I just checked in with our old friend-in-fright RobertEnglund (a.k.a. Freddy Krueger) to talk about his new horror flick, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon,which opens tomorrow. (Watch for my full Q&A with the star on EW.com tomorrow as well.) But toward the end of our chat, Englund (pictured) hinted that hisfamous alter ego — last seen in 2003’s Freddyvs. Jason — may yet return to theaters. “There definitely is [talk of doinganother movie],” he said. “The problem was we spent, like, six months trying tomake it happen with [Evil Dead’s] SamRaimi and Bruce Campbell as Freddy vs.Jason vs. Ash, which I thought was a great idea. But I think Sam wanted Ashto win, and I think that that was the falling off point. Now I understandthere’s been some discussion with John Carpenter, which means there might be afusion with the Halloween movies. Onthe other hand, there’s been some discussion with John McNaughton, thedirector [of Henry: Portrait of aSerial Killer], which leads me to believe there might be a prequel; JohnMcNaughton would certainly be the guy if it were going to be documentary style.”Oh, so many options! C’mon, PopWatchers, let’s help them make up their minds!
Mar 15
2007
02:44 PM ET
Freddy vs. Michael Myers vs. Henry the Serial Killer?
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When are we going to see Jaws vs Orca. That’s the one we’re all waiting for.
The reason the project fell apart was because Ash was going to win. “Ash” should win. That movie would be awesome and with Raime involved you have much credibility and the father of “The Evil Dead”.
Why would you bring in Sam Raime and then want to kill off his character? Same should just make his own movie. The world needs a new great Bruce Campbell movie in theatres!!!!!! Please make it happen.
I don’t think Ash losing would necessarily mean him dying. The best Evil Dead ended with him “losing”, getting sucked into the vortex and being sent back in time.
Wow. The Freddy-Jason-Ash movie HAS to happen. I’m declaring this in the interest of all pop-culture fans out there. There simply MUST be another Ash movie, and a chance to chew scenery next to Freddy and Jason would be sensory overload.
Sample dialogue: “Hey nails…give me some sugar.” Or “It’ll be like high school – I’m going to slip one past the goalie.”
Oh, please. No more Freddy. There wasn’t much need for any Freddy after the first “Nightmare”. The only thing that came out of it was some good 80′s metal that was included in the some of the soundtracks. We didn’t need to see Michael after the second Halloween, and we certainly didn’t need more than two helpings of Jason. The only bigger misstep would have been a sequel to “The Shining”, and it’s almost like I vaugely remember something like that happening.
All of these opinions coming from a horror movie fan, by the way.
DUH. The Hostel people go to bed and find Freddie waiting for them in Eastern Europe. To escape, they run to an old abandoned Czech campground where Jason’s been chillin’.
It also turns out the Aliens left eggs at the bottom of the lake, and once Jason’s killed one of them jumps out of his chest.
This is just in time for the appearance of Robocop, who sends them all to Hades for the noise disturbance.
RE: This is just in time for the appearance of Robocop
I’d buy that for a dollar!
RE: some good 80′s metal
Not to mention that gem by the Fat Boys. (I couldn’t find the actual music video, but this tribute to Freddy uses the song at least, starting at the 2:30 mark).
When they were in talks with Raimi i said to myself “thats stupid! get Michael Myers in there!” i REALLY hope it happens!
I really don’t think we’ll see a Freddy or Jason vs. Michael Myers. Dimension Films was in discussion for this, but scrapped it and decided to go with the Rob Zombie “re-imagining”. I think Freddy has a little left in the tank, but I’m not so sure about Jason.
It seems that that horror genre is just loaded with remakes and prequel ideas.
Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. King Kong
or
Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Bambi
or, better yet
Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice!
Tom, you need to stop with the Youtube. I can’t get any work done because of it.
Hey, remember that Fresh Prince tribute to Freddy? How sweet-80′s cheese was THAT!!!
For everyone screaming for a new Bruce Campbell / Evil Dead / Ash movie, look up “My name is Bruce”. Its in development now (released in the next few months if memory serves). Its about a monster-ravaged town enlisting Bruce Campbell (whom they have mistakenly confused with his “Come get Some” alter ego) to save them. Basically, an excuse to make an Evil Dead movie without any pesky licensing fees or continuity.
Freddy v.Tom, Dick and Harry.
Freddy vs. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover…
Can anyone top THAT! LOL…
Hmmm…
I don’t think I can top that, but I’d like to see how they’d manage it. If I remember correctly, Gambon’s character was killed, so Tim Roth (He wasn’t killed too, was he?) could move up from henchman into the Thief spot. Then, since the Lover was eaten, they could bring him back by borrowing Kevin Smith’s poop monster from Dogma. Use the same script as Jason vs. Freddy, but change all the references from “Jason” to “poop monster”. No originality required, it’s perfect!