Actor Kyle Gallner recently spoke about the state of New Line Cinema's "Nightmare On Elm Street" reboot during an exclusive interview with Fangoria.

Playing Quentin, who reflects Johnny Depps 1984 'Elm Street' role, Gallner ("The Haunting In Connecticut") promises that though the new film treads a unique path, it does offer a few iconic nods to the original.

"Were a little over halfway done shooting, Gallner said. Its a very different role in a very different movie from 'Haunting.' I show up to work one day, and all of a sudden Im face to face with Freddy Krueger and running for my life. Its a cool experience.

"The movie kind of relies on these two antiheroes, me and Nancy. Were definitely not your average horror-movie heroes. Quentin is rather confused and definitely has problems going on outside of the nightmare world, and Nancy does as well. Theres some cool character stuff going on that will be interesting for people to see."

However, a dominate concern among many fans is the presentation of the film's notorious villain, Freddy Krueger, played by the "Watchman's" Jackie Earle Haley. Gallner is confident Krueger will incite serious jitters.

"Its played a little straighter," he said. "I mean, there are still going to be some throwbacks to the other films—youve gotta keep a couple of the one-liners—but for the most part, its going to be a little more real, a little more raw. I believe itll be more disturbing than the original.

"Its kind of funny to be hanging out on set, hes sitting in his chair in his Freddy face and were chitchatting away, and then you get on set and all of a sudden he turns it on. As soon as he does that, hes a completely different animal, and its genuinely creepy to do scenes with him.

"There was one scene I did with him the other night where we were just face to face, and it was pretty unnerving. I actually got creeped out. His makeup looks terrific; its definitely Freddy.

"Nightmare On Elm Street" is helmed by first-time director Samuel Bayer, and is based on a script by Eric Heisserer and Wesley Strick ("Wolf," "Cape Fear"). It opens April 16, 2010.

See more of Gallner's interview at Fangoria.