It wasn’t quite a badge of honor to be killed off by Freddy, but a Nightmare movie gave actors more to work with than a Friday the 13th movie, and their depth was something critics took note of, hence ...
The slasher genre reached its peak during the late 1970s and 1980s with gory hits such as John Carpenter's Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Child's Play, but out of all the gruesome contributions to ...
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 ...
With the release of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” 40 years ago, the horror villain Freddy Krueger clawed his way to becoming a pop culture phenomenon. By Jason Bailey When “A Nightmare on Elm Street” ...
The late, great Wes Craven made several great horror movies in his four decades of filmmaking. However, Craven’s single greatest contribution to horror cinema was no doubt the creation of Freddy ...
Freddy Krueger, played by actor Robert Englund, wielding his finger knives against a blue and black background. Image by Zanda Rice In the 1970s and early '80s, horror created several new icons thanks ...