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B-D Casting Call: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Remake
Bloody-Disgusting already broke the news that Brad Fuller and Andrew Form’s Platinum Dunes are set to follow their Friday the 13th remake with a relaunch of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Although they are still in the early stages of scripting, we thought it was the perfect time to offer up our picks for the cast of the ELM STREET remake. Feel free to post some of your suggestions below!
Casting the Nightmare on Elm Street Remake
The picks below are wishful thinking of course We all know chances are strong that most of the teen roles will go to the usual run-of-the-mill offshoots from The O.C., Gossip Girl and the like, but if we were making the choices, well then, you’d surely have a better movie. But I digress. If nothing else, let’s hope some deep thought goes into the crucial roles of Freddy and Nancy. Botching those could mean this one winds up more like the crappy Amityville Horror remake than the respectable Texas Chainsaw reworking. Knifed-fingers crossed!
Jackie Earle Hayley – Yes, it’s true, Hayley played a child molestor in his career-resurging role as Ronnie J. McGorvey in Little Children, but that’s not the only reason he’s the perfect man to reinvigorate the legendary dream killer. Hayley’s career is on the upswing and, let’s be realistic here, he is pretty creepy looking! The footage we’ve seen of him so far in Watchman as Rorschach looks pretty bad-ass and he just finished shooting a role as a mental patient for Martin Scorsese in Shutter Island. Good enough for Marty, good enough for Freddy Krueger. Hayley is the perfect choice to create a darker, more maniacal, scarier Freddy like the character that was first envisioned by Craven in the early `80s.
Alternate – Adrien Brody
Amanda Seyfried – Considering the current crop of young starlets coming down the Hollywood pipeline, it would be a big challenge to find an actress with the wholesome innocence of Langenkamp. Amanda Seyfried (from Mamma Mia! and HBO’s Big Love) certainly has the right look and those big innocent eyes that might just pull it off. Hopefully producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form will keep the original’s spirit in mind in this respect rather than opting for the standard choice of another model-turned-actress that “impressed” a producer.
Alternate – Dakota Fanning
Marcia Cross – Cross has already done the stumbling drunk thing a bit as the tightly wound Bree Hodge on Desperate Housewives. Plus she’d be able to channel her Melrose past by hamming it up in homage to Ronee Blakely. And while we certainly all have a nostalgic affection for Blakely’s overdone performance from the first Elm Street, it would be nice to see Cross balance things a bit and tone down the hamminess just a tad.
Alternate – Drew Barrymoore
Josh Brolin – Sure, this one is probably a longshot after Brolin went legit in Coen Bros. and Oliver Stone flicks, but wouldn’t it be great? Going through the current list of middle-aged Hollywood actors, it’s hard to find many with the right level of grizzled toughness Saxon possessed. Most of the guys out there today are too pretty to picture as tough guy cop fathers with a drinking problem. Maybe they can just de-age Saxon like X-Men 3 and use him again?
Alternate: Bill Moseley
Jamie Bell – Taking on the tough guy wrongly accused of Tina’s murder could be another step towards shedding his Billy Elliot past after impressive turns last year in Jumper and Defiance. The audition is simple: greased hair, black leather jacket and reading the line “Hey, up yours with a twirling lawnmower” without so much as a smirk.
Alternate: Lucas Black
Unknown Future Hollywood A-lister – Considering that then unknown Johnny Depp went on to become one of the most accomplished and beloved actors in Hollywood, the pressure is certainly on for the actor that winds up stepping into these shoes. Logan Lerman was great in 3:10 to Yuma and managed to save face in the hokey Number 23. Living up Depp’s career might be a stretch, but at least he’d do the role proud.
Alternate: Young Johnny Depp lookalike contest winner
Lindsay Lohan – Come on, am I the only one that wants to see this busty party girl thrashed around in a pool of blood on an upside down ceiling? I have issues, you say? Admit it, you got a little excited thinking about it… Whoever plays this femme slash fodder won’t be long for this world anyway. If the remake is any good, it could be a career jolt similar to Drew Barrymoore’s brief death scene in the first Scream.
Alternate: Mischa Barton
This week’s new releases offer everything from giant monsters to Spielberg aliens to ass-kicking martial artists and even an ash-eating medical student. Do we have your interest?
Here’s all the new genre movies that released on Friday, June 12, 2026!
These aren’t all HORROR movies, but we want you to be aware of them all the same…
Norwegian creature feature Kraken is now available on Digital.
The film was also unleashed in select theaters. Check your local listings.
In the monster movie Kraken, “unnatural behavior in wild salmon, followed by inexplicable deaths in Norway’s deepest fjord, points to the mythical Kraken. The ancient, multi-armed monster has awakened, ready to crush everything that moves or makes a sound.”
Pål Øie (The Tunnel) directs Samuel Goldwyn Films’ Kraken from a script by Vilde Eide, Kjersti Jelen Rasmussen, and Natasha Arthur. Sara Khorami, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Øyvind Brandtzæg, Jenny Evensen, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, Jon Erik Myre, Hans Morten Hansen, Steinar Klouman Hallert, and Filip Bargee Ramberg star.
An all girls trip into the desert for escapism fun instead implodes in violence in the revenge thriller Find Your Friends, now streaming only on Shudder.
In the film, “Amber and her four best friends flee Los Angeles for a girls’ trip in Joshua Tree, only to find themselves unwelcome in a desert town simmering with quiet hostility. As isolation sets in and encounters with aggressive locals grow more threatening, festering resentments within the group begin to surface.
“What begins as fun and reckless escape spirals into a violent struggle for control and survival, as past wounds and present dangers collide in a night that turns their trip into a nightmare.”
Bella Thorne (The Babysitter), Chloe Cherry (“Euphoria”), Helena Howard (I Saw the TV Glow), Sophia Ali (Uncharted), Zion Moreno (“Gossip Girl”), and Chris Bauer (“True Blood”) star in the feature debut by writer/director Izabel Pakzad.
Steven Spielberg is more sure today than he was when he made Close Encounters and ET that aliens are very real, and with Disclosure Day, he aims to make you a believer too.
Okay so it’s not a horror movie, but the sci-fi blockbuster is now playing in theaters.
The vague synopsis for Disclosure Day reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”
The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).
Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for Jurassic World Rebirth.
Steven Spielberg is of course no stranger to extraterrestrial encounters, directing two of the greatest alien movies of all time: Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977 and E.T. in 1982. It’s an arena he returned to in 2005, directing an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.
Here in 2026, Steven Spielberg sees hope in the existence of aliens. He notes in the final trailer for Disclosure Day, “How will disclosure change us? I believe for the better.”
Another movie that’s not a horror movie but worth mentioning here is the violent martial arts revenge thriller The Furious, which is now playing in theaters from Lionsgate.
Xie Miao (The New Legend of Shaolin) and Joe Taslim (Mortal Kombat) star.
After his daughter is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wang Wei sets out on a rampage to find her himself.
His only ally is Navin, a relentless journalist whose wife has mysteriously disappeared. Fueled by a furious vengeance, the unlikely duo ruthlessly fights against the kidnappers.
Kenji Tanigaki (Enter the Fat Dragon) directs from a script by Mak Tin Shu (Kung Fu Jungle), Lei Zhilong, Shum Kwan Sin (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In), and Frank Hui.
A disturbing weight loss craze involving human ashes opens up a haunting world of hurt for a young woman in Saccharine, which is now available on Digital outlets at home.
From writer/director Natalie Erika James (Relic, Apartment 7A), the Australian supernatural body horror film follows lovelorn medical student Hana, who becomes terrorized by a sinister force after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.
Midori Francis (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$), and Madeleine Madden (“The Wheel of Time”) star in Natalie Erika James’ latest nightmare.
From directors Arturo Ambriz and Roy Ambriz, I Am Frankelda is billed as the first ever full length stop motion movie from Mexico, and it’s now streaming on Netflix.
The history-making stop-motion film is a dark fantasy set in a world of monsters.
Here’s the synopsis: “In 19th-century Mexico, Frankelda is a gifted writer whose dark tales are ignored and dismissed. Forced to suppress her voice, she refuses to give up, even as many try to silence her. But when she is thrust into her subconscious, the very monsters she created come to life.
“Guided by Herneval, a tormented prince trapped between dreams and nightmares, she must restore balance between fiction and reality before both realms collapse. Meanwhile, the sinister writer Procustes and his conspirators plot to seize control. As Frankelda and Herneval grow closer, their bond becomes both a strength and a curse.
“To rewrite their fate, she must confront a love that defies existence and reclaim her power as a storyteller—before dark forces consume her imagination and reveal horrors beyond her creation.”
The directors said in a joint statement, “As brothers, we grew up inventing worlds together, drawing, playing, imagining. Over time we understood that fictional characters were not only companions but guides. Sometimes they felt closer than the people around us. They provided us courage, wisdom, and solace. We believe fiction is not an escape from reality but a way of understanding it. A way of converting truth into palatable chunks. I Am Frankelda comes from a lifelong love of storytelling.”
Mireya Mendoza, Arturo Mercado Jr., and Luis Leonardo Suarez lead the voice cast.
Meagan Navarro writes in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Mexico’s first stop-motion animated feature is a macabre beauty.” Meagan also notes in her review, “I Am Frankelda is a gothic fantasy feature whose boundless creativity is matched by its ambition.”
The lines of reality and delusion blur in Time of Death, now available on Digital.
Michael Kelly (“The Penguin,” Dawn of the Dead 2004) stars with Kevin Pollak (End of Days), Mena Suvari (Vampires of the Velvet Lounge), and Dennis Haysbert (Send Help).
In the horror-thriller, “When a prisoner vanishes without a trace, Detective Frank Morley (Michael Kelly) is sent to a decaying prison on the verge of shutdown. What begins as a routine investigation quickly spirals into a dangerous search for answers.”
Will Wernick (Escape Room 2017, Follow Me) directs from a script by Jason Rosen. They also produce alongside Kelly Delson, Jeff Delson, and Kyle David Crosby.
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