9 Horror Movie Mistakes Confirmed By The Creators

Movie characters go through changes all the time. Whether an evolution of their character on a personality level, a change in costume, or even a drastically different appearance themselves, these changes will always happen.

Particularly susceptible to such alterations are movie franchises and characters that have been around for many years, with those behind the scenes feeling the need for shaking things up somewhat. Even the great Freddy Krueger wasn’t immune from this.

Ten years after his debut, Freddy came to screens again in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, with the director signing off a new, almost revamped look to one of the most classic horror movie characters of all time. He was essentially modernised and made to look somewhat slicker for the new release, and Wes Craven believed this to be a mistake in hindsight.

While Freddy was certainly still recognisable, and potentially even more realistic, there was just no need to change what had been working for the past ten years. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, right? The charred face was an iconic image, and there was absolutely no need to change it. There weren’t exactly major consequences to it, but still a mistake in the eyes of most fans and even Wes Craven himself.