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A new official still from A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)

2 December 2009 12:32 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Over the past few days a batch of photos from the 2010 reboot of A Nightmare On Elm Street have been making the rounds, prompting many to ask if they're official or just really good screengrabs. Well, Warner Bros. has reacted to said "leak" providing Fango with the latest official look at Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger - a pic that came with a promise: more photos are coming soon.

Take a peek below the jump!

Click the pic to see it in Super-high-res (you'll want to)

A Nightmare On Elm Street is currently in post-production, and is set for an April 2010 release. The film stars Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, Bad News Bears) in the role of Freddy Krueger, taking over the glove from Robert Englund.  The genre-centric cast also includes Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga: New Moon,) Rooney Mara (Urban Legends: Bloody Mary), Kyle Gallner (Jennifer's Body), Thomas Dekker (Laid To Rest, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Exclusive: Robert Englund in V the New TV Series?

25 November 2009 10:00 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Whilst getting my Robert Englund autobiography signed by the great man himself on Wednesday evening, I did what I had to do whilst wearing my HeyUGuys Badge, I asked a few probing movie/TV related questions in the short couple of minutes I was with him.

I asked Robert if he was going to be making a cameo appearance in the new Nightmare on Elm Street remake, possibly as a victim.

He said he wasn’t, which is a shame as the thought of the original Krueger possibly being a victim of the new Krueger would have been a nice send off for Robert Englund’s contribution to the franchise.

I asked Robert about any other projects he had lined up and he interestingly said that there is a possibility he will be making an appearance in the new ‘V’ TV series which has just started to huge ratings.

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- Gary Phillips

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Book Review: Robert Englund Hollywood Monster

25 November 2009 9:00 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

After I watched 29 horror films and wrote my Halloween articles on Freddy Krueger, Jason Vorhees and Michael Myers for the site, I found a new love for the horror genre and the characters it created and one of those characters recently came knocking on my door, or the postman did, to deliver a review copy of ‘Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams’, the autobiography of Freddy Krueger’s character creator Robert Englund, and I was thrilled.

Not only did I get the book to review I was also lucky to meet Robert Englund himself as he was in London for a signing at Waterstones in Piccadilly Circus and it pretty much made my day after being so heavily immersed in his movies for Halloween and he was a genuine down to earth movie star and an absolute legend.

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- Gary Phillips

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The Best View Of The New Freddy Krueger Yet

24 November 2009 9:28 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Ever since Jackie Earle Haley was cast as Freddy Krueger over Robert Englund in Platinum Dunes' remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, fans have been clamoring for a clear look at the sweater-ed menace. Up until now, people have tried to brighten the first image of the character, and freeze frame the teaser trailer, but what we have now the best view so far of the character. Unfortunately, it comes in action figure form. Found on the Figures.com message board, the photo is of the figure made by the National Entertainment Collectibles Association, which makes some of the most detailed figures on the market, and displays Freddy with bloody claws and all. The most noticeable difference is that this version seems to have a lot more skin on his face than Englund's Freddy.You could almost say it looks like someone took a lighter to a Ken doll. »

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Never Sleep Again Twitterfeed: Freddy Shows Up on Friday the 13th!

13 November 2009 3:18 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

How fitting. Here we are, Jason's birthday, and who comes in to do his Never Sleep Again interview? None other than Freddy Krueger himself, the great Robert Englund!

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy officially began lensing on August 22, 2009, in and around Los Angeles. Starring and narrated by Heather Langenkamp, star of the 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street and two of its sequels (1986's Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and 1994's Wes Craven's New Nightmare), this thrilling 90-minute retrospective promises to be the definitive look at the making of the iconic horror series and the enduring legacy of its wise-cracking, razor-gloved villain: the indefatigable "bastard son of a hundred maniacs" known as Freddy Krueger.

Directed by Daniel Farrands and Andrew Kasch, this comprehensive look at the Nightmare films is written and produced by Thommy Hutson with Heather Langenkamp serving as executive-producer, Buz “Danger” Wallick serving as director of photography, »

- Uncle Creepy

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FEARnet Prepping ‘Post Mortem’ Interview Series

12 November 2009 10:18 AM, PST | Tubefilter.tv | See recent Tubefilter News news »

Can you believe FEARnet is already onto its eighth original web series already? The Comcast-backed horror hub, which recently launched Fear Clinic, is now gearing up for Post Mortem with Mick Garris. The interview series will feature five minute episodes, in a "Charlie Rose of Horror" fashion, with various horror directors and other luminaries like Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, Robert Englund and John Carpenter. Mick Garris might in fact be the Charlie Rose of horror, having a rolodex that reads like a who's who in the genre after creating The Fantasy Film Festival and Showtime's Masters of Horror anthology series. "There is nobody in the business who can bring to our audience what Mick can – an unprecedented knowledge of the industry from the ground up, and a network of A-List colleagues who are happy to share with him and our viewers their experiences, stories and insights about fear-inspired entertainment,” said FEARnet's President Diane Robina. »

- Marc Hustvedt

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FEARnet Launches 'Post Mortem with Mick Garris'

10 November 2009 8:43 PM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »

Horror filmmaker and raconteur Mick Garris is at it again, folks. And this time the Masters of Horror creator is teaming up with your favorite website (FEARnet, natch) -- for Post Mortem with Mick Garris, an all-new online series, debuting in December, in which Garris will interview some of the biggest names in horror cinema, among them John Carpenter, Robert Englund and Wes Craven. Hit the jump for the offical press release. Fearnet, the multi-platform entertainment service with the #1 Internet site for horror and thriller entertainment and news, announced today that it has begun production on its newest original web series: Post Mortem With Mick Garris.  In the new series, Garris – one of... »

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Early Review of ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’

10 November 2009 8:02 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

This past weekend there was a test screening for the highly anticipated Platinum Dunes re-imagining of the horror classic, A Nightmare on Elm Street. Lucky for us, someone going by the pseudonym “Skin Peeler”  was in attendance and wrote up an extremely lengthy review of the film for the folks over at Ain’t It Cool News.

What did he think? While I’ve sampled some of the highlights from the review here, I can tell you right now that it appears much work needs to be done before the April 30, 2010, release date. Keep in mind that none of the effects, sound, editing (pretty much everything) are final at this moment.

 

In an attempt to save space and get right to the review, I shall save my musings and non-sequiturs until the end. I should also note that we tweaked some of the original text from the review – didn’t »

- Anthony Ocasio

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[TV] Justice League: The Complete Series

6 November 2009 8:30 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Before I start gushing about just how great this cartoon and, by connection, this set are, let’s establish two things. First, for every good thing I have to say about the entire set I include a single footnote: this should be available in a Blu-ray release as well, the animation would be sharper and bolder, the audio would be stunning and the entire package would have had that much more relevance considering the current trends of digital media. Second, this is so much more than just a ‘cartoon’. As is said a few times in the extra features of the series, Justice League may be the greatest superhero animated series to have ever existed. So what does that imply about this complete series set? One of the best ever?

Bruce Timm, the animation giant who gave Warner Brothers Batman: The Animated Series, their first commercial animated success that didn »

- Lex Walker

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Trailer for the Filmmaker's Book Of The Dead

6 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Below you can find the teaser trailer to Filmmaker's Book Of The Dead: How to Make Your Own Heart-Racing Horror Movie , an instructional reference guide to learn all the tricks of the trade in low-budget independent movie-making written by Danny Draven. The 300 plus page book features not only filmmaking tips from Draven, but also plenty of interviews with genre alumni such as Troma president Lloyd Kaufman, Robert Englund, James Wan, Stuart Gordon, Robert Kurtzman, Tom Savini, Herschell Gordon Lewis, David DeCoteau, Reggie Bannister, Chuck Williams, John D. LeMay, Debbie Rochon and many, many more. The book also features a foreword by Full Moon Pictures Charles Band. See the promo below and pre-order the book on Amazon right here . »

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Eek! A First Look at the New Freddy Krueger Toys

5 November 2009 5:15 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Horror fans will be slipping back into a new Nightmare on Elm Street on April 30th, 2010, but we're already being teased with new Freddy Krueger toys, thanks to Entertainment Earth and Mezco Toyz. You can buy a little Freddy of your own in plastic or vinyl next April just in time for Jackie Earle Haley's debut as the mutilated monster who haunts our dreams.

The first question I had when I saw the plastic toy was, why does he look like those little dolls with dried apple heads that are sold at craft fairs by sweet grandmas? But thanks to a wily blogger over at Albotas and the wonders of Photoshop, you can see that Earle Haley's Freddy definitely looks more like this toy than Robert Englund's Freddy.

I'm not sure which I prefer -- the menacing creep with a big smile or the flat-faced, expressionless killer. An »

- Jenni Miller

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Afm: Sales Art - Land of Canaan

5 November 2009 3:24 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

More sales are crept out of Afm today, this time for Land of Canaan, a psychological thriller/horror flick based on a true story of murder and hauntings in the Nevada town of Goldfield.

Directed by Reginald La France from a screenplay by France and Mike McCartney, Land of Canaan stars Tara Reid, Robert Englund, Juliet Landau, Dwight Yoakam, and more horror movie alums.

Quite the horror loving cast, eh?

Check out the art and a bit about the haunting below.

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- Uncle Creepy

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Agent Adam Isaacs Coulda Been 'V' Lizard

4 November 2009 2:54 PM, PST | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »

The premiere of the Warner Bros show V on ABC has brought back some memories for Wme agent Adam Isaacs. As he told me years ago, "I auditioned to be a guest lizard named Howie -- a sort of Jewish guest lizard -- on the original V. And it was during my third callback that I decided 'I don't think I can do this,' and I didn't want to be an actor anymore. And that sent me from La back to NY and into the William Morris training program. Robert Englund [aka Freddy Krueger] got the part, and when I saw his performance, I thought, 'I so could [...] »

- Nikki Finke

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Post Halloween Special Part 3: Freddy Krueger vs Me

3 November 2009 12:29 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

It’s a bit late but to finally end my Halloween champion Slasher report on who is the king out of Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger,  I have watched the entire back catalogue of their films and given a run down on each characters franchise story and best kills.

Part 1 was on Jason, Part 2 was Michael Myers and finally Part 3 is on the killing Dream Demon Freddy Krueger.

Set on Elm Street, Freddy is the reason I struggled to sleep through the late 80’s due to being terrified of him visiting me in my dreams.

Beware pictures of blood, a lot of gushing blood and other violent deaths.

And so a little rhyme to begin this story:

One, two, Freddy’s coming for you.

Three, Four, Better Lock your door.

Five, Six, grab your Crucifix.

Seven, Eight, Gonna stay up late.

Nine, Ten, Never sleep again.

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- Gary Phillips

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Exclusive: Robert Englund - Checking into Fear Clinic Part II

3 November 2009 12:51 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

For someone like Robert Englund, whose character of Freddy Krueger became legendary in the pop culture lexicon, you'd think he'd relish the opportunity to step out from behind the mask (or make-up) in the FEARnet web series "Fear Clinic."

However, despite his long career, the actor still gets apprehensive about using his own visage on film.

Englund said, "What's really funny for me is that most people think that the makeup is restrictive for me (or even Kane), but it really isn't. In fact, I almost prefer being creative in makeup as opposed to just being myself on screen."

"I can do so much more with a character like Freddy than I can with a normal-looking guy in a suit. It's like the makeup brings out the character inside you and just pushes you beyond what you normally do when you're performing. I can change my voice and move differently. »

- thehorrorchick

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'Expendables' Cameos And The First 'Nightmare On Elm Street' Review (Sort Of) In Today's Dailies -- 11/2/09

2 November 2009 4:30 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

--Sylvester Stallone has opened up on the secret scene in "The Expendables" featuring himself, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and my greatest dreams come to life. According to the actor, Willis plays the man who hires Stallone and his titular team for "a death-defying mission," but there's another operative that could take on the job — none other than Stallone's longtime rival, played by Schwarzenegger. "I talked about this scene with these guys for a long time, but I never thought it would come to fruition," said Stallone. (PopWatch)

--NBC is going from "Heroes" to "Zeroes" in an all-new television project from "Crank" duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Titled "Zeroes," the one-hour NBC project will focus on a crisis situation's final hour. "We want to drop right into it and sustain the absolute most berserk state of crisis, when all of the options have been exhausted," said Taylor. (THR)

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- Josh Wigler

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Vampires Unite for Halloween in Sin City

1 November 2009 7:55 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »

"True Blood" stars Rutina Wesley and Sam Trammel hosted Veuve Clicquot's Yelloween party at Lavo at the Palazzo in Las Vegas, while "Twilight" vampires Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene threw their own spooky Yelloween Halloween bash at Tao at the Venetian.

Wesley, dressed as a pirate, and Trammel, wearing a wizard costume, dined on Italian dishes at Lavo before heading to their VIP table at Lavo nightclub.

See photos of celebrities dressing up for Halloween

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Englund raves about 'Let The Right One In'

31 October 2009 1:26 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Robert Englund has revealed that the latest film to frighten him is Tomas Alfredson's Let The Right One In. The actor, who played Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise, has praised the film for its fresh take on the vampire tale. The 62-year-old wrote on The Huffington Post: "One thing that's scaring me in a good way is a recent Swedish horror film movie I saw called Let The Right One In. "Just when I thought vampires had 'jumped the shark', comes this chilling and disturbing (more) »

- By Marcell Minaya

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Happy Halloween - Trick or Treat?

30 October 2009 7:30 PM, PDT | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »

Phobia Friday: Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween. It's the night before Halloween and as we prepare to close up shop here at FEARnet and celebrate our favorite holiday, we wanted to leave you with a little virtual Trick or Treating surprise. Hit the jump to play our little game, and remember to choose wisely. Happy Halloween! When you've finished picking out your very own trick or treat above, stick around and enjoy everything that FEARtober on FEARnet has to offer. Free horror movies for your all night horrorthon, our latest original series Fear Clinic starring horror heavyweights Robert Englund, Kane Hodder and Danielle Harris and more! »

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G4 Halloween Goodies! Englund! Lynch! Slasher School!

30 October 2009 2:58 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

G4TV's Attack of the Show is doing a good job of getting our ghost this Halloween season by offering some exclusive goodies involving slashers in search of higher forms of education, a video interview with Robert Englund, who dishes the goods on his new web series "Fear Clinic", and Joe Lynch discussing his opinions on horror and what you should be watching!

We have them all for you below! Time for a schooling, kids! Enjoy the goods while you're piecing together your Halloween costumes. Might I recommend a chubby suit, a bald cap, and a goatee? Come on! There should be at least one Uncle Creepy at every damned Halloween party, for fuck's sake!

Video Game - E3 2009 - Guests

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- Uncle Creepy

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