Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Ready Freddy

Another horror icon of cinema is set to make a return--hitting the reset button.

From Variety:

The folks behind the recent "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" flicks and the upcoming remakes of Friday the 13th and The Birds are at it again.

New Line Cinema has hired the team to re-launch the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise --The series helped to put NLC on the map - Expect a "complete overhaul".

The studio won't hire a writer on "Nightmare" until the end of the writers strike.

The 1984 original directed by Wes Craven on Freddy Krueger, a razor-gloved child serial killer who terrorizes teens in their sleep via their dreams.

Not a surprise really given recent trends...I just hope the new "Nightmare" turns out more like the "Texas" movies, than say, the do-overs of The Amityville Horror from '05 or last year's Halloween

No comments: