It used to be that there was no going backwards once a franchise was given the remake treatment, but in recent years, Evil Dead and Halloween have proven that the times have changed. Even in the wake of remakes, both franchises returned to their original continuities, so there’s always hope that A Nightmare on Elm Street will someday do the same.
Over the years, Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp has repeatedly expressed interest in playing franchise heroine Nancy Thompson again, and even Robert Englund no longer seems completely opposed to putting the red & green sweater back on one more time. Given the smash hit success of Halloween last year, why the hell not… right?
Speaking with ComicBook.com, Langenkamp has again expressed that she’d be 100% on board.
“I would really love to reprise Nancy in a way, because I feel that there’s more of that story to be told, certainly,” Langenkamp told the site. “But I don’t know if there’s anyone out there who is as imaginative as Wes Craven, who could figure it out. I just don’t know. I don’t see enough great storylines that would incorporate Nancy in any universe. I just don’t know if that exists, but some brilliant person might be working on something. But I know the fans would love it so much, because I see them in these situations where they’re so enthusiastic.”
The actress continued, “They’re such great fans that the horror genre just doesn’t seem to appreciate them enough. I constantly walk away with, these are people who have created a genre just out of pure love over the past 30 years. Their love of these movies has actually buoyed this genre in a way that no other genres, I think, can say that’s the reason why they’re so successful. And so, for their sake, I think, give them what they want. If this is what they want, they’re telling me they want it, then why wouldn’t you give people what they want?”
“I hope that fans can express what they want and actually feel like people listen.”
As of last October, Langenkamp had noted that she’d heard nothing about any sort of Nightmare on Elm Street movie being actively in the works. But maybe if we keep begging…
