There is only one Freddy Krueger, and that’s Robert Englund . Sure, Jackie Earle Haley stepped in as the Dream Master for the much-derided 2010 remake, but that couldn’t shake loose Englund’s claim as the killer from the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Yet, not even Freddy can defeat time, and at 78 years old, Englund’s ready to pass his knife glove onto someone else.

If director Chuck Russell has his way, that glove would pass to none other than Jim Carrey . “Jim, in my opinion, could almost do anything if he put his heart into it,” Russell said on Dread Central ’s Development Hell podcast .

Surprising as the casting idea may be, Russell does know what he’s talking about. After all, he directed A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors , widely considered the be

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