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Are You Ready to Visit Elm Street Again?

Yes, it’s true. Variety is reporting the news. A Nightmare on Elm Street is being rebooted.

There is currently a lot of movement regarding the “Holy Trinity” of slasher films.

Halloween has a new video game on the horizon and a new movie in the works.

Friday the 13th has a new TV series about to air.

And now comes news of an agreement between Paramount and Wes Craven’s estate to create a new film based on the original screenplay.

The Story

Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.

The original 1984 film was a watershed movie in the horror genre. It tapped into the very real (at the time) societal curiosity about the meaning of dreams, targeted a teen audience, and told an original and gripping story about a heinous killer and the crime a group of parents committed in the name of vigilante justice. The movie currently has a 7.4 on IMDB with 294,000 votes. Audiences loved the film at the time, and it spawned a franchise of nine movies (so far). A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is especially loved, and filmmakers Chuck Russell (Eraser), Wes Craven, Stephen Hopkins (Predator 2) and Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2: Die Harder) are associated with these sequels.

“One, Two, Freddy’s Coming For You …”

I previously posted a story about the possibility of Jim Carrey portraying Freddy; there is no news about Freddy’s casting … yet. Chuck Russell is the person responsible for this story; he thinks Carrey would make a great Freddy, and I agree, to a point. He’d definitely chew up the scenery and spew a fountain of morbid jokes. He’d have to dig into his darker side to commit some of the grisly murders in the film, however. Could he do this?

“Three, Four, Better Lock Your Door …”

An Iconic Film with Iconic Moments

If you haven’t seen the original, you should check it out. It featured an iconic performance by Robert Englund as Freddy, John Savage (Enter the Dragon) as the police chief and Nancy’s dad, and a very young Johnny Depp in his first role, as Glen. One of the best elements of the movie was that sometimes it was hard to tell if you were watching a dream, or watching something occurring in the “real” world of the tormented teens.

There are many iconic moments in the first film, including:

The blood waterfall
The body pulled through a window
Freddy’s glove
Freddy’s laugh
The bathtub scene
The jail cell death
The nursery rhyme song children on the street sing

Here’s the trailer for the original film. As more news arrives, I’ll post it here at Life After Gateway. Watch this space.

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A Blanket of Steel by Timothy S. Johnston and from Fitzhenry & Whiteside, LTD. is the recipient of the 2024 GLOBAL Thriller Award GRAND PRIZE and the 2024 CYGNUS Award First in Category.

— Timothy S. Johnston, 20 July 2026

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Praise for Timothy S. Johnston’s A Blanket of Steel

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A Blanket of Steel from Timothy S. Johnston and Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Ltd.

Book Cover & Jacket Copy:

AN UNSTOPPABLE THREAT!

A mysterious assassin has murdered Cliff Sim, Chief Security Officer of the underwater colony, Trieste. Cliff was a mountain of a man, highly trained, and impossible to defeat in combat. And yet …

Someone brutally beat him and left his broken body in a secret Chinese facility at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

And included a calling card for Truman McClusky, Mayor of Trieste.

Taunting him.

Mac has led the underwater colonies in their fight against the world’s superpowers. Climate change has devastated the surface; nations suffer famine, drought, rebellion, rising waters, and apocalyptic coastal flooding. But now, as Mac leads the underwater colonies to freedom and independence, he’s faced with the gravest threat of his life: a Russian assassin, hellbent on killing Mac and everyone he cares for. Now Mac must uncover the identity of the killer, face him in combat, and at the same time lead people in battle against the largest underwater force ever assembled. It’s Mac’s final test, and to win the war, he must use every tool at his disposal, including the most surprising and devastating underwater weapons ever invented.

If Mac fails, all hope is lost for the future of human colonization on the ocean floors.

But the assassin could be anyone …

Watch your back, Mac.

A Blanket of Steel is the most gripping thriller yet in The Rise of Oceania.

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The other books in The Rise of Oceania series by Timothy S Johnston:

The War Beneath 9781771484718
The Savage Deeps 9781771485067
Fatal Depth 9781554555574
An Island of Light 9781554555819
The Shadow of War 9781554556007