Now that the dust has settled from the return of Jason Voorhees in the Platinum Dunes reboot of Friday the 13th, a new storm is brewing with next horror reboot — A Nightmare on Elm Street. The movie isn’t being released until April of next year, but rumors have already lit up the ‘Net on multiple occasions. Thankfully, Latino Review was able to grab a copy of the script and finally give us a little insight into what to expect. Head over to their site to hear the complete review!

The one big noticeable difference in these two reboots, was that with Friday the 13th, you only needed to find a guy with the right look to fill the shoes of Jason — but when it comes to Freddy Krueger, you had an impossible personality to replace. This is something that I once thought would be a killer blow to the new venture, but with this information we now have, I’m starting retract my steps.

We all know the old tale of Freddy Krueger well-enough; burned alive and all that sunshine. Well, apparently the new screenplay sticks right to this line. In the script, Freddy works as a gardener at a pre-school and apparently even the kids like him there. But for some reason, the parents either label, or are lead to believe that Freddy is a child molester, and they proceed to burn him away… something that none of us would take very well. Eventually, Freddy finds his way back, where all of the children of the parents are now around 18 years old, and the story becomes one of pure revenge. The question that catches your attention is: was Freddy falsely murdered, or was he really a child molester?

If the film makers really hinge the story on this question, and make it (and the character) more complex than we’ve ever known in A Nightmare on Elm Street, then I have to assume this could not only be faithful… but it could be a really great horror. Word is, Freddy will not even be sarcastic and humorous like we know him, but in fact, he won’t speak much at all. If they really re-invent the character like that, the question then turns from “How can you possibly cast anyone but Robert England?”, to “WHO will they cast!?” With this formula, you could take a great horror character and make a really, really scary sumbitch, and this has me all sorts of intrigued.

When it comes to horror, I’ve always been a massive Jason Voorhees fan. None of the other ones came close — Leatherface was just a lunatic, no method to his madness; Pinhead was pretty damn scary, but a little too proper, like he’d have a cup of tea with you after the slaughter; Michael Myers was a jackass in a jumpsuit and a Shatner mask who barely handled a couple of babysitters with a butter knife; and then there was Freddy. I never watched Freddy movies for some reason, but I never had a problem with him as a horror icon either. The dude was horrifying AND hilarious at the same time — a difficult persona to accomplish. The only time I didn’t like Freddy, was at a midnight screening of Freddy vs. Jason, where the theater was more like a sports bar, full of people rooting and cheering for their undead professional slasher of choice! That was a good time and all, but I can’t wait to see how this new attempt to win my heart from Jason plays out.

Personally, I’m willing to bet this new Freddy may have a look similar to what we saw with that one half of Two Face in The Dark Knight. With that, you accomplish realism, complete horror, and re-invention in one swift motion.

Hopefully, this movie shapes out to be as good as it sounds right now.