Robert Englund, best known for portraying Freddy Krueger in the horror franchise A Nightmare on Elm Street, was honored with a Hollywood star, appropriately, on Halloween.
On Friday morning, Englund, 78, was honored with the 2,826th star on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
At the ceremony, where he was honored in the Motion Pictures category, he wore the bladed glove used by the supernatural serial killer, whose victims are stalked in their dreams and then die in real life.
Aside from playing Krueger in nine of the 10 A Nightmare on Elm Street movies, Englund has starred in 78 films and was a guest star in numerous TV shows, including the fourth season of Stranger Things as a villain on Netflix.
“I love the smell of peanut butter cups in the morning, Happy Halloween,” Englund said to the crowd at the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Friday morning.
The release of A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984 led to seven sequels, a crossover battle against Friday the 13th villain Jason Vorhees and a reboot, and has developed a cult-like fan base during the last four decades.
“I wouldn’t be here without the fans,” Englund said. “And as far as I can see, you guys showed up, and I know you are going to start knocking on doors looking for peanut butter cups and candy corn real soon, but thanks for coming.”
Actress Heather Langenkamp and director Eli Roth spoke to the crowd about him. Langenkamp portrayed heroine Nancy Thompson in the original movie and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors in 1987.
