Freddy Krueger reboot to join the forthcoming slasher revival!

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While it has been known for some time that both Friday the 13th and Hellraiser are to be rebooted in the near future, stirrings in the underworld known as Hollywood also brings news that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween are being rebooted. With the exception of Hellraiser, these properties having only recently been rebooted under the watchful eye of Michael Bay are to get a second chance at a revival, after the recent reboots all garnered lacklustre reception from critics and fans. In addition to news of these reboots Hellraiser, Fridays the 13th are also set to get their own Television serials, which are rumored to be in development. The Texas Chainsaw prequel Leatherface (promo poster below) is due for release in 2016, while filming on the next Halloween entitled Halloween: Returns began last month.

To complete the set Freddy Krueger, made famous by actor Robert Englund (pictured top), is also set to return in a reboot of The Nightmare on Elm Street, which is reported to be written by The Walking Deads very own David Leslie Johnson, whom has also been working on The Conjuring: The Enfield Poltergeist and Something Wicked this Way Comes. Produced and distributed by New Line Cinema, there is thankfully no mention of Michael Bays involvement, either directly or indirectly with the project.

Could it be that we are heading for a 21st century revival of the 80's phenomenon known as the slasher movie. While in part it would be nice to see these franchises reimagined with a modest budget, talented cast and crew and with respect to the source material, the fact remains that these movies were born in very much the same way as all the best horror movies - on a shoe-string budget, against the clock and against the odd's.

Gavin

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BigDave

MemberMartianAug-06-2015 4:34 PM

Why?

Dont people have Original Ideas?  Do they need the 70's and 80's to keep rebooting stuff?

What was wrong with the Last Chainsaw Masacre movie? i thought it was fine.. a prequel and sequel would be ok but to re-boot it?

And Freddy? Sorry but i thought the last attempt was good, very dark and gave some back ground to  the story that was more (real world) and a bit controversial.. i think they should keep the same design as the 2010 movie and make a sequel thats dark and serious as the first. in 2010

Yes the Original was a Classic, the 2nd also dark... but then from that point it went a bit comical and over the top.... it does not  need a REBOOT... it needs a legitimate sequel to the 2010 movie!

We just cant seem to find anything Original anymore.... Gremlins Reboot? Why? why not a 3rd movie set in the present? Why reboot the Original Classic...  i dont think people have Original ideas anymore and have to borrow or re-boot things...  Alien 5 anyone... Ripley back?

Why?

Prometheus was trying something Original and i hope the sequel carries on with this..!

Terminator Arnie! 5, 6, 7 here we come... Alien  and Sigorney 5, 6, 7 here we come Why?

Rumours of a Ropocop Reboot? Why?  The last one was not as good as the first but it was better than number 2 and 3, why not a Ropocop 2014 sequel?

come on guys Original please or sequel to the classics and not reboot... we get Star Trek 3 Reboot in works while the first two i dont think was any good at all!

Svanya

Admin2KAug-07-2015 12:23 AM

You know it's bad when Hollywood is rebooting reboots... O_O

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