Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the biggest Horror franchises of all time, and it is perfect the way it is.
However, Paramount needs a hit, so they are going through their catalog and have decided to retell Freddy Krueger’s story with the blessing of the late Wes Craven’s family.
“We look forward to bringing the world of Wes Craven’s Nightmare on Elm Street to a new and completely engaged generation of fans,” said Craven’s widow, Iya Labunka, in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “We know that Wes would have been thrilled to see how horror is taking its long overdue place in the cultural canon. We can’t wait for all of us to sit together in a dark theatre – around the campfire of today – as the next chapter of the Nightmare story unfolds.”
As someone who is a huge fan of the original movies and hated the shitty remake, I am against this. I hope that someone haunts the dreams of the executives behind this idea and convinces them not to do this.
When are the studio heads going to realize we want originality? Case in point: Obsession and Backrooms.
