Greetings my little lambs welcome back to the slaughterhouse, I trust you’ll enjoy your stay. For this week I have assembled the greatest collection of dastardly psychopaths the world of horror has ever known. Steel your hearts and lock the doors because an encounter with these baddies is guaranteed to end with a high body count.
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Film Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
SYNOPSIS: A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him to continue his murdering in the real world. REVIEW: In 1985, hot off the tail off the successful release of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” came the rather odd follow up “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge“. That notion wasn’t …
Read More »Freddy, Jason, & Alien get 8-Bit Pop! Vinyl Figures
Entertainment Earth debuts news 8-Bit Pop! Vinyl Figures from Funko of some horror icons! Freddy, Jason, & Alien Funko has blended the pixel art style with their classic Pop! Vinyl sillouette to bring fans a line of 8-Bit Pop! Vinyl Figures! You favorite horror legend is joining the collection. Nightmare on Elm Street Freddy Krueger 8-Bit Pop! Figure
Read More »What Nightmares Are Made Of – The Real-Life Inspiration Behind Freddy Krueger
Historical events directly impact what filmmakers create and monsters notoriously tend to reflect the perils of the times. Blending fact with fiction, film draws inspiration from folklore, various cultures and universal humanistic themes, to world events in order to create stories that allow audiences to escape reality for fun as well as fear. Common influences in horror films tend to …
Read More »Nightmare on Elm St. II Director Jack Sholder on Horror Happens Radio to Promote “Freddy fest” May 9th
Horror filmmaker Jack Sholder (THE HIDDEN & WISHMASTER 2) will be talking live on Tues May 9th with the Rondo Nominated Radio Host & Writer Jay Kay to open THE HORROR HAPPENS RADIO SHOW at 325 PM EST/1225 PM WEST. They will be talking about his entry into the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET franchise as well as the up and coming FREDDY FEST …
Read More »Fun.com Giveaway: Freddy vs. Jason Pop Vinyl
Fun.com and Horrornews.net team together this great giveaway opportunity. We are giving away Jason Voorhees Pop Vinyl and Dorbz figures / Freddy Krueger Pop Vinyl and Dorbz figures. To enter to win, please email me at joyhorror@msn.com and type “Fun.com Giveaway” in the subject line. In the body of the email, write you full name and complete address (United States …
Read More »Film Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Years after being burned alive by a mob of angry parents, child murderer Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) returns to haunt the dreams — and reality — of local teenagers in Wes Craven’s spine-chilling slasher classic. As the town’s teens begin dropping like flies, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) and her boyfriend, Glen (Johnny Depp, in his big-screen debut), …
Read More »Meat Freddy Krueger – Impressive Krueger Clip
Below is a link to Mandatory.com’s video where they recreate an entire generation’s childhood nightmare, Freddy Krueger, out of meat. The one minute time lapse shows the painstaking build from start to finish, and it’s as terrifying and disgusting as it sounds which is only fitting for Freddy. FREDDY KRUEGER, MADE OF MEAT
Read More »Freddy Krueger Animated Chest of Souls Sweater
Here’s something unique for the Nightmare on Elm Street fan in your life: the Freddy Krueger Animated Chest of Souls Sweater: From the distributor:
Read More »Film Review: Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
SYNOPSIS: Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenage population. Except this time, they’re out to get each other, too. REVIEW: I remember the idea sounding a bit like a “cinematic con” to gather a few franchise ticket sales. However I was curious like the rest of us and threw dough some dough for P-corn and the film …
Read More »Top 10 Supernatural Reality Altering Horror Characters
A horror list most likely way overdue. I’ve always had a soft spot for supernatural characters. The ones that stick out are characters who seem to possess powers that warp time, space, and everything around them. Consider it sort of a technique for making nightmarish things happen that you wouldn’t find happening within a film like “Halloween” or “Friday the …
Read More »A Nightmare on the big Screen – A Retrospect on the film and remake
It would appear that the mighty Freddy Krueger is about to be beaten by his greatest nemesis of all: Apathy. Initial reviews of the remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street are not all that favourable, and each new one I see seems to cement the opinion that this was a big mistake even further. It was a done deal …
Read More »New badass horror toys from Walking Dead and Freddy!
Fearnet just sent over some coverage on the release of some pretty cool looking toys to come out of the American International Toy Fair You can catch a few shots below or read more about the event here. Freddy gear doesnt seem to be slowing up any time soon with a more in depth coverage on the toys here
Read More »Freddy And Jason: No New Nightmares Or Fridays?
The ominous silence from Platinum Dunes regarding any sequels to their remakes of Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street was broken when producer Brad Fuller spilled some details on Twitter. Fuller stated that a script is ready for a new Friday the 13th movie, but so far there’s little movement from New Line Cinema to make it. …
Read More »Ruthless Killing: It’s a Man’s World
Warning: This post contains spoilers for; Friday the 13th, Cry_Wolf, All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, Dead End and Switchblade Romance. In 1980 Friday the 13th slashed and stabbed its way on cinema screens. It continued the success of slasher movies that had become a new horror trend. Films like John Carpenter’s Halloween and Black Christmas had laid the foundations …
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