Tag: A Nightmare on Elm Street
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Wes Craven’s Exodus From One Community Kickstarted His Love For Film
When you think of horror directors, there’s often the impulse to assume that all of them have nursed a burning passion for the dark and scary since they were little kids reading issues of “Creepy” or “Weird Tales” in their bedrooms. And it is true that there are some directors who got into the horror…
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Robert Englund Inspired Heather Langenkamp to Wear Prosthetics in Star Trek
You likely know horror icon Heather Langenkamp from her iconic final girl role as Nancy Thompson in the 1980s slasher franchise A Nightmare on Elm Street. Langenkamp has recently re-entered the horror stratosphere with her stand-out role in Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong’s latest Netflix series The Midnight Club. What you may not know is…
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Tales From The Box Office: I Know What You Did Last Summer Cashed In On The New ’90s Slasher Craze
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)It is hard to imagine a time in popular cinema without slasher films, yet that’s exactly what happened in the early ’90s once franchises like “Friday the 13th”…
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Nightmare On Elm Street Star Heather Langenkamp Wants To Star In One Last Sequel
It doesn’t matter how many times a slasher villain dies, they will return. Even if a long-running film series has been stretched past the point of credulity, the villain will somehow be back. “Friday the 13th” has traversed Jason Voorhees’ constant returns with little explanation, eventually clarifying that he is possessed by a demon (if…
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Tombstone Pizza Gives Elm Street Residents a Chance to Win Free Pizza
There are few horror franchises more popular than A Nightmare on Elm Street. The Wes Craven classic became an instant pop culture phenomenon when it was released in 1984. Now Tombstone Pizza is giving horror fans a unique way to celebrate Freddy Kruger this Halloween if you live on Elm Street. The company is giving…
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Robert Englund Sees A Problem With Potential Nightmare On Elm Street Remakes
The “A Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise has nine entries so far, and Robert Englund’s portrayal of Freddy Krueger in the first eight films has been nothing short of iconic. 2010’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” a remake of Wes Craven’s 1984 film of the same name, had Jackie Earle Haley don Krueger’s signature leather…
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The Budget Forced Wes Craven’s New Nightmare To Scrap A ‘Brilliant’ Robert Englund Scene
Seven entries deep into its franchise, “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare” not only brought Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) back for more slicing and dicing, but the dream demon had more agency than previously allowed. A more menacing antagonist than he was in Craven’s 1984 original “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” this Freddy reaches his bladed glove…
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If Robert Englund Hadn’t Put His Foot Down, Freddy Krueger’s Signature Hat Might Be Different
Even if you aren’t a horror fan, if you saw Freddy Krueger’s shadowy silhouette, you’d be hard pressed not to know that it was him. Stalking nightmares since his debut in “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” Krueger has cut a memorable swath through cinema, with his overall visual design haunting our dreams since in ways other…
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Robert Englund Still Has Nightmares About The Original Nightmare On Elm Street
Horror legend Wes Craven (“Scream“) released “A Nightmare on Elm Street” to an unsuspecting public in 1984, ensuring that a whole generation of kids thought twice before going to sleep after watching a horror movie. A large portion of the movie monsters audiences had been accustomed to prior were largely regional, or at the very…
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The Horror Sequel Homage That Almost Made It Into Stranger Things 4
“Stranger Things” is no stranger to a cinematic homage. In its early days, the show felt like a mashup between Steven Spielberg hits like “E.T.” and Stephen King classics like “Stand By Me.” The newest season draws liberally from horror movies, particularly supernatural ’80s slashers like “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” In a recent roundtable interview…