The studio had negotiated with the city for months before finally settling on a deal. Although filming took place at both schools, neither was identified by name. [2] In 1988, a television series was produced with Freddy as the host. [52] The film was officially released overseas on May 8, 2010. [13], Wesley Strick was initially hired to pen a script for a new A Nightmare on Elm Street because he had impressed Emmerich with a prequel script he wrote for the 1995 film Seven. The parents of Springwood killed Krueger after he was acquitted on a technicality. View production, box office, & company info. The 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street was a refreshing, novel, approach to the slasher subgenre film. A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that consists of nine slasher films, a television series, novels, and comic books. Freddy's costume is easily recognizable, but the new burn victim look of his face is unappealing. Platinum Dunes also received a thirty percent tax break for filming in the state. [51], As of July 6, 2010, A Nightmare on Elm Street has earned $63,071,122 at the domestic box office. As each of the slashers are stuck in their personal hells, versions of Elm Street and Camp Crystal Lake would have existed there in some form. Robert Englund, who portrayed Freddy in the previous eight films, voiced his support of the remake and the casting of Haley in the role of Freddy. A Nightmare on Elm Street was met with rave critical reviews and is considered to be one of the greatest horror films ever made, spawning a franchise consisting of six sequels, a television series, a crossover with Friday the 13th, and various other merchandise. The original film was written and directed by Craven, who returned to co-script the second sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), and to write and direct New Nightmare (1994). Unlike the other films, but like Platinum Dune's other remakes, there is an attempt at a Freddy Krueger origin story. The score to A Nightmare on Elm Street was composed by Steve Jablonsky and recorded by a 60-piece string ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony. This is my stance on remakes. This is silly, outdated, and uncreative.After Remake on Elm Street, Platinum Dunes is seemingly out of horror franchise fodder. Neil, unknowingly until the end, meets the spirit of Freddy's mother, Amanda Krueger (Nan Martin), who instructs him to bury Freddy's remains in hallowed ground in order to stop him for good. On January 29, 2008, Variety reported that Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes production company would reboot the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with a remake of the original 1984 film.