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SCREAM ’09: Jackie Earle Haley on ‘Elm Street’ Surprises, Freddy’s Voice and a Sequel!
Last year Derek Mears, the new Jason Voorhees, was welcomed to the Scream Awards. This year Jackie Earle Haley walked the red carpet of the 2009 Scream Awards (airing Tuesday, October 27 at 10:00PM ET/PT) to talk about his role as your new Freddy Krueger in the upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Below you can read about how they’re still working on his voice, what he thinks of the fan reactions and how pleased his is with the final act of the film.
Since being on set and watching the San Diego Comic Con panel, there has been a lot of talk about Jackie’s voice in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. He tells Bloody-Disgusting they’re not quite done yet.
“We’re still getting it out there. We’ve actually been working on that for the last 3 days, doing some ADR work and will probably continue. It’s a normal process of post-production,” he adds.
As regular members of Bloody Disgusting, you guys all know what the fan reaction has been, Haley is thrilled by the positivity thus far.
“I’ve been pretty thrilled with all of the responses, it looks really cool. A lot of people wish it was Robert [in the remake] and I get that,” he continues,”he’s made this character iconic and he’s iconic as well, it’s a tough thing and hopefully when the movie comes out people will dig it.”
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I big portion of the remake focuses on “micro naps”, small moments of sleep that are induced by the brain after an intense lack of sleep.
“It was awesome, it was a lot of fun and a lot of work and late hours too. They really did a good job with the sequences, especially the pharmacy, but I don’t want to give too much away.”
But the real question is, after the torture of being turned into Freddy every single day, would Jackie be willing to do it all again if a sequel were ever made?
“You know, I would imagine, I’m signed on so we’ll see how it goes,” he tells BD. “It’s looking really good, I’ve been in there working on the film and finally seeing some sequences and I’m really thrilled with what Sam and the guys are putting together!”
You can all check it out when the nightmares begin on April 20, 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.