Exciting news for Freddy Krueger fans: Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street is coming to 4K for the very first time later this year, via a region-free UK release! The release is currently available for pre-order via Amazon.
The news comes to us from our pals over at Bloody Disgusting, who note that the 4K SteelBook will come packaged with “a Double-Sided Poster, Art Cards, and a Booklet,” as well as the following bonus features:
- READY FREDDY FOCUS POINTS – See Alternate Takes and Learn Filmmaking Secrets Behind the Nightmare by Jumping to Video Highlights While Watching the Movie
- 2 Commentaries: 1) Director Wes Craven, Costars Heather Langenkamp and John Saxon, and Cinematographer Jacques Haitkin 2) Wes Craven, Costars Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp and Ronee Blakley, Producer Robert Shaye and Co-Producer Sara Risher
- Alternate Endings
- 3 Featurettes: The House That Freddy Built: The Legacy of New Line Horror, Never Sleep Again: The Making of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven’s Nightmares
- Interactive Trivia Track
According to the official 4K listing:
“Celebrate 40 years of Wes Craven’s nightmarish masterpiece A Nightmare on Elm Street with a brand new 4K restoration and Ultimate Collector’s Edition featuring a Steelbook with new key art, theatrical poster and other premiums.”
This year marks the 40th anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street‘s release, and what a way to celebrate! We cannot imagine that anyone reading FANGORIA might also be unfamiliar with Craven’s iconic slasher, but on the off chance that you’ve been in a coma for 41 years, here’s a plot synopsis:
“Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile, her high-school friends, who are having the very same dreams, are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares. When the police ignore her explanation, she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm.”
Head on over to Amazon now to pre-order your copy of the A Nightmare on Elm Street 4K. Also, cross your fingers that someone figures out how to get a new Nightmare on Elm Street made. It’s been years, Hollywood! The people want to see Freddy back in action!
