Ever since the 1984 release of A Nightmare on Elm Street, murderer Freddy Krueger has been terrorizing audiences. While Robert Englund rose to fame for portraying the sadistic child killer who stalked ...

Modern horror movies are known for featuring a “final girl”—a smart and self-assured female protagonist who manages to get away from the killer, even as everyone around her succumbs to his treacherous ...

The slasher genre reached its peak during the late 1970s and 1980s with gory hits such as John Carpenter's Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Child's Play, but out of all the gruesome contributions to ...

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 ...

"A Nightmare on Elm Street" blurs the line between our dreams and reality with a horror antagonist who has become known for his ragged striped sweater and clawed glove. Wes Craven's 1984 film spawned ...

When the first "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film was released in 1984, nobody quite knew what the impact would be. That is certainly true for series star Robert Englund, who took on the role of Freddy ...