Robert Englund Shares His Idea for a New ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’

As of late it seems that Hollywood can’t figure out what to do with their iconic horror villains.  Michael Myers still has a way to go, Jason Voorhees keeps running in circles, and Freddy Krueger has been virtually non-existent since his remake. Perhaps what they need to do is ask the men behind the monsters for some advice.

Florida Today got to talk with actor Robert Englund, the man behind Freddy Krueger, in the lead-up to his appearance at this year’s Spooky Empire.  At this point you have to imagine that Robert Englund has been asked just about every question in regards to “Nightmare on Elm Street”, but it’s still fun to see how his perceptions of things have changed.  For example, what would Robert Englund make a new “Nightmare on Elm Street”?

Here’s the idea he’s been brewing up in his head as he told Florida Today:

If I was in control of my own “Nightmare on Elm Street” movie I have an idea I would have liked to see. I thought it would be great if the children of previous victims, or just kids who grew up hearing stories about Freddy Krueger, were each haunted by their own version of Freddy Krueger. Kids who grew up hearing stories about this Freddy Krueger guy and the awful things he did envisioned him in their own way, and that is the version that begins to haunt them. Some people may picture him as stout, another might envision him as tall & thin, another with a different hat, or a different sweater. He could have different gloves, or even a glove with small razor blades as referred to in the first movie. It would be neat to see very different interpretations of Freddy Krueger based on the child’s vision of who or what Freddy was to them. After all, each person’s subconscious would picture him in a totally different way.

It’d be a great idea and one that would at least allow for some fun interpretations of the character.  Maybe it’d allow for Jackie Earle Haley’s Freddy to make an appearance as one of the interpretations.  Then you could have classic ’80s Freddy and then “New Nightmare” Freddy.  It would be a real cool concept to breath a bit of life into Freddy and to not have to rely solely on Robert Englund who would, of course, play the alpha and true Freddy.

Although, it is interesting that he doesn’t actually mention playing Freddy. Hmm.

What do you think? How do you feel about Robert Englund’s idea? Let us know down below.

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