![]() Goldberg, Corey Taylor, Costa Theo and Laurence Gornall. Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story looks beyond the film credits and examines Englund’s career and his navigation through the cutthroat world of Hollywood.Ĭo-directed by Gary Smart and Christopher Griffiths (known for Pennywise: The Story of IT and You’re So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night ) and written by Neil Morris and Smart, the film is also produced by Smart and Griffiths along with John Campopiano ( Pennywise: The Story of IT ), Adam Evans ( Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser ), Michael Perez ( Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy ) and Hank Starrs and executive-produced by and Adam F. The actor has been featured in series like “Stranger Things,” and “Bones,” popular films Urban Legend, 2001 Maniacs, Wishmaster and Hatchet, and hosted his own series “True Terror with Robert Englund.” Spawning, merchandise, a television series and a 2010 remake, Englund’s influence continues to ripple across the genre.īranching out into other well-known films and television series, Englund has been frightening and delighting audiences for the past five decades. Grossing over $450M at the box office, the Nightmare franchise has shown itself to be one of the most prolific in horror history. With each new film in the series, Englund’s status as an icon grew until he became one of the most recognizable names in horror. Fans could not get enough of his menacing glove and trademark grin. Needing few words, his performance showed a range far beyond that which was written on the page. Stalking the screen in near silence, Englund slashed his way into the public consciousness in the 1984 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. The documentary was shot over the course of two years, highlighting the life and career of the classically trained actor and director.įeaturing interviews with Robert Englund and his wife Nancy, as well as fellow genre icons Lin Shaye, Eli Roth, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Adam Green, Bill Moseley, Heather Langenkamp & more, the documentary follows Englund’s career from his early days in Buster and Billie and Stay Hungry (starring with Arnold Schwarzenegger) to his big break in the 1980s as Freddy Krueger to his directorial debut with the 1988 horror film 976-EVIL to his iconic acting status in current roles such as Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things”. I already talked to her and she’s willing to dance with the snake.’ I had to overcome my greatest fear. It’s my greatest fear.’ And he said, ‘Well Madonna will do it. ![]() Quentin told me, ‘Oh by the way you’re dancing with a snake.’ And I said, ‘I can’t do that. Hayek continued, revealing how Tarantino got her to do the scene: ![]() ![]() And from that dance, Quentin saw it and wrote me the part in From Dusk Till Dawn… where of course he makes me dance only for him. Put a bathing suit on and we won’t see your face.’ So I did it. They were casting strippers for Four Rooms (I was not a part of that), and the day of the shoot, in the morning, Robert called me and said, ‘Can you please come and be the stripper? We won’t see your face.’ He goes, ‘Just put a bathing suit on. Over 20 years after the release of the film, Hayek recalls how she landed the role in a chat with Yahoo: One of the most memorable scenes in From Dusk Till Dawn saw a bikini-clad Salma Hayek dance around on stage as sexy snake-whisperer Santanico Pandemonium. It’s part crime thriller, part vampire flick, and it’s one of the very best horror films to come out of the decade that’s often considered be the genre’s all around worst. Tarantino of course co-wrote (and starred in) the Robert Rodriguez-directed From Dusk Till Dawn, which feels very much like, well, a Quentin Tarantino horror movie. Movie fans are often begging for Quentin Tarantino to make a horror movie, but we kind of already got one way back in 1996. Can you believe it’s already been over 20 years?
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