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Robert Englund Receives Hollywood Walk of Fame Star on Halloween

The Halloween-timed honor spotlights Freddy Krueger’s enduring influence on horror.

Overview

  • The 2,826th star was unveiled at 6644 Hollywood Blvd., in front of the Larry Edmunds Bookshop, a location selected by Walk of Fame producers.
  • Heather Langenkamp and Eli Roth delivered tributes, praising Englund’s craft and Freddy Krueger’s genre-defining voice and presence.
  • Englund wore and posed with the iconic bladed glove during the ceremony and greeted fans with quips including, “I love the smell of peanut butter cups in the morning.”
  • The full induction ceremony is now available to watch online after the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce livestream.
  • Warner Bros. is contemporaneously releasing the first seven A Nightmare on Elm Street films in a newly remastered 4K/UHD collection.