For those of you who enjoy fan films as much as I do, it looks like Son of A Hundred Maniacs is going to be a special treat. I just viewed the teaser trailer on YouTube – which you can view here – and it looks amazing, so professionally done for an independent fan film. This could turn out to be something all Nightmare On Elm Street fans can really get into.
From what I understand Son of A Hundred Maniacs is a fan made prequel to the iconic Nightmare on Elm Street franchise by Wes Craven. We all know the story…how Freddy Krueger was murdering children until he was burned alive by the victims families. Though we’ve only heard the story, and briefly saw parts of it in the Elm Street remake, it looks like Son of A Hundred Maniacs will show us the events that changed Krueger from a normal guy to a serial killer to one of the greatest slashers in all of cinema history.
Son of A Hundred Maniacs is written and directed by Andrew Daniels under Eternal Circle Productions. Cast members include John William Watkins, Melanie Sirois, and Rainni Moran. It was also recently announced that the Nancy Thompson cosplayer, Diandra Lazor, had signed onto the film as the official publisict.
With all this information I can only ask – is Son of A Hundred Maniacs a short film, medium length, or feature length? I think the bigger question is who is this mystery client that Daniels and Lazor have been hinting at recently? Could it be Robert Englund himself, or someone else attached to the Elm Street franchise? The only way to know for sure is to follow this developing story on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SonOfAHundredManiacs and on Twitter https://twitter.com/A100ManiacsFilm.
I can’t wait to see where this all goes and I hope that this film can bring a nightmare back to elm street soon!
I can dig it…