1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street introduced the world to a new slasher icon: Freddy Krueger. The burned-up child murderer with a razor glove who hunts kids in their sleep to kill them was played by ...
It’s horror movie season, so naturally it’s time to remember all the fucked up times we had with slashers like Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Friday the 13th… the list goes on and on. And while a ...
Robert Englund is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 31st, 2025. It’s a well-deserved reward for a storied career but also as one of pop culture’s landmark boogeymen, Freddy ...
Freddy Krueger was always at least middle-aged, but now his whole series is about to follow suit: A Nightmare on Elm Street, the Wes Craven slasher classic, is turning 40 shortly after Halloween. It’s ...
Close-up of American actor Robert Englund (as Freddy Krueger) on the set of the film "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" (directed by Rachel Talalay), Sierra Madre, California, circa 1990. Englund, ...
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Beating Freddy Krueger!

I've been looking through them with my current free time and realised that NO ONE is really "winning" against Freddy Krueger in these movies. He's always there once they, inevitably, fall asleep. I ...
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 will please the fans while not entirely alienating grown-ups this time around.