Beyond Elm Street: 8 Great Robert Englund Roles That Aren’t Freddy Krueger
Happiest of birthdays to Robert Englund, and Happy #RobertEnglundDay!
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story is now on Screambox, coinciding with the horror mainstay’s 76th birthday. The documentary was shot over the course of two years, highlighting the life and career of the classically trained actor and director.
Featuring interviews with Robert Englund and his wife Nancy, as well as fellow genre icons Lin Shaye, Eli Roth, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Adam Green, Bill Moseley, Heather Langenkamp & more, the documentary follows Englund’s career from his early days in Buster and Billie and Stay Hungry (starring with Arnold Schwarzenegger) to his big break in the 1980s as Freddy Krueger to his directorial debut with the 1988 horror film 976-evil to his iconic acting status in current roles such as Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things.”
To celebrate, here are eight of the prolific actor’s best roles in the genre…...
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story is now on Screambox, coinciding with the horror mainstay’s 76th birthday. The documentary was shot over the course of two years, highlighting the life and career of the classically trained actor and director.
Featuring interviews with Robert Englund and his wife Nancy, as well as fellow genre icons Lin Shaye, Eli Roth, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Adam Green, Bill Moseley, Heather Langenkamp & more, the documentary follows Englund’s career from his early days in Buster and Billie and Stay Hungry (starring with Arnold Schwarzenegger) to his big break in the 1980s as Freddy Krueger to his directorial debut with the 1988 horror film 976-evil to his iconic acting status in current roles such as Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things.”
To celebrate, here are eight of the prolific actor’s best roles in the genre…...
- 6/6/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
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