Freddy Krueger — based on Robert Englund‘s appearance in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street — is joining Mezco Toyz‘s One:12 Collective line. Standing approximately 6.3″ tall, the figure features over 30 points of articulation and hand-painted authentic detailing. Freddy is outfitted in his infamous striped sweater — with plain sleeves, just like the […]
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The tale of Two Thousand Maniacs! and its remake, 2001 Maniacs, is a lesson in what makes for compelling exploitation motivations. Herschell Gordon Lewis’ beloved 1960s splatter picture is the despicable grandpappy of Hickspoitation cinema. Tim Sullivan‘s lecherous 2005 remake is brutally gory, but softcore skin-flick desires cheapen the product. That’s not to say exploitation […]
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This Halloween is going to be a very special Halloween, as horror legend Robert Englund finally gets his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Halloween Day, Friday, October 31. The celebration of Englund’s career looks to be taking place 10-31-25 at 11am. Englund had tweeted when the news was first announced last year, “Woke […]
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Fans of A Nightmare on Elm Street are certainly no strangers to this franchise’s nine films, and they might have also seen the television show, but do they know about all the novels in existence? In fact, there are more books than there are movies. And similar to Halloween and Friday the 13th, the near […]
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For the first time ever, the Nightmare on Elm Street spinoff series “Freddy’s Nightmares” made its streaming debut on Screambox back in 2022 – it was my personal recommendation that we seek it out and shell out the money for the streaming rights, thank you very much – and it wasn’t long after that Tubi followed in our […]
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“I think Mr. Krueger is still adored after all these years because it’s a simple hook, a simple gimmick that Wes Craven came up with all those years ago.” Freddy Krueger actor Robert Englund waxes poetic about his work on the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise in the new 4K Ultra HD set, which includes […]
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Horror icon Robert Englund took to social media to recommended five of his horror movies to watch this Halloween season. Of course, you can also see him as Freddy Krueger in the new Nightmare on Elm Street 4K UHD collection. The Last Showing In this 2014 British horror thriller, a couple trapped in a cinema are […]
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Robert Englund has made it clear that he’s done playing Freddy Krueger, but as the man behind the horror icon for so many years, he shares valuable opinions about the future of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. “I think if they were gonna reboot it, they should probably start with [A Nightmare on Elm […]
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Go To The Fucking Boiler Room. After seven weeks of our Icons and Anniversaries theme, which included titles like Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (listen), Kevin S. Tenney’s Night of the Demons (listen), and Robert Zemeckis’ Death Becomes Her (listen), we’re ready to wrap things up with Wes Craven‘s iconic slasher entry, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In the […]
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The filmmakers behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (and its sequel) are expanding their “Poohniverse” with multiple upcoming films including Bambi: The Reckoning and Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, but today we’re here to talk about Pinocchio: Unstrung. Variety has shared a first look image from the next movie in the twisted public domain horror universe this morning, […]
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Few directors can legitimately lay claim to one major horror franchise. Wes Craven is the rare mastermind behind two. The genre icon not only envisioned one of the most imaginative slasher entries of all time with 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, he reinvented the genre once again in 1996 with Scream. Both films birthed […]
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In celebration of A Nightmare on Elm Street’s 4K restoration — available on Digital today and on 4K Ultra HD on October 15 — living legend Robert Englund spoke to Bloody Disgusting about 40 years of Freddy Krueger and if he has one more performance left in him. The actor had a feeling that A […]
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Just in time for the iconic film’s 40th anniversary, Wes Craven’s original horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street will be making its 4K Ultra HD debut this Halloween season! The 1984 film will be available for purchase Digitally in 4K Ultra HD on October 1 and on 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc on October 15, […]
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The Hollywood Walk of Fame 2025 class has been announced today, and we’re thrilled to pass along the word that two legends in the horror field are getting their bloody flowers. First up, Robert Englund joins fellow horror acting legends including Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney and Bela Lugosi with a much-deserved star on the Hollywood […]
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The SCREAMBOX Original documentary Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story is now streaming on SCREAMBOX, and it’s next coming to VHS! A limited edition of only 50 copies worldwide, the VHS copies of the Englund documentary will go up for grabs on Saturday, April 27 at 12pm EST on Lunchmeat’s official website. Josh […]
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