
It’s no accident Freddy Krueger is the most famous monster of the last 50 years. He craves the spotlight. Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Leatherface—those killers operate in the shadows. They hide their faces, dispatch their victims quickly, and don’t speak. But Freddy is an exhibitionist. Each kill in the Nightmare on Elm Street saga is an elaborate production of Freddy’s design. His kills are performances, right down to working out his new comedy material—which is really its own form of torture. Forget the souls of children, Freddy is hungry for…