Robert Englund is Still Hoping For A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Prequel
I never thought I’d see Robert Englund back in the role of Freddy Krueger after all these years, but he’s reprising the role one more time in an upcoming episode of The Goldbergs. I imagine that might be the last time we see Englund in the role of Freddy. But, he’s still hoping to see A Nightmare on Elm Street prequel one day.
Tobe Hooper did bring that story to life in the the pilot episode of Freddy’s Nightmares, and the film franchise has touched on the backstory several times, but seeing an entair movie dedicated to Freddy could actually work. Here’s what Englund had to say at the recent Monster Mania convention in Hunt Valley, Maryland:
“I’ve always thought that [not having a prequel] is a misruling in the mythology of A Nightmare on Elm Street. It got close to being rectified with Tobe Hooper’s pilot for the TV series, and there was a script that was supposedly to be directed by John McNaughton, who did Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. There was a prequel script… I think it was called Krueger: The First Kills. And it was… the last children being killed… the two detectives that found Freddy and busted him… then the body of the film were the ambulance-chasing, sleazy lawyers that get Freddy off.”
He went on to say:
“The lawyers are actually the best parts [of that script]. There’s two of them. Freddy in court… Freddy at the table… Freddy on the witness stand… Freddy in jail. But it’s about the lawyers getting him off. They get him off and Freddy gloats too much on the courtroom stairs. The end of the movie is Freddy being burned alive. I’ve had a fascination with these projects since I did the pilot with Tobe Hooper.”
If you’ve never seen that pilot episode of Freddy’s Nightmares, I included it below. Of course, if a prequel film ever did get made, Englund would love to at least have a cameo:
“I would love to cameo in anything with integrity, connected with the franchise.”
A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of my favorite horror movie franchises and I’ve always wanted to see a prequel film made. Hopefully, one day it’ll happen.
Source: Bloody-Disgusting