Tag: Robert Englund
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Mark Hamill Was Uncredited in Hollywood’s First Space Video Game Adaptation
Mark Hamill has embodied several roles over his career. The most prominent, of course, is Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise (a role he almost lost to Robert Englund.) Others remember him for providing the voice of Batman’s archenemy the Joker, and serving as a foil to the late, great Kevin Conroy. Recently, he…
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A Deleted Moment In A Nightmare On Elm Street Could Have Gotten The Entire Movie Scrapped
Early in Wes Craven’s 1984 horror film “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” the character of Tina (Amanda Wyss) has a violent dream about the demonic, blade-handed Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). Freddy has been stalking the dreams of all the neighborhood teens, and the nightmares are so vivid that they fear for their lives. Tina dreams…
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A Nightmare On Elm Street Ending Explained: Sins Of The Mother
Wes Craven was inspired to write his 1984 horror hit “A Nightmare on Elm Street” after a real-life case of what was called Sudden Unexplained Death Syndrome that, according to several articles in the Los Angeles Times, was afflicting America’s Hmong refugee population. People would suffer from horrifying nightmares and soon became afraid to fall…
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Freddy Vs Jason’s Original Ending Set Up A Sequel We Never Saw
Ronnie Yu’s 2003 film “Freddy vs. Jason” — simultaneously the eighth film in the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series and the eleventh film in the “Friday the 13th” series — finally brought together two of the most popular characters of the 1980s slasher boom and had them wail on each other in a series of…
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Robert Englund Returns to the Slasher Genre in First ‘Natty Knocks’ Trailer
If the success of Scream VI earlier this year is any indication, audiences still have a hunger for classic slasher stories, and now it looks like they have a new one to look forward to. Nightmare on Elm Street star Robert Englund is set to star in a brand-new horror flick as an exclusive via…
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Linda Hamilton Joins the Cast of ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5
“Stranger Things” Season 5 just got bigger.The final season of Matt and Ross Duffer’s 1980s-set sci-fi blockbuster was already one of the most anticipated television events in recent memory. But at Netflix’s Tudum fan event in Brazil on Saturday, the streaming giant upped the ante by announcing that action film legend Linda Hamilton is joining…
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This Iconic Slasher Film Is Based on a True Story
Everyone’s favorite striped sweater-wearing, knife-gloved slasher may have been based on a true story. That’s right, Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) from A Nightmare on Elm Street was inspired by a real-life story, not just entirely made up by Wes Craven. Just when you thought the concept of Freddy infiltrating your nightmares and killing you in…