NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: Rorschach is Freddy Krueger!

As we mentioned on one of the other Starstore blogs yesterday, Jackie Earl Haley, aka Rorschach in WATCHMEN, was in the running to play Freddy Krueger in the new version of A Nightmare on Elm Street. That has now been confirmed! This is a great piece of casting, and bodes well for the future of the rejuvenated Elm Street franchise.

I was really skeptical about this remake, and still am to a certain extent, but now that Freddy is to be played by such a powerful performer, I have a little more hope for it. He has the right build, voice and presence to bring Springfield’s notorious dream demon back to the big screen, but will he have the right script?

That’s the thing that is worrying me more than anything about this film now. I, and many other fans of the original Elm Streetmovies, would have to see it come back as some throwaway piece of remake fluff. The original movie, and indeed the legendary third entry, Dream Warriors, remain strong horror films to this day, with some great characters and some great ideas.

I really, really hope that this new version of the franchise sticks to having these elements too, and avoids the typical slasher rush-job we are currently having to make do with in some films. Done right, this could be excellent. Mind you, either way, it couldn’t be worse than Freddy’s Dead. Gaaaaahhh.

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