Robert Englund is honored: “Freddy Krueger” gets a Hollywood star – on Halloween

Robert Englund is honored
“Freddy Krueger” gets a Hollywood star – on Halloween

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Will he come in a striped sweater and bring his blade glove with him? As “Freddy Krueger,” Robert Englund has been terrifying film fans for decades. For this he is now being awarded a Hollywood star. The organizers thought something about the date.

Actor Robert Englund, best known for his iconic role as “Freddy Krueger” in the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series (German title: “Nightmare – Murderous Dreams”), will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The ceremony appropriately takes place on October 31st, Halloween. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced this on Instagram.

Englund, who portrayed Freddy Krueger in a total of eight of the horror films, will be supported at the event by actress Heather Langenkamp, ​​who played Nancy Thompson in the original 1984 film, and director Eli Roth, according to media reports. The event will be broadcast live on various platforms so that fans worldwide can share in this special moment.

Guest role on “Stranger Things”

The awarding of the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honors Englund’s long career in the film industry. In addition to his role as Freddy Krueger, the actor appeared in over 80 films and television series, including “Mr. Universe” (1976) and “A Star Is Born” (1976). In the same year he began his horror film career with a role in Tobe Hooper’s Bloodlust. In 1984 he played Freddy Krueger for the first time, and in 2003 he took on the iconic scary role for the last time.

In 1989, Englund directed the horror film “976-Evil” for the first time, and in the same year he also directed two episodes of the series “Freddy’s Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street”. In 2008 he sat in the director’s chair again for the horror comedy “Killer Pad”. Englund was last seen in the fourth season of the Netflix series “Stranger Things” as Victor Creel in 2022.

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