Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez has shared his interest in making a slasher movie, and there’s one horror franchise that could use his talents to successfully come back to life. The horror genre has greatly benefited from some ongoing trends, such as reboots and legacy sequels, which have successfully revived some of the most popular horror franchises. Others, however, although they tried to use these trends to their benefit, failed in trying to tell new stories, revive their franchises, and attract the audience’s interest.

Some horror franchises could greatly benefit from these trends, either due to past failures in reviving them or because they deserve one more good story. A director who is no stranger to horror IPs and bringing new stories to them is Fede Álvarez, as he recently did with Alien: Romulus. Now, fresh off its success, Álvarez has shared what he would like to do next in the horror genre, telling Collider that he would like to make a “good old slasher”, and though he said he wouldn’t necessarily go for an IP, there’s one that could really use his help.

A Nightmare On Elm Street Is In Need Of A Proper Reboot

A Nightmare On Elm Street Hasn’t Had A New Movie Since 2010

One of the most popular horror franchises is Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. It all began in 1984 with the movie of the same name, in which Craven introduced the world to serial killer Freddy Krueger, who has a very specific modus operandi: Krueger haunts his victims in their dreams, and if he kills them there, they die in real life, too. Krueger is motivated by revenge, as he was burned alive by the parents of the kids he killed, and he’s back to terrorize teenagers in the one place their parents can’t protect them.

A Nightmare on Elm Street was a critical and commercial success, and it spawned a franchise with TV shows, novels, comic books, video games, and lots of merch. In film, A Nightmare on Elm Street has a total of nine movies, including a crossover with Friday the 13th in 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason and a remake in 2010. As happens with many franchises (not just in horror), not all sequels of A Nightmare on Elm Street have matched the quality of the first movie, with the exceptions of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare.

Talks about a new A Nightmare on Elm Street movie started in 2015, but nothing has come out of it yet. In 2019, it was reported that a Nightmare on Elm Street TV show could be the franchise’s next step, but no more updates have been given. Although New Nightmare was a satisfying ending to the movie series, the 2010 remake became a stain on the franchise. The remake offered nothing new and couldn’t match the quality (in everything) and scares of the original movie. A Nightmare on Elm Street deserves to end on a high note, making it a great candidate for Álvarez’s slasher movie.

Fede Álvarez Has A History With Horror Reboots (& It Needs To Improve)

Fede Álvarez Has An Interesting History With Horror IPs

Fede Álvarez’s feature-directorial debut was the above-mentioned Evil ᴅᴇᴀᴅ. Labeled as a sequel and a remake of Sam Raimi’s 1981 movie by some, Álvarez’s Evil ᴅᴇᴀᴅ took the audience to a cabin in the woods where Mia (Jane Levy) is staying with her brother and his friends to overcome her substance-use disorder. After finding the Naturom Demonto, they unintentionally unleash a chaotic evil force that takes them one by one. Evil ᴅᴇᴀᴅ has a 63% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, though it has been called unoriginal and called out for focusing more on gore than the story itself.

After writing and directing Don’t Breathe, Álvarez came up with the story for the 2022 reboot of Texas Chainsaw Mᴀssacre, directed by David Blue Garcia. Texas Chainsaw Mᴀssacre wasn’t well-received by critics and has been mostly forgotten since its release. Alien: Romulus is a huge hit for Fede Álvarez and his history with horror franchises, and it could keep improving with a good classic slasher like A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Source: Collider.