachniphobia” , “Cape Fear”) based on Wes Craven’s own adaptation, portrays Freddy as a child molester, the way Craven originally intended. Fans of the franchise who doubted the remake’s success with anyone other than Englund in the starring role are applauding the casting of Jackie Earl Haley as the new Freddy Krueger. Oscar nominee Haley earlier this yeared rocked in his roll of Rorschach in Watchmen, quashing all doubts about this new Elm Street’s success. Coincidentally, Haley auditioned for a role in the original Nightmare On Elm Street but was beat out by his friend, Johnny Depp, who just went along for the company!
Nine, Ten….Never Sleep Again! So mark your calendars, folks! April 16, 2010 is the date…can you stay awake that long? Freddy’s betting you can’t!
Don’t even think about going to see the remake of Nightmare On Elm Street unless you’ve already seen the Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger! Visit NightmareElmStreet.com for more about Wes Craven’s classic film!
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