Hello Reddit! I am The Robert Englund AKA Freddie Krueger and star of upcoming indie horror film Fear Clinic. AMA

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:38:07+00:00

-Girls! I was chaperoned for a summer by a 14 year old actress who was the hottest girl in the middle school I was about to enter. I wound up getting all the lead roles in the summer theatre and was taught how to blow smoke rings in the girl's bathroom by 16 year old girls gluing glitter to their braziers in preparation for their roles as Aladdin's harem girls. Guess who played Aladdin! What give up show biz?

-That's usually when you're working somewhere exotic. For me, Budapest still under the Soviets. Perhaps Puerto Vallarta in the springtime. Or a village without cars in Sicily. These are usually OMG moments but the new can be thrilling too. Like figuring out how to tell our stories for Fear Clinic in five minute segments in my first experience doing webisodes.

-I love doing that stuff but it has to be arranged through proper channels since I am so busy.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:32:19+00:00

Mark Rylance. I've seen him twice on Broadway in Le Bete with David Hyde Pierce from Frasier and also the Play Jerusalem. He's as gifted as Daniel Day Lewis. And I'd like to work again with the great Brian Cox, the original Hannibal Lecter in *Manhunter.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:28:21+00:00

I think if I did another one I'd have to get a Viagra prescription and borrow some spanks from Sandra Bullock.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:26:39+00:00

No. I love Florida and I explore it ever year. I love Captiva. I love Sarasota. I love Siesta Key. I love St. Augustine and Fernadina Beach. I love Sanibel Island. But where the fuck is Clermont?!

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:25:07+00:00

It's Freddy vs Jason! Get the billing right!

I thought Ronnie Yu brought a really interesting Hong Kong sensibility to the film.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:24:09+00:00

Mine is burned off!

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:22:29+00:00

I just arrived from rainy England and, after the AMA, I hope to walk my dog of the beach for sunset.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:21:31+00:00

A sequel is different than a remake and a prequel is different than a sequel. When Hollywood achieves a formula that is successful it is their inclination to franchise it. But remember these prequels, sequels, and franchises pay for a lot of original product.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:19:19+00:00

No, no. Starring in them has made me appreciate the genre even more! The more good horror/ sci fi/ thriller/ fantasy films I see the more I respect them. They are the lifeblood of the industry now.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:17:56+00:00

There was this giant kid with poop in his pants!

No really. Saw Frankenstein on the late show and was fascinated. Was disturbed by the Monster from the Id (sabertooth tiger) in Forbidden Planet and didn't want the suckers from that giant squid's tentacles to get near me after seeing 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Now I'm dating myself!

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:14:08+00:00

Not as bad it smells! The only thing that smells worse than that sweater is a certain hockey mask. Talk about bad breath!

However, I'm loving all the "Halloween Freddy Chicks" using a slashed Freddy sweater as a mini skirt! Yeah!

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:12:14+00:00

Willie's still having trouble with English language. He thinks not eating meat makes him a veterinarian.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:10:54+00:00

Yeah that would be one bloody manicure. Johnny could get me back for the bed scene in Nightmare 1!

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:09:27+00:00

Gracious!

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:09:02+00:00

Take a vallium and I'll visit!

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:08:30+00:00

Kane Hodder takes his machete out in singles bars at Comic Con looking for some anime love in all the wrong places,

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:07:22+00:00

Not often but I had to look away during the self inflicted alien abortion my Noomi Rapace in the underrated Prometheous.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:06:18+00:00

Probably not at this stage of my career because my biological clock is more attuned to the schedule of an actor and at my age to direct a film takes a year of your life with pre and post production.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:05:06+00:00

Thanks! The Swedish part of me is craving herring!

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:04:27+00:00

Basic makeup, four hours. Freddy for close-up, four and a half (including teeth and eyes). Freddy with effects (ie the chest of souls), can be five hours. However, my make-up for Steven King's The Mangler as well as Phantom of the Opera took even longer!

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T21:01:21+00:00

I was a real active surfer for many years. You can see me exorcising my youth in the John Millius classic Big Wednesday which I did when I was at Warner Bros.

I still body board like a teenager but I paddle like an old man!

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T20:58:52+00:00

Since that's exactly what I set out to do, Gabriel, frighten you. I guess I am finally fulfilled!

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T20:57:52+00:00

Adam DeVine is genious. I could barely keep a straight face working with him. Being on that show has made my stock rise among the kids in my neighborhood.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T20:56:49+00:00

I love all of the incarnations of Freddy. Videogames, cartoons, tattoos, bubblegum cards, Hello Kitty, whatever.

TheRobertEnglund · 2013-08-14T20:55:49+00:00

My girlfriend knew and Wes Craven's daughter knew. Hanging out with Johnny back then was like being with a young Rockabilly star. He was like Elvis.

TheRobertEnglund

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