Original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET “Final Girl” Heather Langenkamp Wants to Make Another Freddy Movie
Josh Millican
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The tremendous critical and box office success of Blumhouse’s Halloween no doubt has studios across Hollywood itching for the opportunity to invent or reboot the next great slasher flick. Halloween fever is likely to fast-track other potential remakes, including the long-brewing Nightmare on Elm Street reboot (or, more accurately, a re-reboot). Robert Englund had previously stated he’d never return for another Freddy flick, but after reprising the Springwood Slasher on a recent episode of The Goldbergs, he seems open to the idea—and he’s not the only original Elm Street star willing to give the franchise one last spin.
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Heather Langenkamp played “final girl” Nancy Thompson in the original Nightmare (1984) and reprised the role in 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Now, she’s telling Entertainment Weekly that she’d love one last opportunity to go toe-to-toe with Freddy Krueger.
“I’m sitting here like any other scream queen in Hollywood, hoping that they revive their franchise. I’m not alone! I know of lots of other horror heroines who have this little bit of spring in their step thinking about the chance of perhaps being in [new versions of] the movies that they helped make famous as young people. It’s kind of crazy, but it’s definitely something I would love to do.”
Of course, bringing Nancy back from the dead will take some creative scripting—unless she returns as a sort of Dream Angel sent to foil Freddy’s next slaughter. It’s all just conjecture at this point, so who’s to say? In any case, we’ll keep our ears to the ground in order to bring you all Nightmare on Elm Street-related news as details emerge. Stay tuned!
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