I was somewhat of a late bloomer when it came to my exposure to horror. I lacked the cool older relative or friend that seems to serve as a customary gateway for many genre fans. I had seen a few horror movies growing up (Child’s Play and Scream each terrified me at different points in […]
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Maybe more than any other character in the pantheon of horror villain legends, Freddy Krueger was custom built to put the fear of god into us. Nothing about his presence was thrown together haphazardly. Instead, nearly every aspect of his design had a tremendous amount of thought put into it. From makeup effects great David […]
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Happy #RobertEnglundDay! About one third of the 150+ acting credits accumulated over the course of Robert Englund’s 50-year career fall under the horror genre. SCREAMBOX is streaming five of them, along with the all-new documentary, Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story. Here are six Robert Englund movies you can watch on SCREAMBOX now… […]
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This week brings the release of Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story on SCREAMBOX, coinciding with the horror mainstay’s 76th birthday on June 6. And we’re celebrating accordingly. That means you’ll find plenty of Englund-starring horror on SCREAMBOX, including recent additions like The Mangler and Night Terrors, as well as articles on Bloody Disgusting spotlighting the prolific […]
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Original A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) cinematographer Jacques Haitkin passed away last month at the age of 72, we’ve learned via The Hollywood Reporter today. THR reports, “Haitkin died March 21 in San Francisco after a battle with ALS and leukemia, his son Zak Haitkin told The Hollywood Reporter.” Jacques Haitkin served as the cinematographer/director […]
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Wes Craven’s Scream franchise has proven to be a box office hit across multiple decades now, but what about Craven’s other iconic horror creation? We’re of course talking about the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, which hasn’t had a new installment in 13 years! At this time, there’s still zero forward momentum on a […]
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Are you ready…for a documentary on Freddy and his fans? Bloody Disgusting has learned that FredHeads, the documentary on A Nightmare on Elm Street and in particular its dedicated fanbase, is due to be released internationally for purchase on February 14, 2023. The documentary follows a group whose friendships were formed and molded by A […]
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Shoe Palace has joined forces with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products for a special Halloween launch that celebrates two icons: Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees! “Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees have been frightening audiences for decades now. They both have legions of fans who have followed their Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the […]
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Heather Langenkamp is back in Netflix and Mike Flanagan’s “The Midnight Club,” and with the series now streaming, Entertainment Tonight had a chat with the horror icon this week. Naturally, the conversation eventually hit upon Langenkamp’s iconic role in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, and it’s a role the actress would still love to […]
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I love the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, wildly inconsistent as it may be, but I was too young to see any of the originals in theaters. I finally got to experience them the way they were meant to be seen when the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA hosted Don’t Fall Asleep: A Nightmare […]
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A new month is on the horizon, which means another batch of movies and TV shows coming to Netflix along with a batch of movies and TV shows LEAVING the streaming service. On the horror front, Netflix’s new arrivals for August 2022 include Constantine (2005) and brand new original movie Day Shift, but what horrors […]
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With a new villain who traps his victims in a nightmare realm before brutally killing them, “Stranger Things 4” has been drawing many comparisons to A Nightmare on Elm Street, and that Freddy Krueger influence on the season was undeniably intentional. In fact, the Duffer Brothers conceived Vecna from the very beginning as their own […]
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Bloody Disgusting’s Boo Crew Podcast is a celebration of all things horror that has, so far, featured over 300 guests including Mike Flanagan and Katie Siegel, Elvira, Danny Elfman, Bailey Sarian, Daniel Radcliffe, Mike Patton, James Wan, Robert Eggers, KORN’s Jonathan Davis, Megan Fox, Fede Alvarez, Bruce Campbell and more. A condensed video version was […]
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Jason Blum has made it clear many times over the years that he’d love to bring the Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th franchises into the Blumhouse family alongside Halloween and The Exorcist, which is certainly always a possibility in the future. The Friday rights are still tangled up in a legal mess, […]
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“One, two… Vecna’s comin’ for you.” Wait, Vecna? What? The Halloweenies wake up in Westin Hills Asylum, where they finally come face to face with the dream demon himself, Mr. Robert Englund. It’s 15 minutes in hell with the Fred Head as the gang discusses his new role as Victor Creel in Netflix’s Stranger Things […]
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