Freddy fans have a glimpse of a more aged Freddy Kreuger.. he is happily returning to the decade that made him thanks to a Halloween sitcom..
The show is The Goldbergs, a take on a family in 1980s Philadelphia presented through the viewpoint of their youngest child, Adam (Sean Glambrone). And this Halloween, the Goldberg family is getting a pretty spooky visitor in the form of Freddy Krueger, played by Robert Englund himself..
He had to cancel a Wizard World convention in Des Moines after breaking a foot through his ‘clumsy’ act in his home..
Robert Englund, 69, looks to be recovering well from his accident, smiling while hobbling along using a walking stick at Los Angeles Airport on Thursday.
Tweeting about his injury on May 18, the actor wrote: ‘Nightmare at my house!! Freddy vs clumsy me! Broke my foot. Sorry I’ll miss my fans.’
You can read the interview in total at the link.. but one of the most interesting part was what Robert Englund thought when asked if he could have changed plot lines or characters of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series, what would it have been.. his answer:
I don’t know if I would do anything different. We broke some rules with the second film and even addressed some bi-sexuality, which was groundbreaking, and I am proud of that film. If I was in control of my own “Nightmare on Elm Street” movie I have an idea I would have liked to see. I thought it would be great if the children of previous victims, or just kids who grew up hearing stories about Freddy Krueger, were each haunted by their own version of Freddy Krueger. Kids who grew up hearing stories about this Freddy Krueger guy and the awful things he did envisioned him in their own way, and that is the version that begins to haunt them. Some people may picture him as stout, another might envision him as tall & thin, another with a different hat, or a different sweater. He could have different gloves, or even a glove with small razor blades as referred to in the first movie. It would be neat to see very different interpretations of Freddy Krueger based on the child’s vision of who or what Freddy was to them. After all, each person’s subconscious would picture him in a totally different way.
That sounds a little like a Slenderman-ish type of thought.. His thoughts on FREDDY’S REVENGE is interesting, it certainly did have a fair share of bi-sexual themes present as political commentary during the Reagan era ..
His idea actually would make sense for a modern Freddy film.. Imagine a movie where there are multiple actors playing a Freddy character , and they all are different in some way.
With new NIGHTMARE films being planned for the future, maybe someone should listen to ‘Freddy’s’ idea of how to modernize the film series for a new 21st century generation..
You can read the interview in total at the link.. but one of the most interesting part was what Robert Englund thought when asked if he could have changed plot lines or characters of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series, what would it have been.. his answer:
I don’t know if I would do anything different. We broke some rules with the second film and even addressed some bi-sexuality, which was groundbreaking, and I am proud of that film. If I was in control of my own “Nightmare on Elm Street” movie I have an idea I would have liked to see. I thought it would be great if the children of previous victims, or just kids who grew up hearing stories about Freddy Krueger, were each haunted by their own version of Freddy Krueger. Kids who grew up hearing stories about this Freddy Krueger guy and the awful things he did envisioned him in their own way, and that is the version that begins to haunt them. Some people may picture him as stout, another might envision him as tall & thin, another with a different hat, or a different sweater. He could have different gloves, or even a glove with small razor blades as referred to in the first movie. It would be neat to see very different interpretations of Freddy Krueger based on the child’s vision of who or what Freddy was to them. After all, each person’s subconscious would picture him in a totally different way.
That sounds a little like a Slenderman-ish type of thought.. His thoughts on FREDDY’S REVENGE is interesting, it certainly did have a fair share of bi-sexual themes present as political commentary during the Reagan era ..
His idea actually would make sense for a modern Freddy film.. Imagine a movie where there are multiple actors playing a Freddy character , and they all are different in some way.
With new NIGHTMARE films being planned for the future, maybe someone should listen to ‘Freddy’s’ idea of how to modernize the film series for a new 21st century generation..
When I was a young pre-teen in the 1980s, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET part 3, the DREAM WARRIORS, sort of changed my conception of horror.. it became campy, silly and fun.. Yes, Freddy was a menacing creature, whose background was that of a child molester and killer, but somehow Robert Englund turned Wes Craven’s character into a charming and almost likeable trickster in the in the third NIGHTMARE…
