The foreclosures and outright abandoned homes in this neighborhood are so bad it was chosen as the backdrop of the next “Nightmare on Elm Street” movie.  It had just the right mix of misery and darkness which makes the perfect setting for a horror flick.

From the Post Tribune of Northwest Indiana

GARY — Dilapidated homes and dead or dying trees provided a stark setting Monday for additional filming in the city of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” — this time in the 400 block of Tyler Street.

It was warm, but there almost seemed to be a chill in the air, thanks to the shooting of a major release that will continue the cinematic franchise which details the twisted actions of Freddy Krueger.

A film crew numbering more than 25 members focused on a stretch of large, abandoned homes that included 441 Tyler St. and the three houses immediately to the north of it.

“I guess they had the look that they wanted,” said Ben Clement, executive director of the Gary Office of Film and Television.

That look, added Clement, was apparently “foreboding and ominous.”

Patricia Jackson took in the making of a Hollywood production from her front porch across the street from the neighborhood eyesores that were being prepped for shooting.

“It’s OK,” the 49-year-old mother said of the experience. “I like horror movies.”

A fan of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” concept, Jackson was joined on the Tyler Street front steps by her 24-year-old son, Xavier.

“It’s a fun experience watching it,” he said. “I’ve never seen a movie actually being filmed — not in person.”

For Xavier, there seemed to be enormous hustle and bustle — and public works arrangements — to accommodate exterior footage in the flick that will probably be fleeting.

“It looks like a lot of chaos,” he summed up.

Set for an April release next year, “A Nightmare on Elm Street” is a New Line Cinema movie, distributed by Warner Bros., a name synonymous with legendary filmmaking.

The Jacksons were hoping to get paid by New Line for use of their front lawn, which was accessed by crew personnel and used for video-monitor and chair placement.

Ethel Veselinovic sauntered over from her Tyler Street home down the block to catch a unique piece of show business that included lighting equipment, clearing of tree branches and the stretching of nearly two-stories’ worth of blue, canvas-like material between two of the abandoned houses.

“I’m excited,” the 33-year-old woman said. “Nothing like this happens around here.”

Clement said Monday that New Line was boarding up the abandoned structures and cleaning the landscape around them, leaving the area on Tyler Street looking “much better.”

Footage for “A Nightmare on Elm Street” was shot in May at the grand, shuttered City Methodist Church, 6th Avenue and Washington Street. A film crew returned to the church on Monday to do some overnight filming.