As the quick-witted, well-toasted, sweater-wearing, child-killing, sharp-clawed Freddy Krueger in the “A Nightmare ... girls and where he first saw surf-guitar legend Dick Dale.

Arguably one of the most enduring and captivating of these monsters is Freddy Krueger, the villain of the A Nightmare on Elm Street series who celebrates his 40th screen birthday this November.

Now, guitar makers Gibson have decided to examine this on via new web series, Metal and Monsters — and man, do they have some cool guests on the first episode.

The band is made up of Jason Voorhees singing lead, Ghostface on guitar, Freddy Krueger on bass (somehow, despite the knife-fingers), and Michael Myers on drums. As you might expect, it’s a ...

Freddy Krueger was always at least middle-aged, but now his whole series is about to follow suit: A Nightmare on Elm Street, the Wes Craven slasher classic, is turning 40 shortly after Halloween.

With the release of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” 40 years ago, the horror villain Freddy Krueger clawed his way to becoming a pop culture phenomenon. By Jason Bailey When “A Nightmare on Elm ...