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10 Movies That Were Meant To Reboot Franchises But Flopped Hard

The movie remake has been a popular trend for a while, but right now we are in a hot spot for franchise reboots – films that are not only redoing one popular movie from the past but also have to reignite whole series of movies. 2015 delivered a couple of big successes in this area with Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, while this year will see the likes of Ghostbusters join the ranks of reinvented franchises.
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Published: Apr 11, 2016 01:42 am

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5) Nightmare On Elm Street

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Wes Craven’s Nightmare on Elm Street franchise always set itself apart from other horror series with its strain of subversive, black comedy. Under his crispy face mask, Robert Englund managed to turn the despicable Freddy Krueger into one of the most charismatic icons of the genre.

It would always have been tough to reboot the franchise with a new lead, then, and 2010’s Nightmare on Elm Street redo did not stick the landing.

On paper, Jackie Earle Haley (Rorschach in Watchmen) is a solid choice to replace Englund, but he never gets a chance to match up to the original. The film he is stuck in is just so unrelentingly grim and completely at odds with the tone of the rest of the franchise.

Like Friday the 13th, this remake looks to have succeeded where numerous teenagers fighting for their lives have failed and might have actually killed Freddy Krueger once and for all.

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'
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