Despite off and on talks of a reboot supposedly happening, theNightmare on Elm Streetfranchise is currently dormant, although one enterprising fan has offered a look at what the franchise might look like if it took a far different approach. While we wait for word on theNightmare on Elm Street reboot, a YouTube user has debuted a new fan trailer that shows whatA Nightmare on Elm StreetNetflix TV series might look like. While there is no indication that this franchise may be heading down the streaming service route, the trailer is certainly an intriguing one to look at.
This trailer was put together by a YouTube user named Jose Mellinas, who uses footage fromA Nightmare on Elm StreetTrailer Concept, the 2010 remake ofA Nightmare on Elm StreetandFreddy vs Jason. The trailer also features footage from a number of movies that don’t featureFreddy Krueger, such as the 2015 documentaryThe Nightmare, this year’sA Cure For Wellnessstarring Dane DeHaan, the 2014 cult horror classicThe Babadook, last year’s horror-thrillerRuptureand evenThe New Mutantstrailer that dropped earlier this month. There is no new footage shot for this trailer, but just the notion of this storied franchise heading to Netflix is an intriguing one that may be worthy of consideration.
The originalNightmare on Elm Street franchisespawned six movies, the original 1984 classicA Nightmare on Elm Street, 1985’sA Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, 1987’sA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, 1988’sA Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, 1989’sA Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Childand 1991’sFreddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. Then in 1994, original director Wes Craven returned with a unique twist on the franchise withWes Craven’s New Nightmare, which brought the iconic Freddy Krueger into the “real world.” This was his last entry in the franchise though, since he launched a new horror franchise withScreamjust two years later in 1996.
The franchise was brought back to life in 2010 withA Nightmare on Elm Streetreboot, starring Jackie Earle Haley, which was a modest success at the box office, with $63 million domestic and $115.6 million worldwide, from a $35 million budget, but it was denounced by the critics and many fans, with just a 15% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. OriginalNightmare on Elm Street starHeather Langenkamp also revealed in a March 2017 interview that she couldn’t even bring herself to watch the reboot, since she still has such strong feelings about her time on the set and she doesn’t want to see those scenes re-imagined.
Last month, the original Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund, revealed in an interview that he’d love to seeKevin Bacon as Freddy Kruegerin a newNightmare on Elm Streetreboot, but whether or not that happens remains to be seen. We reported in July that writer David Leslie Johnson was tasked with writing this reboot, whileAnnabelle: Creationdirector David F. Sandberg expressed interest in directing the reboot, but now he’s become quite busy since he’s taken onShazamfor Warner Bros. While we wait for more on the iconicNightmare on Elm Streetfranchise, take a look at this fan trailer for aNightmare on Elm StreetNetflix series, courtesy of Jose Melinas YouTube.
