Since rising to dominance in the early 1980s, slasher flicks have been one of the best known and most enduring genres of horror, making universally well known stars of the blood-soaked slashers that ...

The story of Freddy Krueger is one that horror fans know very well, but Robert Englund once read a fan theory that he wishes were canon.

The original A Nightmare on Elm Street film was written and directed by Wes Craven and released in 1984. It told the story of a serial killer, Freddy Krueger, who wears a glove with knives for fingers ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) is the sequel to the classic horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street. The film follows Jesse Walsh, a teenage boy who moves to Elm Street and ...

As the face of Nightmare on Elm Street, Englund’s held his position in the main role for the duration of the franchise. However, he admitted that as time goes on, filming has sometimes taken a toll on ...

A really cruel kill here from Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. Carlos has hearing problems so must wear a hearing aid, so Freddy of course plays on this instead of killing him off quickly he does ...

A scary rumor is spreading through Western New York that "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is based on a real-life serial killer. Is it true? Was Freddy Krueger real? A Facebook page purporting to represent ...

Englund was seeing success in his career. Still, he wasn’t on track to be the iconic horror villain that audiences know today. Though he’d acted in horror films before, he was frequently cast in ...

Rae Torres is a Features Editor at Collider. Her past 13-year-old self wouldn't have believed you if you told her that she would get to channel her unhealthy obsession with TV shows into a career. Her ...

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 ...