A Nightmare on Elm Street – All Things Ick

5 of This Week’s Coolest Horror Collectibles Including a Michael Myers Animatronic Inflatable!

July 26, 2024 Alex DiVincenzo A Nightmare on Elm Street, Goosebumps, Halloween, Killer Collectibles, michael myers, The Further, The Last Man On Earth

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more. Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week! Goosebumps Shirt from Sadist Art Designs It’s 1990-something, and you saved your lunch money to spend at the elementary school book […]

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Popcorn Frights 2024’s Second Wave Unleashes All Night Freddy Krueger Marathon, Tony Todd Tribute, and More

July 23, 2024 Meagan Navarro A Nightmare on Elm Street, Candyman, Movies, Popcorn Frights 2024, Tony Todd

The Popcorn Frights Film Festival is back this year, both in-person and virtually, from August 8-18. If the first wave wasn’t already an idicator, the fest is going big to celebrate its tenth anniversary, and the second wave of programming unleashes even more exciting events and premieres. From the press release: “To commemorate its awesome milestone, Popcorn Frights […]

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Digging into Queer Cult Classic ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 2’ [Guide to the Unknown]

June 7, 2024 Guide to the Unknown A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare On Elm Street 2, A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Guide to the Unknown, Podcasts, Pride

A movie doesn’t have to be good for it to be GOOD. Better yet, it doesn’t have to be good for it to be meaningful. For many, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge is more than a so-bad-it’s-good rewatch; it’s a film to rally around for its gay subtext (and just plain text). Though it […]

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The ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Movies Are Leaving Netflix in June

May 22, 2024 John Squires A Nightmare on Elm Street, Movies, Netflix

Netflix recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street by bringing the horror classic to the streaming service as part of their 1984 Anniversary Collection, but the bad news here is that the movie is already leaving Netflix next month. We’ve learned that in addition to the original A Nightmare […]

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Original ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Making 4K Debut Later This Year

May 21, 2024 John Squires A Nightmare on Elm Street, Home Video, Movies, Wes Craven

Several of our favorite horror franchises have gotten upgraded 4K collections, but one franchise that you can still only own on Blu-ray is A Nightmare on Elm Street. The bad news? A full franchise collection hasn’t yet been announced. Good news? The original is coming to 4K! Wes Craven’s original horror classic is getting a […]

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Heather Langenkamp Still Hopes to Return for One More ‘Elm Street’ Movie

May 9, 2024 John Squires A Nightmare on Elm Street, Heather Langenkamp, Movies

Franchise icon Heather Langenkamp has made it no secret over the years that she’d love to play Nancy Thompson in another A Nightmare on Elm Street movie. Langenkamp of course played the fan favorite role in the original classic as well as sequel Dream Warriors, and she later returned to the franchise for the final […]

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Netflix Celebrating 1984 Cinema With 40th Anniversary Collection Including ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’

April 1, 2024 John Squires A Nightmare on Elm Street, Movies, Netflix, Wes Craven

Netflix kicked off their Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection initiative back in January with a 50th anniversary collection paying tribute to the movies of 1974, which notably included Larry Cohen’s horror movie It’s Alive. We were also promised collections celebrating 1984, 1994 and 2004 in the coming months, and the 1984 collection is now live. […]

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Samara Weaving Wants to Fight Freddy Krueger in the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Franchise

March 11, 2024 John Squires A Nightmare on Elm Street, Movies, Samara Weaving

A fan favorite here in the horror world, Samara Weaving has made her mark on the genre with films including Mayhem, The Babysitter and Ready or Not, and she’s also appeared in two iconic horror franchises to date with roles in both “Ash vs. Evil Dead” and Scream VI. What franchise would Samara Weaving like […]

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‘Welcome to Primetime’ – New Book Explores the “Freddy’s Nightmares” Television Series

March 8, 2024 John Squires A Nightmare on Elm Street, Books, freddy krueger, Freddy's Nightmares, Welcome to Primetime

A spinoff of the film franchise, “Freddy’s Nightmares” was an anthology series starring the original Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund. Airing from 1988 to 1990, each episode told a different story of a dark rooted and grim nature that takes place in this fictitious town on Elm Street, and now a brand new book will take […]

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Original ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Pitch Poster from Artist Duncan Eagleson Has Gone Up for Auction!

March 1, 2024 John Squires A Nightmare on Elm Street, Duncan Eagleson, Hake's Auctions, Movies, Wes Craven

It’s hard to imagine today but there was a time when Wes Craven was having trouble securing the funding to make A Nightmare on Elm Street, which has of course gone on to become one of the most iconic and beloved horror movies ever made. Enter Duncan Eagleson, an artist Craven and New Line approached […]

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Hot Takes on Horror Franchises and Theme Parks [Halloweenies Podcast]

February 12, 2024 Michael Roffman A Nightmare on Elm Street, Alien, Child's Play, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Podcasts, Scream, Universal Epic Universe, Universal Studios

With Tricks and Treats, the Halloweenies answer your questions. In this installment — their first in nearly a year, mind you — co-hosts Michael Roffman, “Wolfman Mac” Gerber, and Rachel Reeves shares their favorite Xenomorph designs, sidecasts they’d want to record, hot takes on past franchises we’ve covered, and much much more. To kick it […]

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‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ at 40: Wes Craven’s Cautionary Tale About Ignoring the Past

February 9, 2024 Marcus Shorter A Nightmare on Elm Street, Editorials, Movies, Robert Englund, Wes Craven

Why is Freddy Krueger scary? And yes, that’s a serious question. There are obvious reasons, like the burned face, the knife fingers, and his hideous fashion sense, but what’s at his core that makes him terrifying? Like some of horror’s best creations, Freddy is a byproduct of secrets. He’s the untold truth that people kept […]

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Check Out These Four Fan-Made Slasher Franchise Video Games in the Retro NES Style [Trailer]

February 9, 2024 Mike Wilson A Nightmare on Elm Street, Candyman, Friday the 13th, Halloween, itch.io, nes, PC, Steve McCall, Video Games, Videos

With no recent news on that rumoured new Friday The 13th game, what are fans to do? Well, if you’re like indie developer Steve McCall, you make your own. Not only that, but you take your existing game, along with other slasher games that you’ve made, and you demake it into the style of an […]

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Hell Is a Teenage Girl: 1989’s Five Baddest Teen Queens [1989 Week]

February 6, 2024 Rachel Reeves 1989 Week, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Editorials, heathers, Lisa Frankenstein, Society, Sponsored, Tamara Mason

Presented by Lisa Frankenstein, 1989 Week is dialing the clock back to the crossroads year for the genre with a full week of features that dig six feet under into the year. Today, Rachel Reeves lists the five baddest teen queens of 1989. Bridging the gap between the ’80s and ’90s, 1989 was an interesting year […]

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The ’80s Came to a Close With a Slasher Slump [1989 Week]

February 5, 2024 Alex DiVincenzo 1989 Week, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Editorials, freddy krueger, Halloween, Jason Voorhees, Lisa Frankenstein, michael myers, Sponsored

Presented by Lisa Frankenstein, 1989 Week is dialing the clock back to the crossroads year for the genre with a full week of features that dig six feet under into the year. Today, Alex DiVincenzo revisits the great slasher slump of 1989. While horror fans often look back on the ’80s with a nostalgic glow, […]

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