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Tag Archives: Nightmare On Elm St
Choice Slasher Posters From 1978 (Halloween)-1984 (ANOES)
Posters help sell a movie. They catch the public’s eye and, if you’re the right target for what they’re selling, they should encourage you to buy that ticket. Though the art is somewhat dead today (too many Photoshopped pictures of … Continue reading
Nightmare remake a hit, 3D sequel already in the works
Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood is reporting the new A Nightmare on Elm Street made over $15 million on Friday and is on track to make $35 million over the weekend. Finke was informed this morning Warner Bros. is already working … Continue reading
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010): A mini review
The new Nightmare is much better than I expected despite a few flaws. First with the bad. The new Freddy make-up is awful and seems to change during the course of the film. Sometimes Freddy resembles the killer in Popcorn, … Continue reading
Freddy Krueger’s A Nightmare on Elm Street magazine
In 1989 Marvel Comics gave Freddy Krueger is own black and white magazine. The magazine only lasted for two issues due to the outcry from angry parents. Marvel wanted no part of the controversy and cancelled the book before the … Continue reading
Monsters Attack #2
Monster Attack! was a short lived black and white horror magazine published by Globe Communications, the same folks responsible for Cracked magazine, from 1989 to 1990. Editor Mort Todd mixed horror stories from famous artists with articles on horror films, directors, … Continue reading
Fright Flicks
In 1988 Topps released Fright Flicks, a cards set featuring gory images from popular horror films. It’s pretty clear Topps saw Freddy Krueger as the star of the set when one looks at a Fright Flicks box. On top a grinning Freddy … Continue reading
Freddy Krueger Week Starts Today
Retro Slashers is celebrating the return of Freddy Krueger to the big screen with a week dedicated to the slasher icon. We’ll showcase some of the Freddy merchandise that popped up during the height of Freddy Mania, offer a mini review … Continue reading
Updated: Robert Englund guest stars on Bones tonight
Robert Englund will make a guest appearance on tonight’s episode of Bones. “The Death of the Queen Bee” has Booth and Bones investigating a death at a class reunion. Englund will be a chief suspect (but a red herring I … Continue reading
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Never Sleep Again Website Launches
And Freddy is waiting for you! The official website for the upcoming (and sure to be definitive) documenatry on the Elm Street series has gone live. The documentary, which began filmming in August of 2009, should prove to be all … Continue reading
Graphic Horror – Slasher Merchandise
As well as toys, the other thing we horror geeks refuse to give up are our comics. There’s something about seeing limbs hacked to pieces and intestines being spewed out onto the floor that makes for an entertaining read.