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Thomas Dekker Talks ‘Elm Street’ Role
Last week it was reported that horror vet Thomas Dekker (“The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) would be turning from fighting robots to going toe-to-toe with the boogeyman himself, Freddy Krueger, in New Line Cinema’s reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street. At the red carpet premiere for Rob Hall’s new slasher film Laid to Rest (on DVD Tuesday from Anchor Bay), Dekker talked very briefly about his possible role as “Jesse”.
“I am in final negotiations,” confirming earlier reports that he would be tackling one of the teen roles. “It would be the role of Jesse. It’s a good script and I was very impressed.”
“Look, I have my feelings about remakes, but… it’s Freddy Krueger!” (laughs) “It’s like, come on! Give me a break!”
It’s not much, but hey, it’s nice to hear it straight from the horses mouth…
He will join the previously announced Jackie Earle Haley (Freddy Krueger) and Kyle Gallner (Quentin) in the film that follows Krueger, a serial child molester murdered by angry parents, who returns with a burnt face and a razor glove to terrorize teens in their dreams.
New Line Cinema has the reboot slated for release on April 16, 2010.
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Katharine Isabelle Battles Cosmic Horror in Exclusive ‘Junction Row’ Teaser Trailer [Fantasia 2026]
Among Fantasia 2026‘s massive final wave of programming this morning is Raven Banner’s Lovecraftian creature feature Junction Row, starring Canadian horror icon Katharine Isabelle, and we’re exclusively unveiling the teaser trailer.
Junction Row will celebrate its World Premiere at Fantasia on July 28.
Watch a housing compound fall under siege from Lovecraftian creatures more dangerous than drug dealers in the trailer below.
Junction Row follows “Juno, a recovering addict who leaves a fringe housing compound for a better life, leaving her beloved Ruby behind. When she learns that Ruby has gone missing, Juno returns, only to find Junction Row has become a hotbed of criminal activity, but she encounters much more than menacing drug dealers on her mission to find Ruby.”
Isabelle stars as Juno, with Natalie Brown (FX’s The Strain) as Ruby.
The creature feature marks the feature debut by director Ashlea Wessel, who has directed festival-favorite shorts like 2018’s “Tick” and 2020’s “Weirdo”.
Wessel co-writes Junction Row with Clown in a Cornfield author Adam Cesare and Matt Serafini.
Katharine Isabelle is coming off a brief appearance in Kane Parsons’ Backrooms, and more recently appeared in holiday horror It’s a Wonderful Knife. The horror icon is arguably best known for her turn as the eponymous werewolf in Ginger Snaps and for her roles in American Mary and Freddy vs Jason.
Fantasia teases that Junction Row tells “a story where the fear of the unknown isn’t confined to what lies above, but what waits beneath.”
Stay tuned for more from Fantasia as the festival gets underway later this month.