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The folks over at Platinum Dunes unveiled a brief Comic-Con trailer today for the upcoming remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

The trailer, no more than two or three minutes in length, demonstrates a clear return to the dark, terrifying roots of the series and a clear relationship to the tone of the original.


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After a brief depiction of the burning of the iconic character in which Freddy Krueger is show being chased through an industrial part of town toward the boiler room which will hold his fate -- all the while screaming, "What do you think I did?" -- Jackie Earle Haley is shown as the Freddy that fans remember -- brutal and relentless.

The tone of the nightmares is decidedly surreal and creepy -- featuring some first-rate imagery and a great throwback to the first film's bodybag sequence.




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While the make-up isn't shown in tremendous detail, the posture, voice and performance all indicate that fans should be very pleased with the casting when the film releases next April.