The first horror movie that I ever saw was “The Wizard of Oz,” and it had the best final girl of all time, Dorothy. And I used Dorothy a lot when I was thinking about playing Nancy in “Nightmare on ...

The A Nightmare on Elm Streetfranchise is one of the most celebrated in horror, featuring one of the most iconic villains, Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). Besides having a dangerous handshake, Freddy ...

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 ...

Freddy’s box office appeal dwindled fast after its peak, but even the film that displayed that decline, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, was the highest-grossing slasher film of its ...

This essay by Heather Langenkamp on her favorite horror movie of all time is one of several contributed as part of Variety’s 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time package. The first horror movie that I ...