{"id":5689,"date":"2010-05-12T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T00:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2018-06-19T19:06:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T19:06:10","slug":"a-nightmare-on-elm-street-freddy-strikes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-freddy-strikes-back\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy Strikes Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a decades-long horror reign, dream killer Freddy Krueger gets a major makeover with a new big screen version of<\/em> A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Don\u2019t fall asleep, kids!<\/em><\/strong>
\nBy Gaynor Flynn<\/p>\n

Published in Film Ink<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

When fans of the Nightmare On Elm Street<\/em> franchise heard that there was to be a re-imagining of the 1984 slasher flick, they were understandably concerned. When word leaked out that Robert Englund\u2013who had played disfigured psycho killer Freddy Krueger for over two decades\u2013was to be replaced by another actor, namely Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen<\/em>, Little Children<\/em>), the fans\u2019 expectations dropped considerably. Then came the most crushing news of all. Instead of hiring a horror aficionado to helm the film, the producers had given the job to some music video guy called Sam Bayer.<\/p>\n

As you can imagine, it was a tough crowd at ComicCon last year. That\u2019s where the filmmakers decided to unveil exclusive footage of the film. Would the fans like it? Or would they boycott the film out of respect for Englund? (Englund, by the way, has said that he\u2019s \u201cmade peace\u201d with the new film). Initial reactions gave the filmmakers cause for hope. \u201cI\u2019m sure that there\u2019s going to be a lot of people who love Robert and would forever prefer Robert,\u201d says Jackie Earle Haley. \u201cI understand that, because he\u2019s been doing it for a couple of decades. It\u2019s hard to imagine someone else playing this character. I hope that I don\u2019t disappoint the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

The question on everyone\u2019s lips, however, was why go back and revisit it at all? \u201cThis had the best concept for a horror film,\u201d explains producer Andrew Form. \u201cIf you fall asleep, you die. We wanted to bring this franchise back to life and up to date.\u201d \u201cThe fact that it\u2019s a reboot means that it\u2019s going all the way back, and basically paying homage to the first one, but making it fresh and new,\u201d adds Haley. Fans will want to be reassured that the film will live up to the expectations established by the franchise over the years… namely that there will be copious amounts of blood and excruciatingly imaginative deaths. \u201cListen, you\u2019re talking to the champions of blood right here,\u201d says director Sam Bayer. \u201cThere were times on set when I\u2019d cover somebody in blood, and [producer] Brad Fuller would say, \u2018More blood…we need more blood!\u2019 I\u2019m throwing in some hardcore violence. I tried not to be too much of a sissy, so there are exploding, horrific, bloody things happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bayer feels that what let the earlier films down were the dream sequences. That\u2019s what he\u2019s promising will distinguish his film from those in the original series directed by, say, Wes Craven, Stephen Hopkins or Renny Harlin. \u201cThe dream sequences were the weaker elements of the older movies,\u201d says Bayer. \u201cThey felt like rock videos with a lot of smoke and mirrors. The ideas were interesting, but the execution was limited by budget and probably the time period in which the movies were made. So that was one of the most appealing aspects of the movie: to elevate the dream sequences.\u201d While the producers refused to go into too much detail about the film, it was revealed that Haley has been signed to a three-picture deal. That\u2019s not the case with Bayer. This is a one-off as far as he\u2019s concerned. \u201cWe beg him to do a movie every day, but he\u2019s not going to do another Nightmare,\u201d says producer Brad Fuller. \u201cIt took Sam a long time to finally commit to doing the movie, and now that he\u2019s done, he wants to keep on challenging himself. Doing another one of these wouldn\u2019t be a big enough challenge for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ball should be passed,\u201d says Bayer. \u201cThis is a movie that exists by itself, and that\u2019s what I wanted to make. I\u2019d also like to say that I do think Robert Englund did an amazing job, but I actually think that the Freddy Krueger that we\u2019ve created is more terrifying because this is a more complex scenario. There\u2019s a little bit more going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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