Treats
by Tuomas Jaalinoja on Nov.02, 2009, under Headlines
Time for some Sunday night treats in the spirit of Halloween. A remake of the golden oldie A Nightmare on Elm Street is currently in production. Due to be released in 2010, the film is directed by Samuel Bayer, starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger. If the names sound unfamiliar, check out Zack Snyder’s Watchmen where Haley’s been rasping recently. The word that’s out on the remake, describe it as being more origin-oriented where Freddy is concerned. Firstshowing.net also mentions the frightening notion that the remake will lack the humour of the original film.
As a taster, below are the teaser poster and a picture from the film.
Pictures courtesy of Empire.
Will this be the beautiful beginning of a new old franchise, or will Freddy end up being as clawless as Wolverine in his origins story. What do you think? To mesh all this to what we do here at NDH, well, we’ve got a KIKS TYO Freddy tee. Nice, huh.
Picture courtesy of Nordic Denim House (we’re that polite here).
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November 3rd, 2009 on 1:53 am
Jackie Earle Haley was the one and only good thing in Watchmen, so I have to say I’m pretty excited about him starring as Freddy. As a semi-hardcore fan of horror, I’ve of course watched the original Freddy plus several sequals. Though I really can’t tell which ones I watched or how many there really are.
I have a love-hate relationship with horror remakes. When they turn out excellent (like “Hills have eyes” remake), they really can kick the original in the ass. But when they disappoint (like the pathetic remakes of Romero’s zombie classics), they kind of ruin it a bit for the originals too.
Freddy is one of my favorite horror big bads, so I have my hopes up high for a brilliant resurrection. Can’t wait!
PS. What are you talking about?! Of course Wolverine had claws in “Origins”. Big, sharp, shiny ones too.
November 7th, 2009 on 6:59 pm
I admit, his claws were mighty shiny as far as CGI/prop art goes, but the film itself… It lacked the *oomph* that Wolverine has in his better stories.
Like the two Mark Millar penned butt-kickeries of Old Man Logan and Enemy of the State/Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Claremont-Miller collaboration of Wolverine’s adventures in Japan.
Now those were good.