Word: englund
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tongue-in-cheek humor also lifts Freddy's Nightmares above the jolt-'em-out- of-their-seats level of its theatrical namesakes. Freddy (Robert Englund) can still be one ruthless customer: in the season opener, he sliced off a woman's head, which plopped to the floor like a ripe pineapple. Most weeks, however, he serves merely as the wisecracking narrator for unrelated stories revolving around dreams. Many are unexpectedly lighthearted; a few even approach satire. In one of last season's entries, a yuppie career woman had a thirtysomething nightmare about having a baby: her boss replaced...
...really funny is how popular this suburban psychopath has become to the very teens he would menace. Freddy Krueger would never have won the Mr. Congeniality award at Springwood High, but at the box office he has matured into Most Likely to Succeed. As embodied by Actor Robert Englund, he is the star of New Line Cinema's A Nightmare on Elm Street series. Each sequel has outgrossed its predecessor, financially as well as filmically, with the first three installments cadging more than $100 million. And the new entry, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master...
...gets spookier. The first three Nightmares have sold half a million videocassettes. Next month a syndicated TV series, Freddy's Nightmares, debuts on more than 160 stations, with Englund playing host. The sales of Freddy Krueger merchandise have topped $15 million. The Freddy mask and hat outsold all other Halloween costumes last year. New Line reports brisk sales for two Nightmare books, five LPs and a board game. You can buy Freddy dolls, the familiar sweater and the signature glove (with plastic finger-knives). He's got his own fan club and MTV special. And come October, a 900 chat...
...season's other horror movies have been flops. Then is the answer just Freddy, the perfect freak-out counselor for an evening of summer camp? Not quite. Sure, he's got loads more personality than Jason, the goalie-masked monster of the seven Friday the 13th bloodfests. As Englund describes Freddy, "He has a bantam- cock swagger, an arrogant sexual thrust, like Jimmy Cagney." The ex- janitor can be pathetic too: "I picture him as a wiry, scrawny Lee Oswald with a push broom, peeking into girls' lockers when no one's looking." But the Nightmare films are more than...
...warm kid from the Bronx is delightful; he solo "Nothing," about her frustration and growing confidence as an actress, is uplifting and powerful. Among the men Mike (John Dolf) and Richie (Woodrow Thompson) stand out for their fast footwork, strong voices and sheer exuberance. And Val, played by Lois Englund, excels in the bawdy "Dance: Ten: Looks: Three," as the once ugly duckling who found strutting success through massive plastic surgery and silicon-induced "tits...