Take a good look… we’re going to recast these characters!

Horror movies love sequels and reboots. So, a recast is always around the corner. The Scariest Things is going to do what everybody fears: recasting movies that really shouldn’t be rebooted. BUT WE’RE DOING IT ANYWAYS! Redoing A Nightmare on Elm Street with blockbuster casts. Check! A reboot of Jaws with women in the lead? Done! Extending the It story to 27 years, for a Chapter 3 using a senior citizen cast. You betcha! And Hereditary, but swapping out for an all black cast? We can do that! Sacrilege? Absolutely, but you know you want to know who we picked!

It’s a cottage industry, predicting who Marvel or DC might cast for their superheroes. The anticipation of who might portray… say BATMAN… has been discussed in numerous podcasts and media posts. But horror movies? The reboots are frequent, but really not that memorable. Can you name all of the Jason Voorhees actors? (tick… tick… tick…)

However, there is a wonderful tradition with Dracula, in particular. This is just a portion of the casting call for the famous bloodsucker:

Bela Lugosi
Carlos Villarias
Lon Chaney Jr.
Christopher Lee
John Carradine
Udo Kier
Klaus Kinski
George Hamilton
Frank Langella
Gary Oldman
Nicolas Cage

The Podcast: Episode 203: The Great Horror Recast

This was a fun episode. It is a long episode, but it’s totally worth listening to, because we know you do these experiments too! If you want to get the spoilers… read below for our selections. A little crazy, and not always on script, but this episode was a blast!

Our Selections:

The original cast of A Nightmare on Elm Street: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, and Amanda Wyss

A Horror Recast of A Nightmare on Elm Street
(What was Mike thinking?)

Character	Original Actor	Eric’s Pick	Heather’s Pick	Mike’s Pick
Freddy Krueger	Robert Englund	Andy Serkis	Bonnie Aarons	Kevin Durand
Nancy Thompson	Heather Langenkamp	Madeline McGraw	Nico Parker	Sydney Sweeney
Glen Lantz	Johnny Depp	Noah Toth	Michael Cimino	Austin Butler
Tina Grey	Amanda Wyss	Alisha Weir	Kathryn Newton	Margot Robbie
Rod Lane	Jsu Garcia	Noah Schnapp	Pete Davidson	(skipped)
Lt. Donald Thompson	John Saxon	Danny McBride	Billy Burke	Robert Forster
Marge Thompson	Ronee Blakley	Jennifer Aniston	Thandie Newton	Meryl Streep
Director	Wes Craven	Damien Leone	Lee Cronin	Christopher Nolan

A Horror Recast of Jaws, but with a female cast

Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, and Robert Shaw in *Jaws* (1975)

Character	Original Actor	Eric’s Pick	Heather’s Pick	Mike’s Pick
Chief Brody	Roy Scheider	Emily Blunt	Jessica Chastain	Parker Posey
Quint	Robert Shaw	Allison Janney	Jodie Foster	Michelle Rodriguez
Hooper	Richard Dreyfuss	Mindy Kaling	Julia Garner	Sunita Mani
Ellen Brodie	Lorraine Gary	John Krasinski	Zoe Kravitz	Dennis Quaid
Charlie	Susan Backlinie	Chris Hemsworth	Tom Holland	Chris Hemsworth
Mayor Vaughn	Murray Hamilton	Amy Poehler	Viola Davis	Melissa McCarthy
Director	Steven Spielberg	Kathryn Bigelow	Anna Kendrick	Mary Harron

It: Chapter 3: Casting 27 years after the previous film

James Ransome, Jay Ryan, Isiah Mustapha, James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, and Bill Hader in *It: Chapter 2* (2019)

Character	Original Actor	Eric’s Pick	Heather’s Pick	Mike’s Pick
Pennywise	Bill Ska...

The Podcast: Episode 203: The Great Horror Recast

Our Selections:

A Horror Recast of A Nightmare on Elm Street(What was Mike thinking?)

A Horror Recast of Jaws, but with a female cast

It: Chapter 3: Casting 27 years after the previous film

A Horror Recast of A Nightmare on Elm Street
(What was Mike thinking?)

The Great Horror Recast Podcast: Episode 203