A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Good, Fair Fight: Why Freddy vs. Jason is Exactly the Pulpy, Imperfect Movie It Needed to Be
Freddy vs. Jason was, for horror fans, one of the most anticipated movies of all time. I’ve written quite a bit about the long, arduous journey it had to finally make it to the big screen. Naturally, ...
Heather Langenkamp Has Never Seen the Nightmare Remake but Would Like to Play Nancy Again
Heather Langenkamp is the quintessential Nancy for almost every fan of A Nightmare on Elm Street. And it turns out that the actress truly cherishes her turn in the franchise. So much so that she has n...
Horror Block Unboxing – December 2016
Nerd Block is a subscription mystery box that delivers geeky collectibles right to your door each month. You can choose whatever theme box you are into–there’s the Classic Block, Arcade Block, Sci-Fi ...
Don’t Wanna Dream No More: How A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Empowered the Slasher Genre
The slasher genre has always fallen under a critical eye for showcasing the deaths of teenagers as gratuitous fun. They are generalized as having no characterization and no depth of any kind. The char...
Strangest Things That Almost Happened in Freddy vs. Jason
Freddy vs. Jason is a movie famous for the incredible amount of time that it took to get made. It was first brought up in the mid-1980’s, around the time that the second Nightmare on Elm Street ...
How the Original Elm Street Gave Us One of Horror’s Most Proactive Heroines
It might seem hard to believe looking back at it, given the reverence so many fans hold for the sub-genre, but by 1984 the slasher craze was already winding down. 1980 through ’82 saw dozens upon doze...
Gift Guide: Ultimate Freddy From Dream Warriors
Gift Guide is a recurring segment on Wicked Horror where we showcase macabre inspired gift ideas for you or the horror fan in your life. Have an idea for something we should feature on Gift Guide? Let...
How A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Became an Iconic Gay Horror Film (After Years of Being Hated)
A Nightmare on Elm Street was not a movie that anyone expected to become a big hi. Even after it was released, it wasn’t a huge success. It wasn’t released in enough theaters to be a true blockbuster....
Kevin Bacon Interested in Playing Freddy Krueger in Nightmare on Elm Street Redux!
We have just learned that Kevin Bacon has expressed interest in playing Freddy Krueger in a redux of A Nightmare on Elm Street. It’s important to mention that (as far as anyone knows) Bacon is n...
