No More Nightmares For Robert Englund

With a face like an over cooked rice pudding and a sneer fit to curdle milk, the fizzog of Freddy Krueger is as iconic as you’re going to get in the world of horror.

Alas for those that worship at the temple of this slash handed demon of dreams, the man that made the legend, Robert Englund is now almost certainly not going to be reengaging on his nocturnal mission to dice American teens into long bloody strips.

Speaking with Bad Taste he said… “I’m too old for this new version; otherwise it would be Freddie vs. Viagra”. Now this sounds like diplomacy on the part of Englund to me. Under the prosthetic burns, there’s no real telling how old the lad is. New Line and Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes are determined to start completely afresh and stuff the fact that the whole thing that made Freddy so memorable in the first place was Englunds portayl of the character.

Being a big fan of Michael Bay, Englund would welcome a cameo but that’s as far as it goes.

Recent horror remakes involving masked killers such as 2007s ‘Halloween’ have all floundered rightly on the shores of lake half assed. Imagine what’s going to happen when they try it with a character that’s so intrinsically linked with a particular actor like Freddy.

Source: Empire

New Nightmare on Elm Street coming!

Is Freddy Krueger returning to the big screen? And if so, will Robert Englund be the guy in the Mask and ratty Christmas jumper?

The first part of the question has been answered at least (and if Englund doesn’t get the call to return to Freddy, I’ll be starting up one of those online petitions and hitting you all up to digitally sign it!).

According to Bloody Disgusting, New Line Cinema has abandoned plans for a “Freddy vs. Jason” sequel and will instead chalk up another solo adventure for the teen-slaughtering demon.

By all indications, it’d seem this new “Elm Street” isn’t a remake either – phew! – and will simply be another addition to the previous “Elm Street” films - the last one being the critically acclaimed but un-box office friendly “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare”. Read the rest of this entry