Freddy Krueger Goes to Space in Bizarre Nightmare on Elm Street Fan Art

A new piece of fan art for A Nightmare on Elm Streetsees Freddy Krueger go to space. Robert Englund’s Freddy Krueger first graced the big screen in 1984 when New Line Cinema released Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. Quickly becoming a pop culture icon, the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise expanded with six sequels, a crossover movie with Jason Voorhees, a TV show, and a critically panned reboot in 2010.

There have been plenty of long-running horror franchises that took their main character to space. Jason X may be the most well-known example, with the 2001 film taking the killer to space in the year 2455.While Jason X may have had some unique kills, the movie wasn’t a critical success. Leprechaun and Hellraiser are two other series that gave fans a space-themed sequel, but like Jason X, those franchises also couldn’t find success with the idea. 

A Nightmare on Elm Street may have never taken Freddy to space, but a new piece of art from marischabecker imagines just that. Freddy can be seen wielding his iconic glove with a tattered space suit and helmet. The artist’s bizarre idea can be seen in the post below:

Freddy may have never gone to space in Nightmare on Elm Street canon, but there are plans to continue the series. In 2019, Wes Craven’s estate reclaimed the rights to the franchise and was reportedly looking for ideas for a new movie and possibly a TV show. Even though updates on the franchise’s future have been few and far between, it’s only a matter of time before the series is rebooted. There has recently been interest in reboots of classic horror movies, such as Halloween and Blumhouse’s upcoming The Exorcist sequel. Characters like Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger are still popular today, and while the rights to the former character are a bit messy, Craven’s estate just needs a solid idea to continue the series. 

With all that in mind, it’s incredibly unlikely the next Nightmare on Elm Street project will take the dream demon to space. While that seemed to be a trend in the late ‘90s/early 2000s for the horror genre, studios today likely wouldn’t go for such a bizarre concept. Until a new Nightmare on Elm Streetmovie is officially confirmed, fans will have to rely on fan art like the one above to get their fix of Freddy Krueger.

Source: marischabecker

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