A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise) as to whether it would be a good idea to remake the film. Craven expressed his displeasure, primarily because the filmmakers chose not to have him as a consultant to the film, unlike with the 2009 remake "The Last House on the Left" where he "shepherd[ed] it towards production". In contrast, Robert Englund felt it was time for "A Nightmare on Elm Street" to be remade. Englund liked the idea of being able to "exploit the dreamscape" with CGI and other technologies that did not exist when Craven was making the original "Nightmare on Elm Street" in 1984. When comparing
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