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Horror Tie-In Toys We Can’t Believe Actually Got Made
I’ll admit it, part of me is jealous of the kids just discovering the genre now. I’ll never forget what it was like for me as a kid to see all of my favorites for the first time. To...
Script to Pieces: Wes Craven’s Nightmare on Elm Street 7
Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes...
Four Horror Sequels That Cursed Their Own Franchise
When a horror movie is hugely successful, sequels are an inevitability. Quickly after that, it can blossom into a franchise. Typically, it doesn’t take long for the films that follow ...
Was Freddy Krueger’s Body Just Identified?
On the first day of the new year, it was reported that the bones of Joseph Henry Loveless, bootlegger and murderer, had finally been identified. In 1979 his torso was found in in a burlap sack in a ca...
Ten of the Most Vicious Freddy Krueger Kills
The Nightmare on Elm Street series gave birth to one of the most iconic boogeymen ever to stalk the screen: razor-clawed, Christmas sweater wearing, profoundly burned madman Freddy Krue...
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 is Quirky, Bizarre, and Fun [Editorial]
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 sees Jesse and his family moving into a new home on Elm Street. While settling in, Jesse learns that Nancy Thompson previously occupied his new home. When Jesse f...
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare Was a Sequel Ahead of its Time [Retrospective]
New Nightmare sees Freddy leaving the realm in which he was created. After his escape, he begins to plague the performers from the first Nightmare film. Like in the first picture, Heather Langenkamp i...
Four Things You Have Probably Never Noticed about Your Favorite Horror Films
There’s a lot effort that goes into crafting our favorite horror movies. Not only a lot of time and hard work but (hopefully) a lot of thought. Some movies are meticulously planned. And so...
Eight Episodes of Freddy’s Nightmares That are Shockingly Good
While Friday the 13th: The Series was a show akin to Halloween III in that it was hated by fans for being different from the rest of the franchise but actually pretty good on its own, Freddy’s ...