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Robert Englund portrayed Freddy Krueger throughout the first eight films of the series. This is a list of cast members of the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. The film series began in 1984 with the release of the first film A Nightmare on Elm Street which was directed and written by Wes Craven.
In the 1991 anthology The Nightmares on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger's Seven Sweetest Dreams, [26] Jacob (a young boy with heterochromia) is the protagonist in Philip Nutman's "Dead Highway, Lost Roads." After Alice is involved in a serious accident, Jacob enters the dream world in search of his mother.
Jackie Earle Haley was cast to take over Englund's most well-known role in April 2009. [19] Initially, the studio wanted to cast an unknown for the role of Freddy Krueger, but it was Haley's performance in Little Children that impressed Emmerich enough to cast the actor against the original intentions. Emmerich explained: "Freddy is this ...
Also in 2010, NECA released a 10" puppet of Freddy Krueger from Phillip's death scene in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, [108] a metal replica of his glove, and two action figures: Freddy before he was burned, and the other being him after the burning, including two interchangeable heads. [109]
Freddy Krueger: 1988: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master: Freddy Krueger / Nurse: 976-EVIL: Director 1989: C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. Man in Trenchcoat Walking with Trick-or-Treaters: Uncredited A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child: Freddy Krueger / Maniac: The Phantom of the Opera: Erik Destler, The Phantom: 1990: The ...
Englund looks back on filming of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' revealing to PEOPLE how the character's iconic look came together
In 2010, a remake was released, also titled A Nightmare on Elm Street, starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger. The film was produced by Michael Bay, directed by Samuel Bayer, and written by the team of Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer. The film was intended as a reboot to the franchise, but plans for a sequel never came to fruition after ...
Freddy Krueger (/ ˈ k r uː ɡ ər /) is a fictional character and the antagonist of the A Nightmare on Elm Street horror film franchise. Created by Wes Craven , he made his debut in Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) as the malevolent spirit of a child killer who had been burned to death by his victims' parents after evading prison. [ 2 ]