Modern horror wouldn’t be what it is today without Wes Craven. He has made some of the best slasher horror movies of all time, and that helped push the boundaries of the genre. Little did I know, the ...

"The poor guy dropped his whole tray of food," recalled the "Nightmare on Elm Street" star. Freddy Krueger doesn’t need the big screen to give people nightmares. "We just couldn't do it anymore. No ...

Millions around the world know actor Robert Englund as iconic villain Freddy Krueger in the “A Nightmare on Elm Street” film series. But for a while, back in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, he was just ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to actor Robert Englund about his new documentary, "In Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares:The Robert Englund Story" in which he explains why he doesn't fear being a genre icon.

It’s horror movie season, so naturally it’s time to remember all the fucked up times we had with slashers like Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Friday the 13th… the list goes on and on. And while a ...

While hoping to get cast for Apocalypse Now, directed by George Lucas’s longtime friend Francis Ford Coppola, a casting agent suggested Englund should instead try to read for the “space movie that ...

In Hollywood, sometimes being the leading man is less romance and more slasher. And there's only one that can haunt your waking world and your dreams. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: ...

A writer and book artist, Kristy Bowen creates a regular series of chapbooks, zines, and artist books. She blogs about writing, art, and miscellany at DULCETLY: NOTES ON A BOOKISH LIFE and runs ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to actor Robert Englund about his new documentary, "In Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares:The Robert Englund Story" in... 'Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares' profiles Freddy ...