First Look: Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger
Filed under: Horror, Remakes and Sequels, Images
As first looks go, it's remarkably ... minimal. The first image of Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger in the upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street has been released, showing a shadowy Freddy ready for action. The full image is available at Trailer Park (with another one arriving on IGN later today we're told).
Having in mind that this is strictly a teaser pic, with more on the way, I like it. It's got Freddy's signature sweater, his signature hat, and his signature knife-claws. Freddy's face is in the shadows, but that can wait for a later reveal. To be frank, I haven't been terribly enthusiastic about this remake / re-imagining, but Haley has been very good in his recent roles, especially in Watchmen.
Add to that the positive feelings emanating from the brief report by William Goss this morning, in which Haley acknowledged the challenge of stepping into the child-killing shoes of Robert Englund, and producer Andrew Form indicated that the new Nightmare would indeed try to be "terrifying" and "unsettling." The original series of Nightmare films devolved from scary to slick to stupid, so at least they're heading in the right direction. And with Haley, there's a chance that he can bring an added dimension, beyond what Englund would have brought to the role as such a familiar icon.
A Nightmare on Elm Street heads to theaters next April.
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7-22-2009 @ 4:47PM
amy said...
man this is the best thing that i have heard all day in all.i cnat wiat to see it no matter who plays freddy there is a new nightmare and wes isnt sleeping right now cuz of the
making he should be in it and having a good time as i am with this news i own all the nightmares on elm st,
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7-22-2009 @ 10:39PM
lety said...
i am excited as hell to see this new freddy movie!! i love all of the old "nightmare on elm st" movies im just upset that they cast another actor as freddy!! i can't not believe that it's not gonna be robert englund since i love him and i don't think that another person could possibly do freddy as good as he did but i guess i'll find out when i see the movie...
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7-23-2009 @ 12:36AM
Midnight13 said...
Being as a lot of us are probobly very skeptical of this new "Nightmare" I say keep how he looks hidden for the movie. Rember the first two "Elm Streets" Freddy was mostly in shadow. We didn't get a good luck at him until NOES 3. I say keep him and us in the dark for as long as possible.
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7-23-2009 @ 10:30AM
ML said...
All I can say is, they've got JEH, I hope they make use of his (considerable) talents!
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