Nerdist: Freddy’s Revenge came out almost one year to the day from the original. That seems like an insane amount of time to write, shoot, and edit a major release. What was it like to make the film ...

One, two, Freddy's coming for you... A whole generation of high schoolers found out the hard way that one dares not fall asleep in Springwood, Ohio unless they want to risk never waking. Wes Craven's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. "At the time, my agents and the people around me were hoping that ...

Freddy Krueger was always at least middle-aged, but now his whole series is about to follow suit: A Nightmare on Elm Street, the Wes Craven slasher classic, is turning 40 shortly after Halloween. It’s ...

The late, great Wes Craven made several great horror movies in his four decades of filmmaking. However, Craven’s single greatest contribution to horror cinema was no doubt the creation of Freddy ...

Few horror sequels are as beloved as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Often hailed as the crown jewel of the series, the 1987 installment introduced deeply relatable new characters while ...

This divided ownership situation mirrors similar issues plaguing other major horror franchises. Most notably, the Friday the 13th series has been stuck in a prolonged legal battle between original ...

Like Weapons, Wes Craven’s original A Nightmare on Elm Street was a massive hit. When it hit theaters in 1984, producers were immediately excited over the unlockable possibilities of its universe.

Thanks to a boom in popularity for the slasher genre in the 1980s, horror changed forever. After John Carpenter changed the game in the late 70s with Halloween, a smorgasbord of doting imitators ...