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Die Hard Rebooted: 10 Other Franchise Reboots That Failed to Launch

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Luke Owen looks at the failed franchise reboots… Rebooting a franchise isn’t just an idea anymore, it’s a formula. If you have a pre-existing franchise with a pre-existing audience, reboot it. And then if that doesn’t work, just reboot it again. We live in a world where we have three different attempts at creating a sustaining […]

Robert Englund dismisses rumours of potential Freddy Krueger return

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Horror icon Robert Englund has taken to Twitter to deny rumours that he would return to the role of Freddy Krueger in a potential reboot of A Nightmare On Elm Street. SEE ALSO: Kickstarter documentary to explore gay subtext in A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 SEE ALSO: Make-up artist for the 2010 Nightmare on […]

Kickstarter documentary to explore gay subtext in A Nightmare On Elm Street 2

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A new documentary is being crowdfunded via Kickstarter, focusing on the homoerotic subtext of A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 and the effect that its critical reception had on star Mark Patton. SEE ALSO: New Line rebooting A Nightmare on Elm Street… again SEE ALSO: Make-up artist for the 2010 Nightmare on Elm Street remake […]

Make-up artist for the 2010 Nightmare on Elm Street remake calls the film “a waste of time”

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With the news of another reboot to A Nightmare on Elm Street coming our way soon, many horror fans have had horrible memories of the 2010 remake come to mind – a movie that is universally hated by the community. And someone else who doesn’t like the remake? The movie’s make-up artist Bart J. Mixon, who […]