Freddy Krueger Actor Explains Intense Deleted Elm Street Scene
A Nightmare on Elm Street star Robert Englund shares details on a brutal scene that was cut from the horror classic. Elm Street, which was directed by Wes Craven and hit theaters in November 1984, reinvented the slasher genre that had boomed in the late 70s to early 80s and began to wane by 1983. By using a killer who stalks teens in their dreams to add supernatural elements to the slasher proceedings (and becoming a substantial hit off the back of it), Elm Street redefined what it meant to be a slasher and inspired scores of filmmakers to attempt to copy its success as well as spawning a half dozen sequels, a reboot, an anthology television show, and even a crossover with Friday the 13th's Jason Voorhees.
One of the most iconic scenes in the movie is also one of its scariest. The very first victim claimed by Freddy Krueger's (Robert Englund) vengeful spirit is Tina (Amanda Wyss). While she and her boyfriend Rod (Nick Corri) are asleep, she starts to scream and he witnesses her being slashed across the torso by an invisible force that turns out to be Freddy's razor-tipped glove. She is then dragged onto the ceiling in a gravity-defying special effect before being dropped back down onto the bed, dead. Tina's Elm Street death is a brutal scene that still stands out among the entire franchise.
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On the very first episode of the new Gibson TV YouTube series Metal and Monsters, host Matt “Count D” Montgomery reunited Freddy Krueger actor Robert Englund with Don Dokken, the lead singer of the hair metal band Dokken, who performed the title theme for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors in 1987. Early on in the interview, Robert Englund
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