Fri. Apr 19th, 2024


With the new episode of our video series WTF Happened to This Horror Celebrity? (formerly known as Where in the Horror Are They Now), we’re taking a look at the life and career of one of the horror genre’s biggest icons, Robert Englund. The man who brought Freddy Krueger to life for eight feature films (plus episodes of the Freddy’s Nightmares TV series and a guest appearance on The Goldbergs). To learn all about Englund, who recently had a role in an episode of Stranger Things season 4, check out the video embedded above. The recap of his career is followed by a new, hour-long interview with Englund, conducted by Jessica Dwyer!

Where in the Horror Are They Now was once an article series here on Arrow in the Head. The concept has been revived as a video series, and WTF Happened to This Horror Celebrity? will be going

in depth on the lives and careers of some of our favorite horror talents and also find out where they are now and what they are up to!

The Robert Englund episode was Written and Narrated by Jessica Dwyer and Edited by Will Hume. It was Produced by John Fallon and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Previous episodes of Where in the Horror Are They Now focused on Laurence’s fellow genre regulars Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Heather Langenkamp, Elvira, Greg Nicotero, Doug Bradley, Zach Galligan, Barbara Crampton, Brad Dourif, and Ashley Laurence. A couple of those episodes can be viewed below. To see more, click over to the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there! Other shows on the channel include WTF Happened to This Horror MovieHorror TV Shows We Miss, and (released under the “Revisited” banner) The Black Sheep, The Best Horror Movie You Never Saw, Best Horror Party Movies, Real Slashers, Show Me the Sequel… and more!

What did you think of the Robert Englund episode of WTF Happened to This Horror Celebrity? Let us know by leaving a comment below!

By Dave Jenks

Dave Jenks is an American novelist and Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Between those careers, he’s worked as a deckhand, commercial fisherman, divemaster, taxi driver, construction manager, and over the road truck driver, among many other things. He now lives on a sea island, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, with his wife and youngest daughter. They also have three grown children, five grand children, three dogs and a whole flock of parakeets. Stinnett grew up in Melbourne, Florida and has also lived in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. His next dream is to one day visit and dive Cuba.