DragonKing Dark: 1984’s ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

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• By Karl Stern
• Published: 2 Oct 2022, 10:43

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I interrupt our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series for the month of October as we are celebrating Halloween all month long.

For this kickoff, I am joined by my wife, Tonya, from When It Was Cool to discuss one of the most iconic horror movies ever: 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. The movie gave us a young Johnny Depp and one of the greatest monster horror characters ever in Freddy Krueger. 

One…two…Freddy’s coming for you on the latest DragonKing Dark.

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Karl Stern

Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.

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