Nightmare On Elm Street 3D a go-go

Freddy Krueger mopped up (the blood) at this weekend’s US box office to the tune of $32m, so of course Nightmare On Elm Street sequel chatter has jumped into warp speed.

What’s surprising is that producer Brad Fuller is the one leading the talk, telling Dread Central that “Freddy always has a story to tell”.

Which shows that Platinum Dunes, who have remade everything from Friday The 13th to Texas Chain Saw Massacre in recent years, are definitely planning on resurrecting the Nightmare franchise for good.

But let’s not forget that their Friday The 13th remake took bigger bucks in its opening weekend, but plans for Part II were shelved just a few weeks back .

Could Freddy suffer the same fate? It could all depend on Nightmare 's ability to keep the crowds coming in - and with reviews shredding the remake into ribbons, we can't imagine many people will funnel their hard earned cash into yet another remake. Watch this space.

A Nightmare On Elm Street opens in the UK this Friday 7 May.

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Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.