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Seems Platinum Dunes Is Now Finalizing Its New Freddy Krueger!!
Merrick here...
THIS ARTICLE over at Bloody Disgusting expands upon/solidifies early indications posted by Latino Review in February; Bloody Disgusting says Jackie Earle Haley is now in final talks to play Freddy Krueger in Platinum Dunes' NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake.
BD says an official announcement may come as early as next week.
Haley, of course, recently played Walter Kovacs/Rorschach in WATCHMEN. Growing up, he was always my favorite character in Peter Yates' BREAKING AWAY. For a remake/reinvention that really doesn't need to happen, and once one looks beyond that "Freddy isn't Robert Englund!" prejudice...this isn't altogether unreasonable casting at all.
A friend recently loaned me THIS
collection of the original films. Now I'm trying to figure out if I wanna sit down and watch 'em all again...or keep my head clear for whatever Platinum Dunes is gonna bring us.
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He WAS a creep-o kiddie watcher in Todd Fields' flick...
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NO MONEY FROM ME!
period.
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He was the best thing about Watchmen.
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I think it would work. Check out my open letter to Dakota over on the MTV Movies Blog!
http://tinyurl.com/d8me8w
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Apr 03, 2009 6:52:02 PM CDT
He's a little short. Not that we need a giant, but he's 5'5"
by juansanchez
Englund was 5'9" when that was above average height. I believe 5'10" is average now. I know it's a whole dream thing, but he should be somewhat physically threatening.
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"One two, Freddy's coming for you." "Ahhh, he's here to stab me with his finger knives!" "The night reeks of fornication and bad consciences..."
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It's hard to imagine anybody other then robert englund in the role of my favorite horror villan.i still remeber having my freddy kruger poster on my wall at 9 years old.i think haley could really pull it off.he was so fucking creepy in little children.I hope this wont turn out as bad as the friday the 13th remake.
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He was pretty committed in Watchmen. God only knows what psychotic lengths he'll take this one to.
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"Some nice flowers."
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This guy was awesome as Rorschach, out of near-total obscurity, and while I suspect he'll be fine as Freddy Krueger, I'm just glad he's getting more work because based on his Watchmen performance, he fucking deserves it.
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Good for Haley, but all these 80s horror re-makes are useless and unnecessary. These properties are already sequeled out.
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Apr 03, 2009 7:02:41 PM CDT
CHRIS CUNNINGHAM AND JACKIE EARLE HALEY OR GTFO!!!
by creepythinmanspreciouslittlelife
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Apr 03, 2009 7:04:37 PM CDT
I WANT A CREEPY, DISTURBING, FUCKED UP NOES!!!
by creepythinmanspreciouslittlelife
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Apr 03, 2009 7:05:30 PM CDT
I'd love to see Liev Schreiber, but he probably wouldn't do it
by juansanchez
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The description of the screenplay at Latino Review sounded ok, but like all these other remakes, ultimately unnecessary. Beyond the obvious cash-in, I really don't see any reason for it.
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He hasn't made a really good film since, well - ever.
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I'm telling you... Only Alfonso Ribeiro can play Krueger.
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"One, two. Freddy's coming for you... BUCK-O!"
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Apr 03, 2009 7:10:38 PM CDT
I could see Alfonso Ribeiro - if he does the Calrton dance
by juansanchez
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Apr 03, 2009 7:11:58 PM CDT
JuanSanchez, KRUGER DOESN'T NEED TO BE 6'4" ALSO....
by creepythinmanspreciouslittlelife
I’m a life long Elm Street fan and ten years ago I would have screamed blasphemy at Englund not being cast. But this is the year 2009 and the last time we got Kruger is was the a-typical wise cracking moron that no one can take seriously. People say you can’t make Freddy scary again. BULLSHIT. Just keep him in the shadows, keep his mouth shut and stick closer to the mood and tone of the first Nightmare.
David Lynch would be my first choice for a NOES remake but there’s too much of a risk that he’d spin off into space with his head up his ass. No. Chris Cunningham specializes in disturbing, nightmarish shit and would be the best choice for this. -
Apr 03, 2009 7:13:24 PM CDT
JuanSanchez, CHRIS CUNNINGHAM, CHECK HIS SHIT OUT ON YOUTUBE!!!
by creepythinmanspreciouslittlelife
He's perfect for this.
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"...You're not in my nightmares, I'm in Yours!" okay, maybe not, could be interesting.Rorschach Forever.
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Apr 03, 2009 7:14:33 PM CDT
Certainly doesn't need to be 6'4", but I'd want at least 5'8"
by juansanchez
I know he's got his dream powers, but he needs to be at least somewhat physically threatening. I feel like I'd have a hard time being afraid of Haley.
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Apr 03, 2009 7:15:34 PM CDT
Alfonso Ribeiro as Freddy, Amy Dolenz as Nancy, and Seth Green a
by stryder
It could be a little mini-Ticks reunion!
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that's nuts! Wasn't Haley the guy who went to audition for the original Elm St, taking his friend Johnny Depp along for the ride!?
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Apr 03, 2009 7:46:31 PM CDT
um yeah Merrick..this magazine called Variety confirmed it alrea
by nobody_touches_buddy_revell
Maybe you should ya know, get out...read more?
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He appeared suitably frightening and brutal as Rorshack. Not to mention, they know how to shoot an actor to make them look taller in Hollywood.
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Apr 03, 2009 7:50:39 PM CDT
Be tough to make him look tall if he has to grapple with a teen
by juansanchez
who's bigger than him. Usually ends up grappling with someone when the kids want to drag his ass into the real world.
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not the most risky or creative choice. I feel like we are all just submitting to the fact that they are remaking it, as if they HAVE to remake it. Why the fuck do they touch the property in the first place?
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The idea creeps me out. I'm glad it's an open letter at least. That's kinda like supervised visitation.
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...as has been pointed out, he's only 5'5". I guess they'll just have to hire very short actors.
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yet. So that's pretty creepy imo.
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but i think this could work. i loved mr haley's version of rorschach, i think he could bring the newest incarnation of freddy to life... so to speak.
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And Robert Englund's like early 60's?
I mean i love Jackie Earle, but does anybody really see a point? But I guess that's every remake. I don't know. waaaaaaahhhhh!!!! -
It's a movie, they can make him look as tall or short as they want. Some people on here bitch about the most insignificant shit.
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now give us a real brilliant nightmare.
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owned the movie watchmen. gave the best performance. got cast as freddy kruger. remakes usually smell of dog carcuss. not this time. comeback will now be complete.
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I mean, the whole movie's a dumb idea, but at least they're getting this part right.
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oh, and DO check out Chris Cunningham's work, even if he isn't directing this film.
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seriously, folks. Get over the height thing ya pu55ies.
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I'd much rather see JEH than Ben Foster.
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Better then that terrible casting job they did for Jason. Man that guy was awful.
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Hopefully this makes up for that shyte "Friday the 13th" redo...and hoping the majority of victims will NOT be people you want to see killed off because they're assholes.
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The dude can do anything he wants so far as I'm concerned.
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Heh had to be done. Jackie Earl Haley is the only reason Watchmen worked. He's gold in my book now.
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The first film is perfect. Why screw it up? However, Haley is a great choice; count me curious.
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in the first film, but it adds to the horror. Who cares about the height? They have medal of honor winners shorter than Haley; guys who killed 30 people with a bayonet. Haley's got it.
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Platinum Dunes = dogshit.
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In a battle between a scared 6' teen versus an angry 5' guy with a knife-fingered glove, I put money on the guy with the glove.
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He could be amazing and it sort of excites me. But this is typecasting to the extreme.
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This just made my night if true. This is who I had in mind and I hope it happens. JEH is the man!
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Jackie will possibly bring something to the role we may have never seen or thought possible. I love Englund's Freddy, but has anyone watched any Robert Englund movie lately? The only movie I saw where I actually enjoyed his acting in was Eaten Alive, otherwise he is a pretty mediocre actor, let's face it.
Now bring in Jackie. He has proven himself an amazing actor in every single role since his comeback. The Freddy myth taken seriously would be very interesting if done right. Jackie Earle Haley would be absolutely the best choice for this role, if they want a serious take on this movie.
Also anyone who talks about an actor's height doesn't know what they hell they are talking about.
Tom Cruise 5'7"
Al Pacino 5'7"
Robert Downey Jr 5'7"
Henry Winkler 5'6"
Cheech Marin 5' 6"
Dustin Hoffman 5'6"
Jackie Earle Haley 5'5"
Curly Howard 5'5"
Larry Fine 5'4"
Mo Howard 5'4"
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They need at least one scene with him in his Bad News Bears uniform. "Hey Nancy, no running in the hallways..!!" Ha! Ha!
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this is going to kick ass!
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Or somebody like that. I do have to say, that even though I thought Watchmen was horrible, Haley should win an Academy Award for Rochach...
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I know the man is pint sized, but if Hollywood can make Tom Cruise and Stallone look average, they should be able to make Haley look average.
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Yes, the semi-famous story of Haley driving his musician friend Depp drive him to the audition brings things full circle. I think Haley is a great choice and since the hell was Freddy physically threatening because he was tall? Jason, Michael Myers yeah. But never Freddy.
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Is not really that tall in real life.he laughs about how people think he's gonna be a giant in person when really he's like 6'1 or 6'2
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...is far from perfect. I mean I thought it was the coolest fucking thing I'd ever seen too when I was 12, but those 80's synthesizer sounds every time it's supposed to be scary kind of hurt it. It's no Chainsaw or original Halloween, that's for sure, but as you kids on the internet say... killer(s) who could possibly be real ftw!
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Walk Englund did for freddy. Thats a very unique walk and it is a trademark. I'm sure people will notice it's absence. It was a creeper type walk. Added a lot of urrrrrr somethings very strange about this guy to the role.
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Tina like character will die and her death will blamed on one of the guys in the film. Only difference is that guy will tell people he lied about Freddy raping him when he was little and thats why freddies back or some shit like that. But still the same plot structure to some extent. Only this time it's a groupd of kids who played tag with Krueger. ! 2 freddys coming for you... Get it...Isn't that so craft macaroni and cheese smart.... Yeah. Well the kids play tag with him and one of them cries rape, or some shit like that. Parents kill Krueger. Kids grow up. Teenaged minds are very active the last part of the reasoning part of the brain is developing at this stage. IT sorta explains how freddy is able to get to them in dreams. some shit like that. Now back to the original story we've already seen to some extent. thats where most of these remakes fail. They reprise and tell the same fucking story at somepoint, and for the hardcore fans we just sit there and think. I fucking saw this already...
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Vocal chords are fucked up too. I mean if he really burned liek that. So his voice would wound gutteral but not liek his watchman voice. Haley should research birn victims with vocal chord damage. You know one last thing urks me. If he's an inncoent child rapist, wheres the glove come from. How do they explain that unless he really was a monster in disguise who raped kids...
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Vocal chords are fucked up too. I mean if he really burned like that. His voice would sound gutteral but not like his watchman voice. Haley should research burn victims with vocal chord damage. You know one last thing still urks me. If he's an innocent child rapist, where's that glove come from. How do they explain it unless he really was a monster in disguise who raped kids...
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If there's a chance that this turns out to be a serious, morbid movie, then Jackie is definitely the best 'current buzz' actor they could have picked.
Whatever re-invention they are planning, there are certain elements of the Nightmare on Elm Street universe that need to be kept intact: Particularly the concept of Freddie invading dreams and using elaborate tricks and inventive traps to kill the victims in very bizarre (magical?) ways. That's the trademark of the series. -
i like him, it's a very good choice!
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...He seems like a good guy. But this movie doesn't need to be made. Either way, good luck Jackie.
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I have no idea why anyone thinks Freddy's height is relevant at all. He preys upon weak-willed teens. For my money he's actually MORE intimidating if he's a little guy who STILL kicks your ass. Robert Englund was not exactly a towering rack of muscles.
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I mean really, let's face it, Robert Englund is Freddy Krueger. Full stop, end of story, end of fucking list. Through movies, tv shows, lame adverts, "special" appearances, and more merchandising that you could poke a stick at, some of it even featuring his voice in recorded clips, Englund and Freddy are pretty much inseperable at this point. Like Eastwood and Dirty Harry Callahan, or Ford and Han Solo or Indiana Jones, or Stallone as Rocky and Rambo, these actor/character combos are so locked in that even if someone else does play the role, such as the Indy Chronicles tv show, it's still not seen the 'real' character, and still never who people think of when they think of that character. Even to those that like the 'stand in' performances, it still doesn't really count, it still becomes more of an interesting aside at best, and at worst is just plain shrugged off and forgotten. Regardless of how good Haley is, I fear in the end he's still not going to be able to overcome the Englund is Freddy baggage.Flip side of that is that Freddy Krueger is such a pop culture phenomenon that it was always going to live on beyond Robert Englund, so sooner or later this was inevitable. We all knew that one day this was happening. They should, however, at least have waited until Englund is too old and in no physical condition to do the role any longer, or in fact no longer wishes to do the role, niether of which are the case just yet. Also interesting is the fact that Haley is only about 13 years younger than Englund anyhow, as he's edging fifty himself now. So they're not even replacing Englund with a notably younger guy who has a lot more far reaching franchise return potential in him particularly. Still gotta admit to being curious as to just how this all rolls out, particularly if Haley is in act on board...
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With a positive script review from Latino Review, and Haley being cast as Freddy,my interest in this remake has really shot up. I am a HUGE fan of the original. It's one of my all time favorite scary movies. But I am willing to give them a chance especially knowing they are not fucking around with the casting. Remember, Englund is not a physically imposing man. Haley as Freddy is great because he can deliver an intense and excellent performance behind a mask, or make-up or without. It's all in the eyes and Haley looks like he has that right amount of crazy behind those eyes. Definitely seeing this one when it comes out.
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I TOLD YOU SO. I have no problem saying that.
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... is Michael Bay's version of Tokyo Story!
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is really dated guys. I stayed away from watching it as a kid as I knew it would freak me out. I recently looked it up and it really hasn't aged well at all. There's a real opportunity for a remake to be really scary and a much more visceral horror trip. The first one's campy and a bit laughable now tbh.
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or Terry Gilliam
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anyone except Englund or Depp (a friggin chameleon of an actor he is), but after seeing Watchmen, and despite his physical stature, or lack thereof I will absolutely see this movie. Haley was the best part of Watchmen.
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Meatloaf's comeback after Bat Out of Hell II. He came back from nothing, and is a superstar again (although in this case it's from child to adult). It makes me wonder how he could have been ignored by Hollywood all these years.
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I do remember that. Props.
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This starts filming next month too. Talk about no prep time. I'll have to say I'm mildly interested and Haley is a good actor, but come on Hollywood, give us something original.
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Is back-to-back with "New Nightmare". Just sayin'.
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one screwed up movie. That's a great idea.
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Thank you - A Professor of Monsters needs all the love he can get.
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is a very good idea. BUT the way chris can get into peoples heads through sound and moods would freak out an american audience.
Put it this way if you let a ten year old kid watch all the Aphex Twin music videos then it would give the kid nightmares for years. A point in case is "Come To Daddy" and Donkey Rhubarb.
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Apr 04, 2009 12:52:55 PM CDT
the first freddy movie is a classic
by supercowbell4therequestformorecowbell
classic!
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...cause if you are your illustrations are fucking amazingly awesome.... especially your recent like 50's zombie propaganda series of posters...people here would love those... and if you aren't then please disregard.
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The film didn't need remaking and Freddy didn't need recasting but if it's gonna happen, Jackie Earle Haley is an excellent choice.
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fair enough if they wanna go younger then re-cast, but an actor of a similar age to englund is pointless. wankers!!!!!!!
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What an awesome choice. Anyone who cares how tall he is is retarded. He's a fucking supernatural killer who can do whatever he wants in the dreamworld. He doesn't need to be 6'5" 270.
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The main problem with the original films. The nightmares looked like they took place here in the real world. In dreams worda are jumbled near impossible to read unless they are short words. Places don't always look like here. There's always some sort of not here'ism about dream worlds. Tangability is also very fucked one minute the dreams streaming like reality and then suddnely your having a different dream. A nightmare could be as simple as waking up floating over black water with etheral things under it's glassy surface. you think to yourself wiat a minute I cant fly/float, and then you fall into the water. Only it's not really water it more like a goup of sorts and those lights start coming towards you and then they change color and go bright red and the black swishing goop abover them starts to smoke and your realize that they are so hot that they are frying the black goop water. You close you eyes just as they near and when you open them again your trapped inside a room you can feel the floor but you cant see it or the walls. you feel your way around the walls and then you find a switch you push it in a door lights up. You race towards it. You grab the knob. The knob becomes a part of your hand. try to push your self off of the door and your foot becomes part of the door, the walls around you start closing in you can feel your shoulders starting to break. Your trapped. The walls stop closing in. You hear a drilling sound from above your head you look up it's coming right for your eye. Dreams are fucked up freeky like that. Very rare that the world looks like here, and everything seems neat or really plesent at first and then it gets bad.. it always starts out nice.
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The films gonna be shit, might as well get a shit Freddy.
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He's crossing a field and every stick and twig he steps on makes part of the environment around him disappear/go black.
But that aint shit compared to this one dream I've had a few times it changes around a bit each time i have it. It usually goes liek this
I had a reoccurring dream where these wild dogs like creature start killing everyone in my niegboorhood. It literally starts with me waking up to gunshots and screaming. I look outside my front door, and I see These dog like beast attacking all my neighbors. theres a group of people running from these dogs. They turn around a car is coming in that direction. They hold out their hands pleading with the driver to stop. This car runs right through them and a few of the dogs. The car slams into a brick mail box and it flips over into the grass gully behind it. The people inside get out. They start shooting the dogs coming for them, but the dogs out number them. The driver shoots a dog in the mouth as it comes towards the gun the dog falls down. the one behind it dogs attack tears off his fingers. He screams- another dog knocks him over and this dog goes straight for his face and throat. A lone dog enters the car through the open door. It pulls a baby out. The other dogs gather around it. The baby is screaming. They play tugawar and they pull the baby apart it's a terrible sight because the baby is torn body streched out 3 feet or so when they do this. I scream the dogs all turn their heads towards my house. I race out the back. I run through the woods to the next house. I see a group of people in the basement window. I pound on the door. They let me in. These people are standing around in a circle they hand out syringes. The Syringes are full of insects- like ants, cockroaches, grasshoppers a those wood worm like bugs. These people start injecting themselves with these bugs- the bugs are crushed into a juice medley as the stopper pushes down inside the syringe. The people who injected themselves start convulsing and siezing out. They're bodies start to tear open and insect like parts start coming out from under their skin. They start attacking/eating the other people in the basement who didn't inject themselves. I fight my way through them, and make it back outside. I race for the woods behind me again. I can see the bug people flying above me, and dogs taking chase behind me. As I enter the woods the trees start to shake violently. The leaves fall off of them. They stick to my body. I'm trying with every ounce of strength to pull them off of my face and arms. My feet are sticking to the ground it's getting more and more muddier as I race across it. Mud like demons start pulling themselves up from the ground. One of them grabs my leg. I stomp on it's hand, pancacks out. The leaves are in my mouth now. I'm trying to pull them out. I'm starting to choke. I see a white light ahead of me I'm almost there. I know and I don't understand why- if I can make it to this light it will save me.
I'm almost there I reach for it and the light fades away. The dogs, the leaves, the mud demons and and bug people get me. The dogs start tearing my flesh from my body. A mud demon pukes mud into my mouth and the bug people are injecting me with one of those bug syringes. This is when I wake up -
Apr 04, 2009 3:46:14 PM CDT
remakes must stop. they keep going BECAUSE YOU ALL KEEP GOING...
by awkwardavenue
You keep paying and they keep making them and then you bitch. Shut up or dont go.
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... but what if, this motherfucker works, JEH is a great pick for the creepy as shit Freddy. And how 'bout he isn't your wise cracking pal freddy, but a stone cold, death in the dark baddie. Walkin round, terrifying these teens into insomnia. I might watch that.
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Ryan Stiles for Freddy. Think about it.
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but should have been Ben Foster. too young, maybe, but that's what make-up is for. don't see the point in recasting with a guy who's nearly England's age, even if he was kick ass in Watchmen. then again, like everyone else said, there's no real point in the remake anyway, so it's all moot.
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Stay on your meds, man.
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If they keep Krueger's lines to a minimum, he has a decent chance to be scary again. One of the most menacing aspects of him (in the first movie at least) was that he mostly said things like, "gonna split you in two..." or the classic "I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy." Keep him in the shadows. Keep him scary. Keep him quiet. Now that's what I call playing with power. I think Haley could bring a lot to the body language of this character. The earlier TBer who mentioned the "walking down a surfboard walk" was dead on. Just plain creepy. His frantic run, glove raised, scared the shit out of me as a kid. I think Haley could nail it.
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do you really want a great character like Freddy Kruger to die off into obscurity with declining budgets and an aging lead? Think of all the baggage Kane Holder accumulated over the years, being stuck in shitter Jason movies after shitter Jason movies (I do love Jason X. It's a comedy.) Eventually, you either let the character die off with the original audience, or you give it a fresh coat of paint for a new audience. It boils down to people will see a new "Friday the 13th" movie, and not "Friday the 13th Part 12". You start fresh, you get a new audience. Same with "Nightmare". Shit, at least Friday and Nightmare are durable horror franchises. What the fuck have we gotten for new horror flick series in the past 2 years? Scream? Saw? HOSTEL? All bullshit! Fuck you, gimmie something semi-classic / semi-new that'll get a new audience as opposed to the bullshit franchises we've gotten in the past decade.
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Not 2. Anyway, fuck whatever we've come up with recently in horror because they all fucking blow. I'll take a remake of a good series as opposed to more fucking Hostel or Saw. Seriously, you wanna watch that shit? Gimme a Freddy movie instead, anyday, anytime.
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...Than Englund. Englund had a certain homo sexual sleaze to him. However, he was still a little too endearing. This guy is drowning in perversion. If its true that they are making Freddy more threatening and less appealing, then its a good choice.
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...Gotta pass the torch.
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Someone recommended David Fincher to direct this? Fincher knows better than to shoot this crap. Fincher has enormously better projects to shoot... like Torso.
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..as a musical with a naked all lady cast and in 3D. Please!
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If the idea is to re-create a franchise, you dont cast older actors in key roles. You want to have at least 10 years of working time with the actors, While I like the guy and what he did with RR, this is stupid, give the work to Robert Englund.
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You've never seen Robert Englund in "V" have you. He played the meekest and most un-threatening character imaginable. Freddy is scary because he's a sadistic creep.
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So, did you miss Watchmen, or...? I honestly kinda hate to say this Remake COULD be good. I mean, when dream casting, Haley's name constantly came up, but just seemed like a ridiculous long shot. The writer of the remake has at least one remake to his belt that is SUPERIOR to the original, thats pretty good. My only problem is platinum dunes and the choice of director. Bayer isn't a bad director by any means, but what he does is sell slick goth/emo imagery to tweens, which makes me think Platinum Dunes wants to make sure this is one for the My Chemical Romance fans. Which, financially makes perfect sense. Still.
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A) Haley will make a solid Freddy.
B) It's amazing how "slick" AICN can be when working in its amazon.com links. Shills.
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Ooops, sorry, wrong Jackie Earl Hailey movie, that was "Bad News Bears in Breaking Training."
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or he'd be cursed with the Bad Films After Oscar Curse...oh wait..never mind.
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Make him into the dream killer again, rather than the buffoon he became in the later movies. Hard to believe it's been fifteen years since the first "reboot" in 1994 with New Nightmare (which I thought sucked rather badly).
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this might actually be good (at least I hope)
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For Freddy? How about Tom Hanks? Anyone else care to throw in retarded casting choices?
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As the Billy Bob rumor was, I'll give you that.
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Well, I have to say that even though this isnt a good movie to remake, especially with a different actor as Freddy, Haley is damn near the best choice out there.
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I will allow this casting choice. Good decision. Now it's all about script, script, script.
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then Haley seems a decent choice. Good ol' Jackie Earle ("Jackie Earle" -- sounds like an Ozark Mountain Daredevils song). Could be worse - they could cast Jon Heder or Abe Vigoda as Freddy
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Perfect casting for a perfect film.Yes, I'm talking about WATCHMEN.
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He was great in Watchmen! This could be a great comeback for the man. Actually it could be considered with Watchmen his debut as an actor as a man really.
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he's a good actor...maybe he should be doing more serious dramatic work? i hope the film rising above the current dreck of horror films.
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I think Englund should come back in drag like he did as that nurse in part 4! That rocked!
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little squirrlie like people
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Jackie is PERFECT for this role. As others have noted he pretty much already did it in Little Children which he was awesome in. My anticipation for this film just jumped through the roof!
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Looks like they might be backtracking on Haley. You won't believe who they're replacing him with.
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-- why the hell do we feel the need for every generation to love the movies we did growing up? the reason things become classics are because they infect us at their origin and stay with us. you think nightmare is dated? thats because we are 30 somethings rewatching a movie from when we were 10. show a youngster NOES now before they become desensitized by all the Hostel and Saw bullshit and they will find Freddy just as menacing as we did back then. There is no need for a remake. Haley is great, granted. But Robert Englund is Freddy. end of story. hollywood needs to get an original fuckin idea.
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