Who Robert Englund Plays In Stranger Things Season 4

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Here's who Robert Englund plays in Stranger Things season 4. Robert Englund is famous among horror aficionados for playing Freddy Krueger, the creepy villain of the Nightmare On Elm Street slasher series. Now, as seen in the full Stranger Things season 4 trailer, the actor will appear in a role that looks like it won't stray far from his most famous part.

Stranger Things has been casting 1980s icons since the series debuted in 2016, with Winona Ryder playing harried single mother Joyce Byers. However, as Ryder’s transition from teen heroine to middle-aged mom proves, Stranger Things usually subverts the expectations that viewers have for these actors based on the archetypes they played in the 80s. For example, Paul Reiser played a seemingly sleazy, Carter Burke-esque character in Stranger Things season 2, only for his character to turn out to be a surprisingly good guy at the season’s close.

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However, the first look at Robert Englund’s Stranger Things season 4 character implies that the horror icon will be playing within his established wheelhouse. Stranger Things season 4 risks repeating the show's biggest missteps by telling too many stories at once, and the addition of Englund’s character doesn’t bode well in this regard. Robert Englund plays Victor Creel in Stranger Things season 4, a murderer who killed his family during the 60s and has been interred in a mental asylum ever since. However, Stranger Things season 4's Creel House teaser seemed to imply that the Upside-Down might have had a part to play in this incident.

That said, anyone expecting Englund to be playing a secretly innocent character is unlikely to be reassured by the