Which actor portrays 'Freddie Krueger' in the 2010 remake of 'Nightmare On Elm Street'?
"teenagers who are introduced, haunted by nightmares and then slashed to death by Freddy. So what? Are we supposed to be scared? Is the sudden clanging chord supposed to evoke a fearful Pavlovian response?"" On January 5, 2011, the film won the People's Choice Award for best horror film. In March 2010, the National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) released two new Freddy Krueger action figures; one pre-burned Freddy with Jackie Earle Haley's likeness, and one based on the new burn design from the ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" remake. NECA also released a replica of Freddy's clawed glove. An online"
"Robert Englund Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor, voice actor, singer, and director, best known for playing the infamous serial killer Freddy Krueger in the ""Nightmare on Elm Street"" film series. He received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for """" in 1987 and """" in 1988. Englund is a classically trained actor. Englund was born on June 6, 1947, in Glendale, California, the son of Janis (née MacDonald) and John Kent Englund, an aeronautics engineer who helped develop the Lockheed U-2 airplane. He is of part Swedish ancestry and part Scottish. Englund"
"many reviewers. The film also reunited him with ""Little Children"" co-star Patrick Wilson who played Nite Owl II, former partner of Rorschach. Also in 2010, Haley appeared in ""Shutter Island"", directed by Martin Scorsese, playing a patient of a hospital for the criminally insane. Haley played the role of Freddy Krueger in the ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" remake. He has signed on to play the role in three installments in the series. Haley was a series regular on ""Human Target"" as Guerrero, an ally of the main character, Christopher Chance. The series premiered on January 17, 2010 on Fox,"
"released in 2010, and a second remake is planned. The original film, written and directed by Wes Craven and titled ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"", was released in 1984. The story focuses on Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) attacking Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) and her friends in their dreams, successfully killing all but Nancy, in fictional Springwood, Ohio. Krueger's back-story is revealed by Nancy's mother, Marge, who explains he was a child murderer. The parents of Springwood killed Krueger after he was acquitted on a technicality. Nancy defeats Freddy by pulling him from the dream world and stripping him of his"
"was cited as ""the best thing about the ""Melrose"" reboot"" by ""New York"" magazine. The CW canceled the series in May 2010 due to low ratings. In April 2010, Cassidy appeared in another remake; this time the horror classic ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"", originally released in 1984 of the same name. Cassidy portrays the false protagonist Kris Fowles; a high school student who becomes a victim to Freddy Krueger. Filming begin in Chicago with the film earning over $31 million in its opening weekend. Cassidy was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in the Horror/Thriller Actress category for her"
"Freddy Krueger Frederick Charles ""Freddy"" Krueger () is a character from the ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" film series. He first appeared in Wes Craven's ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" (1984) as a burnt serial killer who uses a gloved hand with razors to kill his victims in their dreams, causing their deaths in the real world as well. In the dream world, he is a powerful force and almost completely invulnerable. However, whenever Freddy is pulled into the real world, he has normal human vulnerabilities. The character was created by Wes Craven and was consistently portrayed by Robert Englund"
"Michael Myers from ""Halloween"" and Jason Voorhees from ""Friday the 13th"". At the end of the film """", the mask of the title character, Jason Voorhees, played by Kane Hodder, is dragged under the earth by Freddy's gloved hand, thus setting up ""Freddy vs. Jason"". Freddy's gloved hand, in the ending, was played by Hodder. Freddy Krueger Frederick Charles ""Freddy"" Krueger () is a character from the ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" film series. He first appeared in Wes Craven's ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" (1984) as a burnt serial killer who uses a gloved hand with razors to kill"
"for Best Supporting Actor. Subsequent notable roles include the vigilante Rorschach in ""Watchmen"" (2009), horror icon Freddy Krueger in the remake of ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" (2010). He currently stars as Odin Quincannon in ""Preacher"" and ""The Terror"" in ""The Tick"" (both 2016–present). Haley was born and raised in Northridge, California, the son of Haven Earle ""Bud"" Haley, a radio show host/disc jockey and actor. Haley has appeared in numerous films, including ""Damnation Alley"", John Schlesinger's ""The Day of the Locust"", and ""Losin' It"", as well as guest roles on TV. A well known child actor, he starred as"
"that his portrayal of Krueger legitimately frightened them as children. He recently starred in ""The Last Showing"" and ""Fear Clinic"", the latter was released on October 22, 2014 at the Screamfest Film Festival. Englund was also a special guest at Shock Comic Con on Valentine's Day 2015. He's up to star in ""Death House"" (2016) and ""Echo Of Evil"" (2017). On February 2016, Englund hosted a ""Nightmare on Elm Street"" marathon on El Rey Network. Robert Englund Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor, voice actor, singer, and director, best known for playing the infamous serial"
"Freddy Krueger, the psychotic burn victim and child murderer in Wes Craven's hugely successful ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" in 1984. This role catapulted him to fame, and Englund became the first new horror movie star since Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in the 1960s. His association with the genre led him to top-billed roles in ""The Phantom of the Opera"" (1989), ""The Mangler"" (1995) – another film directed by Tobe Hooper, and ""2001 Maniacs"" (2005). He reprised his role as Freddy Krueger in """" (1985), """" (1987), """" (1988), """" (1989), """" (1991), ""Wes Craven's New Nightmare"" (1994) and"
"feature film audiences. Their horror film production ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"", starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger, was released April 2010. The film made 32.9 million dollars in its opening weekend, covering nearly its entire 35 million dollar budget and went on to gross over 100 million dollars worldwide. Paramount Pictures signed a first look deal with Platinum Dunes in 2009. As part of this new relationship, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon brought the Platinum Dunes producers on to produce the new ""Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"", rebooting the film series launched by New Line in 1990. Bay, Fuller and"
"and by the end of its box office run its widest release was 380 theaters. The 2010 remake holds the record for widest ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" release, beating out ""Freddy vs. Jason"" by 318 theaters. ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 5, 2010. The DVD's only feature is a featurette, ""Freddy Krueger Reborn"". The Blu-ray special features include the DVD's featurette along with a deleted scene, an alternate opening and ending, and the Maniacle Movie Mode. Early estimates put ""A Nightmare on Elm Street""s opening-day gross at approximately $15 million with"
"and Tobe Sexton also star. Additionally, several well-known actors make cameo appearances in the film, including Johnny Depp (whose screen debut was in the original ""A Nightmare on Elm Street""), Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, and Alice Cooper. Iggy Pop sings the title song, which plays over a montage of scenes from the previous ""Nightmare"" films during the end credits. In June 1999, ten years after the events of """", Freddy Krueger has since returned and killed nearly every child and teenager in the town of Springwood, Ohio. The only surviving teenager, known only as ""John Doe"", finds himself confronted by"
"when he was not consulted on the project. Robert Englund, who portrayed Freddy in the previous eight films, voiced his support of the remake and the casting of Haley in the role of Freddy. ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" was officially released in North America on April 30, 2010, and later released in foreign markets on May 8, 2010. The film was met with negative reviews from both film critics and audience members who scored the film a C+ in CinemaScore polls. Regardless, ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" broke the record for midnight openings for a horror film and grossed"
"be released. ""Wishmaster"" is notable for featuring many actors from popular horror films. Robert Englund, who was Freddy Krueger in the ""Nightmare on Elm Street"" series, played an antique collector and Kane Hodder, who played Jason Voorhees in the ""Friday the 13th"" series, played a security guard. Also in the film were Tony Todd from ""Candyman"", Ted Raimi from ""Candyman"", ""Darkman"", ""Evil Dead II"" and ""Army of Darkness"", Ricco Ross from ""Aliens"", Joseph Pilato from ""Day of the Dead"", Reggie Bannister and the voice of Angus Scrimm (both of the ""Phantasm"" films), Jenny O'Hara from the later ""Devil"", Jack Lemmon's"
"was unable to pay its cast and crew. Although New Line has gone on to make bigger and more profitable films, ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" was its first commercial success and the studio is often referred to as ""The House That Freddy Built"". Actor David Warner was originally cast to play Freddy. Make-up tests were done, but he had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. Replacing him was difficult at first. ""I couldn't find an actor to play Freddy Krueger with the sense of ferocity I was seeking,"" Craven recalled on the film's 30th anniversary. ""Everyone was too"
"1984 but changed to a child killer instead. Freddy's physical appearance was changed with the use of computer-generated imagery to be closer to that of a burn victim. Because of the positive experiences Platinum Dunes' producers had in the area, ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" was filmed primarily in Illinois. Robert Englund, who portrayed Freddy in the previous eight films, voiced his support of the remake and the casting of Haley in the role of Freddy. ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" was officially released in North America on April 30, 2010, and later released in foreign markets on May 8,"
"A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is a 1985 American slasher film directed by Jack Sholder and the second installment in the ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" film series. The screenplay was written by David Chaskin. It stars Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. Patton plays Jesse Walsh, a teenager who, after moving into the home of Nancy Thompson, begins to have recurring nightmares of Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him in order to kill in the real world. It is the"
"Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare is a 1991 American slasher film and the sixth film in the ""Nightmare on Elm Street"" series. It is the sequel to """" and was originally served as the concluding chapter of the series until the release of ""Wes Craven's New Nightmare"", which takes place outside the series canon. This was New Line Cinema's first film released in 3-D. Upon its release, the film received a poor critical reception. Robert Englund reprises his role as Freddy Krueger; Lisa Zane, Yaphet Kotto, Breckin Meyer, Shon Greenblatt, Ricky Dean Logan, Lezlie Deane"
"in the original film series as well as in the television spin-off. In the 2010 franchise reboot, Freddy Krueger was portrayed by Jackie Earle Haley. In 2011, Freddy appeared as a playable character in the video game ""Mortal Kombat"". Over the course of the series, Freddy has battled numerous survivors including Nancy Thompson. In the film ""Freddy vs. Jason"" and the ""Nightmares on Elm Street"" comics, an alias is used, namely ""the Springwood Slasher"". Freddy attacks his victims from within their dreams. He is commonly identified by his burned, disfigured face, red-and-green striped sweater, brown fedora, and trademark metal-clawed brown"
"their resources and came up with $90,000. Later, in Craven's best-known film, ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" (1984), Cunningham directed one of the chase scenes, although he was not credited. Their characters, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, appeared together in the slasher film ""Freddy vs. Jason"" (2003) with Cunningham acting as producer, while screenwriter Victor Miller is credited as ""Character Creator"". Later, in ""The Last House on the Left"" remake (2009), Cunningham and Craven share production credits. Craven had a hand in launching actor Johnny Depp's career by casting him in ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"", Depp's first major film"
"Wes Craven's New Nightmare Wes Craven's New Nightmare is a 1994 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, the original creator of ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"". Although it is the seventh film in the franchise, it is not part of the series continuity, instead portraying Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world, and haunts the cast and crew responsible for his films. In the film, Freddy is depicted as closer to what Craven originally intended, being much more menacing and much less comical, with an updated attire and appearance. The film features"
"film series, felt it was time for ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" to be remade. Englund liked the idea of being able to ""exploit the dreamscape"" with computer-generated imagery and other technologies that did not exist when Craven made the original in 1984. Bayer believes that his film paid homage to what Craven did in 1984, but did not replicate it entirely. Bayer recognized that Craven attempted to put more meaning into his films and that the character of Freddy Krueger affected the lives of a generation of people. For Bayer, remaking ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" was about bringing"
"it’s one of the only horror movies where the monster’s really in the background, at least until the end. But it’s all about our mentality about fear."" Wes Craven's New Nightmare Wes Craven's New Nightmare is a 1994 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, the original creator of ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"". Although it is the seventh film in the franchise, it is not part of the series continuity, instead portraying Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world, and haunts the cast and crew responsible for his films. In the film,"
"Nightmares in the Makeup Chair Nightmares in the Makeup Chair is an upcoming documentary film written and directed by Mike Kerz. The film stars Robert Englund, Robert Kurtzman and Rich Koz. The film features Robert Englund’s return to his Freddy Krueger makeup and documents the process as special makeup effects artist Robert Kurtzman creates and applies the Freddy makeup to Robert Englund. Every step in the Freddy Krueger makeup process is detailed as Robert Englund reminisces and shares stories and anecdotes about the making of the Nightmares on Elm Street movies and his years playing Freddy Krueger. Robert Englund agreed"
"""Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"", ""Little Girl Lost"", and ""The Little People"". The ""Bart's Nightmare"" segment of ""Treehouse of Horror II"" parodies the episode ""It's a Good Life"" and is even presented in a format similar to an episode of ""The Twilight Zone"". The Halloween episodes also regularly parody horror and thriller films such as ""The Exorcist"", ""The Amityville Horror"", ""King Kong"", ""Night of the Living Dead"", ""The Shining"", ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"", ""The Fly"", ""Psycho"", ""Paranormal Activity"", and ""Dead Calm"". Robert Englund, who portrays Freddy Krueger in the ""Nightmare on Elm street"" franchise, had a cameo appearance in ""Treehouse"
"host, Tara Reid was cast. Robert Englund, already well known for his portrayal of Freddy Krueger in the ""Nightmare on Elm Street"" film series, appears as Wexler, a psychology professor. Englund agreed to the part after being impressed by the concept of the screenplay, and was also a fan of several of the other cast members. Loretta Devine was cast as Reese, the witty campus police officer. Devine identified with the role based on her past experience as a dormitory director at Brandeis University, which provided her insight into ""some of the goofy and dumb stuff they do."" Danielle Harris,"
"Nightmares"", exclusively in the United Kingdom. The series contained no original material, instead opting to reprint Innovation's ""Freddy's Dead"" adaptation, the first two issues of Innovation's ""Nightmares On Elm Street"" and the first issue of Marvel's ""Freddy Krueger's: A Nightmare on Elm Street"". Despite the title of the series, it has no direct connection, other than the depiction of the Freddy Krueger character, to the ""Freddy's Nightmares"" television series which aired in 1988. In May 2005, Freddy Krueger returned to comic books, for the first time in thirteen years, with the ""A Nightmare On Elm Street Special"" written by former"
"mask while digging in the dirt. Freddy Krueger's gloved hand bursts out of the dirt and pulls Jason's mask into the ground. John D. LeMay is one of only two actors from the TV series to appear in the film series; the other is John Shepherd, who played Tommy Jarvis in """". Producer Sean S. Cunningham originally conceived an action-horror film in which Jason Voorhees would battle Freddy Krueger of the ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" series. Paramount Pictures, who had released the previous eight ""Friday the 13th"" films, negotiated with New Line Cinema over the rights to the series,"
"on Elm Street"" sent in 2018 Beginning on October 9, 1988, ""Freddy's Nightmares"" was an anthology series, in the vein of ""The Twilight Zone"", which featured different horror stories each week. The show was hosted by Freddy Krueger, with Robert Englund reprising his role from the films. Freddy played more of a background character, but occasionally showed up to influence the plot of particular episodes. The series ran for two seasons and a total of 44 episodes, ending March 10, 1990. Although most of the episodes did not feature Freddy taking a major role in the plot, the pilot episode"
"and her cameraman a fire stunt, which went horribly wrong, leaving him with 2nd and 3rd degree burns over much of his upper body. It was because of these burns he was initially selected to portray Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street (see 'To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story' section further down this page), a role that would eventually go to Robert Englund with whom he formed a lifelong friendship. He was the first actor to portray Jason Voorhees more than once, in a total of four consecutive movies from Friday the 13th part VII to"
"A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise) A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that consists of nine slasher films, a television series, novels, and comic books. The films began with the film ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" (1984) created by Wes Craven. The series revolves around the fictional character Freddy Krueger, a former child killer who after being burned alive by the vengeful parents of his victims, returns from the grave to terrorize and kill the teenage residents of Springwood, Ohio in their dreams. The original film was written and directed by Craven, who returned to co-script"
"in ""Starship Poopers"", Marge reveals that Maggie is the product of a one-night stand with the alien Kang. ""Treehouse of Horror IX"" was written by Donick Cary, Larry Doyle and David S. Cohen, and directed by Steven Dean Moore. ""Terror of the Tiny Toon"" includes a live-action segment starring Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford. Jerry Springer and Ed McMahon also appear in the episode, voicing themselves, while Robert Englund provides the voice of Freddy Krueger from the ""Nightmare on Elm Street"" film series. The episode also features Jason Voorhees from the ""Friday the 13th"" series while various characters visit"