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ROBERT ENGLUND CONFIRMED FOR FAMOUS MONSTERS’ SILVER SCREAM FESTIVAL Horror icon Robert Englund — Freddy Krueger himself — has confirmed his appearance at Famous Monsters’ Silver Scream Festival, joining his NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET co-star Heather Langenkamp for a tribute to their late director Wes Craven (the ELM STREET series, SCREAM, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT). With more than 150 credits, Englund played the scarred slasher Freddy Krueger in all of the original ELM STREET films and has appeared in other genre classics such as URBAN LEGEND, WISHMASTER, HATCHET, and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, in addition to the 1980s Sci-Fi television series V. He’s twice been nominated for the Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actor by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, and in 2001 was bestowed the Academy’s Life Career Award. His memoir, HOLLYWOOD MONSTER: A WALK DOWN ELM STREET WITH THE MAN OF YOUR DREAMS, was published in 2009. The Silver Scream Film & Comic Fe...

DOCTOR WHO’S MATT SMITH & KAREN GILLAN WILL ATTEND WALKER STALKER CON SAN FRANCISCO JANUARY 31ST-FEBRUARY 1ST In addition to the 45 guests previously announced, Walker Stalker Con has announced that Doctor Who’s Matt Smith (the 11th Doctor) and Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) will be attending the convention, located at the the Fort Mason Center on January 31st & February 1st, 2015. Matt Smith & Karen Gillan will also be doing a separated ticket event called, NIGHT OF THE DOCTOR on Saturday night. For more information on this event visit www.nightofthedoctor.com . Walker Stalker Con returned to it’s inaugural city of Atlanta in October of 2014 where it’s attendance count reached nearly 35,000 fans across it’s three day span. It also assembled more cast members of The Walking Dead than any other convention has, as well as other horror genre actors. Walker Stalker Con is not just a convention. It is a fan meet-up and an opportunity for each guest to come away feeli...

Director George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead) knows a thing or two about zombies. So it’s no surprise that Activision Publishing enlisted the horror director to appear as himself in the new Call of the Dead zombie level that gamers can download on Xbox Live starting May 3 . Actors Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street), Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Grudge), Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead) and Danny Trejo (Machete) have joined Romero in the new undead level, which is part of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation expansion pack . The zombie storyline was inspired by Romero, according to Mark Lamia, studio head of Treyarch. He said his Santa Monica-based team set out to create an exciting new zombie experience for fans of the genre that takes the gameplay to an “insane new level.” The story focuses on a shipwrecked crew of fearless explorers who are hopelessly stranded in a remote abandoned Siberian outpost. Their dream of discovering the true origins of the mysteri...

Will Remake Of Nightmare On Elm Street be Better Then The Original? Originally portrayed by Robert Englund , Freddy Krueger invaded dreams for eight films and a two-season TV series, Freddy's Nightmares. His nightmares ranged from the standard gutting to the more elaborate human roach motel. Cassidy said new Nightmare director Bayer has scarier things in store for his Freddy, played by Watchmen's Jackie Earle Haley . The original Nightmare on Elm Street horror film series made Freddy Krueger so popular that fans welcomed his appearances when they were supposed to fear him. But the creators of the new Nightmare on Elm Street want to make Freddy scary again, and star Katie Cassidy said they succeeded: She was terrified. "It's going to scare the s--t out of people," Cassidy said in a group interview earlier this month in Pasadena, Calif., where she was promoting the CW series Melrose Place. "I definitely think people are going to freak out. It was really emo...