De website Shock till you Drop had een interview met niemand minder dan de 65 jarige Robert Englund die we allemaal kennen van zijn legendarische rol als moordlustige pedofiel Freddy Krueger. Daar naast speelde hij ook in een shitload aan b-movies die zijn cult status alleen maar groter maakte. In het review spreek hij openlijk zijn kritiek uit over de nieuwe A Nightmare on Elm Street en de oude films. De man is en blijft uiteraard voor de hele crew van Eigenwerld.nl een echte held en één van onze favoriete acteurs.

Did you like the Nightmare On Elm Street reboot? What did you think of Haley's take on Freddy?

Englund: I thought the movie was a little cold. We weren't really given time to see the kids when they were normal, before they were frantic and haunted by Freddy. That made it harder to connect with them, harder to care what happened to them. Haley made Freddy his own. I think the change to a more "realist" burn make-up with melted features took a lot of the strength away from the character. The strong nose and chin in the make-up I wore gives Freddy presence and power. And I played Freddy as if he liked being evil, he liked his work. Jackie went a different way.

Do you have a favorite Elm Street chapter? Least favorite?

Englund: New Nightmare is my favorite for a couple of reasons. I think it stands the test of time, a fun reunion with original cast members like Heather and John Saxon. Wes's script is clever and original, the self-referencial horror story. The first sequel had flaws. Nightmare 2 broke the rules by bringing Freddy out of the dream and into the real world.