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.

Since his first appearance in A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) has solidified his place as one of the most iconic figures in horror cinema. To this day, he is ...

Actor Robert Englund calls Freddy Krueger ‘the gift that keeps on giving’. The monster decades. The 1970s and 1980s marked a golden era for the creation of horror film nasties like Krueger, ...