Billy Bob Thorton as Freddy Krueger in New 'Nightmare on Elm Street'

by Laura Gosselin | August 13th, 2008

Billy Bob Thorton is the new melted face of Freddy Krueger. (Focus Image)

Billy Bob Thorton has been cast as the diabolically scary kiddie killer Freddy Krueger, who aside from Jaws, might have been the scariest movie villain of all time.

Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street scared the crap out of teenagers across America when a serial killer who appeared only in the dreams of the characters, brutally slashed them to death in reality.

The original Freddy, Robert Englund, says Billy Bob is an "excellent choice" and, "A big budget should mean the film will look a lot better than some of the old movies."

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