2022 Proves It’s Not Too Late To Reboot Nightmare On Elm Street
Freddy Krueger’s lengthy absence from movie screens might make a potential Nightmare On Elm Street reboot seem impossible, but 2022 has proven that a revival of the classic slasher series could still work. It has been over ten years since Freddy Krueger was last seen on the big screen in director Samuel Bayer’s disastrous 2010 remake of the original Nightmare On Elm Street. While that misfire made it look like a Nightmare On Elm Street franchise reboot could never work, the series could still make a comeback despite its many setbacks.
TheNightmare On Elm Street franchise was phenomenally popular throughout the 1980s after the success of director Wes Craven’s original 1984 movie. However, while each Nightmare On Elm Street sequel raked in millions at the box office, the critical reception of the series went from solid to dire within the first few entries. By the time the early 90s rolled around, the Nightmare On Elm Street movies was despised by reviewers, and even faithful fans were starting to give up on the series. Craven’s own 1994 meta-horror sequel New Nightmare briefly revived interest in Freddy, as did 2003’s Freddy Vs. Jason, but the two decades since have not been kind to the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise.
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Not only did the Friday the 13th franchise’s legal quagmire mean Freddy Vs. Jason 2 never happened, but the Nightmare On Elm Street series was hit with another setback when its 2010 remake was a critical failure. Craven’s untimely death in 2015 and the lack of news from the franchise added to the general presumption that the series was finished, and there has been no reason for Nightmare On Elm Street fans to think otherwise in recent
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