Freddy Charles Krueger is presumed dead, killed by a vengeful lynch mob. There have been several unconfirmed report that Krueger uses the dream world to wreak his revenge upon his favor prey...children. Information released from the Division of Occult Activities here at the FBI states that dream demons awarded him his power over the dreamscape, because of his evil sadistic nature. Known to wear a tattered red and green sweater, beat-up hat and his choice of weapon is a specially made (by Krueger himself) finger knives glove. Recently reported to be terrorizing famed horror. Freddy Krueger is still on the lookout by local police. Well that's going to be tough,knowing he's only a nightmare let alone children's nightmare.
THE PRESS:He's our show-biz, WWF Horror hero; Freddy Krueger became an icon at the same time he redefined the boundaries of what scary could be. He was a new wrinkle in the annals of horror mythology; a wise-cracking serial killer who really, really enjoyed his work. Murder used to be such a serious business until Freddy showed up; Sure, folks chopped and hacked and strangled and poisoned and what-all before, but none of them had ever had such a great time doing it before.
It wasn't just his joy de vivre that engaged us; hidden in the cloak of dreams like a spider, he had found an entirely new venue for death. Let's face it, you see one axe through the head, you've pretty much seen 'em all. Now, being pulled by your own veins until you plummet out a high window? There's something worth watching!
So, this year we tip a slouch hat to Mr. Krueger. We managed to get a an in-depth interview with Robert Englund, along with a look across his character's bloodstained career and an exclusive statement from New Line Cinema about the future of the "Nightmare" franchise.
The "Nightmare" franchise has gone slightly moribund for the past couple of years, but the Freddy legacy goes on. In August of 2006, wacky Brit Jason Moore popped up on the news. Moore was a Freddy freak, having watched the series more than twenty times. Like a bunch of geeks, he dreamed of having his very own set of Freddy claws, a dream he fulfilled after slavishly recreating the glove from stills from the movies and prop photographs he dug up on the Internet. Finally, he had himself what he believed was a perfect recreation of the weapon. There was nothing left to do but to try it out.
One night, watching TV with a friend, Moore noticed his pal had gone off to snooze-land. Well - he's sleeping, so... Moore put on the glove and wailed on his buddy, who woke up to the rather surprising sight of Moore trying to come up with clever one liners while trying to eviscerate him. He managed to escape, call the constabulary, and was treated for stab and slash wounds. Moore, surprisingly, did not disappear into the fifth dimention when the cops showed up, and is currently serving life in prison, where he's probably learning a whole new use for fists.
If you're a Freddy fan, there's only one question left to answer - what, if anything, is in the future?
There is an answer, at least at present, and I'm going to give it to you straight from the horse's mouth. A New Line TV source tells us that they are actively working on an unscripted Nightmare On Elm Street related series--keep an eye out for it in your local TV listings. And New Line's consumer products program has recently put Nightmare On Elm Street under the marketing umbrella New Line Cinema's House of Horror, which also includes Friday The 13th and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Additionally, look for A Nightmare On Elm Street haunted houses springing up in your neighborhood in 2006.