Freddy & Me

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In 1984, knife-fingered bogeyman Freddy Krueger stepped out of audience nightmares and onto movie screens in “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” and became a horror icon.

“Every kid knows who Freddy is. He’s like Santa Claus or King Kong,” said actress Heather Langenkamp in “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare,” the series’ seventh film.

By the time that line was uttered, just ten years after the original movie came out, it couldn’t have been more true. Dolls, lunchboxes, video games — they all sported some of that ol’ Krueger black magic.

Now the same studio behind horror remakes like “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and ‘Friday the 13th” is hoping audiences want to see a brand new Freddy up to some of his same old tricks. The 2010 reboot of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” features Oscar nominee Jackie Earle Haley taking over the role of Freddy from Robert Englund, the man who made the monster a legend.

... To read more of this head on over to MSNBC, where I give that studio, Platinum Dunes, what for! Like a cranky old man shaking his walker at the kids on his lawn. Damn kids! With their short pants and portable electronic devices. And once you've read the article you should check out the list I composed of the seven greatest deaths the Elm Street series has to offer. From Depp to Gabor, I got Freddy's fingers covered.


But yes, that's right, I cheated on y'all and wrote somewhere else. And maybe if y'all wanna I dunno send the article to your friends, or link to it, and junk, that might be cool, or something.

The reboot's out tomorrow so naturally we're starting to hear from people that've seen it and so far... so good? AICN's got a pair of reviews from a screening they held last night that're both positive, and Harry himself says, "[it] really shocked the hell out of me how much I enjoyed it." So perhaps, perhaps? We shall find out tomorrow!

And stay tuned for some more Freddy coming at you
in a bit. It's a Krueger kinda day, it is.
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