Movies
In the 34 years since Robert Englund and Lin Shaye appeared in “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” both actors have brought their distinctive personalities to so many horror films of varied quality that their presence in a picture hardly guarantees greatness.
Jan. 18, 2018
Freddy’s back.
Oct. 22, 1994
Plus, “Sam Now,” a powerful documentary about the filmmaker’s search for his stepmother; and “Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story,” a deep dive into the career of the horror icon.
June 6, 2023
Books
Longtime friend George Englund writes about his memories of Brando.
Oct. 26, 2004
Freddy Krueger as the Phantom of the Opera?
Nov. 6, 1989
As Freddy Krueger, the fiendish dream stalker in the “A Nightmare on Elm Street” movies, he brandishes a glove with razor-sharp finger knives and dispatches his young victims with demonic glee: “This is it, Jennifer,” he croons to an aspiring young actress before smashing her head into a television set, “your big break in TV.”
March 9, 1990
California
Robert Englund has frightened a generation of moviegoers as the evil Freddy Krueger, the murderous high school custodian whose reign of terror in the “Nightmare on Elm Street” movies began after he was burned to death in his boiler room.
Oct. 29, 1993
A Conejo Valley resident for 16 years, Clyde Kent Englund of Thousand Oaks died last week.
June 18, 1995
Entertainment & Arts
Looting in Iraq’s national museum bolsters an initiative to digitally archive tablets.
May 27, 2003
“976-EVIL” (citywide) is a stylish, imaginative variation on “Carrie” that marks the promising directorial debut of actor Robert Englund, famed as Freddy Krueger in the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series.
March 27, 1989