Fan CastingErnest goes to Springwood (1985)

Beloved unlucky klutz, Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) moves to Springwood, Ohio after hearing about an old house that is currently being sold. However little did he know that it was 1428, Elm Street. The infamous home that once belonged to the Thompson family a year ago until a string of gruesome murders that were orchestrated by the demented, maniacal child murdering dream demon. Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) and once Ernest moved in, he began to have nightmares about the infamous dream demon and even took notice when some of the local teens that he met when he first move in start dying in their sleep. In an act of desperation and fear, Ernest called up his friend back in Briarville, Peter 'Vern' Vernon (Martin Kove) to warn him about the horrific occurrence that goes on inside the town. However, the nightmares got even worse until he got a phone call from the first survivor of The Springwood Slasher. Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) to help him have a possible chance of surviving the nightmarish psychopath. Now, it's up to Ernest, Vern and Nancy to stop Freddy Krueger's gruesome reign of terror. Will the beloved buffoon achieve becoming one of Springwood's heroes or another name in Krueger's body count?..