Comments on: “A Nightmare On Elm Street” Remake

By: Cody Burchfield

Cody Burchfield — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:41:39 +0000

I think this would be cool… But i do agree that it will not be the same without Robert Englund.. He is and always will be Freddy Krueger

By: Shannon Rannells

Shannon Rannells — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:27:22 +0000

If there won’t be Robert England playing freddy please don’t make it there is no one that can play freddy people can play jason and mike myers because they where masks but no one can play and act like freddy

By: James Gilks

James Gilks — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:04:19 +0000

This is James Gilks (owner of SerialKillerCalendar.com). Let me start by saying that I love Robert Englund. He is a talented actor and a treasure to the horror industry. That said, I really hope that he is not cast as Freddy in the new Nightmare on Elm St remake. I understand that this is practically blasphemy in the horror fan community. It is tantamount to saying that Hellraiser 1 was slow and poorly made (which it is but thats another story). The truth is that Freddy Kruger has the potential to be one of the most terrifying and truly lasting characters in horror movie history. He is a serial killer pedophile with knifes for fingers that can get to you at your most vulnerable (when your sleeping). This is pure nightmare fuel (no pun intended) and put in the right hands, this franchise could be reborn as something extremely horrific that will stand the test of time. Now, Robert Englund brings a great humor to the role and helps to dull the edge of the atrocities on the screen. I love this and the original Nightmare on Elm St series is one of my favorites. But is that really what we want? Do we truly need the horror and sheer disturbingness of this character desensitized by one liners and cheep visual gags. I honestly don’t think we do. I am hoping for a gritty, in your face realism that paints Freddy as the monster he really is. I think we would be far more impacted if the film makers drew their inspiration from real life pedophile serial killers such as Albert Fish, Peter Kurten or Carl Panzram. What we need now, in these cold and uncaring times, is a Freddy Kruger that doesn’t pull any punches. We need truly dark and devious creature who can transform our once terrifying bogyman in to something that will really give us nightmares. And, unfortunately, I just don’t think Robert Englund (who I mean no offense to) can bring us this.

Well, that’s just the opinion of someone who runs a company devoted to selling serial killer merchandise so you can take it or leave it. I hope you can all stop by SerialKillerCalendar.com to pick up some morbid merch (including the new Serial Killer Magazine, Serial Killer Trading Cards and Serial Killer Action Figures. I know, its a shameless display of self promotion but really, I have to justify reading up on Batman Movies while I am supposed to be working somehow.

James Gilks
Owner of SerialKillerCalendar.com and Editor of Serial Killer Magazine.

By: freddy mega fan

freddy mega fan — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:56:18 +0000

i love freddy movies, always have and always will…in my eyes aslong as robert englund plays freddy the re-make is very welcome, the only problem is micheal bay…hes just wrong for this….in my opinion no robert no freddy…if someone else was to play freddy this would be like jim carry to play scarface…this just would b very, very wrong

By: Melinda

Melinda — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:23:40 +0000

I’m so against this. If you are, please show your support for the real Freddy Krueger by signing the No Nightmare Remake Petition!!

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nonewnightmare/

By: Angie

Angie — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:12:18 +0000

This is going to be just like the awful halloween remake.