Elijah Wood on Wanting to Make a New A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and CHILDREN OF THE CORN Films
As you may have heard, Elijah Wood has been wanting to produce a new A Nightmare on Elm Street film through his production company SpectreVision. This is something that he has not given up on, and he’s now saying that he’d also like to produce a new adaptation of Stephen King’s Children of the Corn.
When asked about A Nightmare on Elm Street during an interview with CB, Wood said:
"We, personally, have talked a lot about, internally, Elm Street and how incredible it would be to play in that universe again and see that universe, to see Freddy [Krueger] and just that concept be explored again. That's something that we're fascinated in. Obviously, that is not a lesser-known, smaller thing that should be remade into a big one. But another one that I feel is exciting, I know that there's already a remake coming out, but we still really love Children of the Corn. I feel like that would be an exciting thing to ... from the ground up, taking it from the novel, not remaking the movie, but actually take the short story and flesh that out in an interesting way."
I wouldn’t mind seeing Wood bring in a creative team to make new films out of these horror properties. I’d like to see what his vision for them would be. When previously talking about A Nightmare on Elm Street, he said:
“You have to bring Robert Englund back for one more film. I think, especially if you’re going to open up a new franchise and take it in different directions, you have to establish it with him and then you can move on. I don’t think it’s interesting to tell the same story over and over again, we don’t need another origin story of Freddy Krueger, I don’t think it should even really be so much about Freddy.”
Wood went on to talk about one of his favorite horror movies, saying that he wishes more people would see it, but it’s one he says he wouldn’t remake:
"One of my favorite movies, and not something I necessarily want to remake, but one of my favorite movies that was direct to VHS during the great direct to VHS horror explosion of the 1980s, there's a movie called 'Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness' by Tim Ritter. I think it sticks out in my mind because I saw it when I was six and it just left an impression on me. But, I genuinely love it. And I've introduced it to so many people and it has its fans. It is not that obscure, but I don't know that I'd want to remake it. When I think about these lesser-known movies, that one always really sticks out as a special little gem."
I’ve actually seen that movie, Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness! It’s one of several horror films that my friends and I rented from the video store during our teenage years. Have you ever seen it?
What do you think about Wood wanting to make new films for A Nightmare on Elm Street and Children of the Corn?