A Nightmare on Elm Street

Image: NetflixEnglund’s casting in Netflix’s blockbuster sci-fi horror series perfectly fit with the ‘80s-set show’s season-four themes, which evoked A Nightmare on Elm Street’s tactic of having a monster attack victims in a surreal dream world—or in this case, the Upside Down. In Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares, Englund recalls auditioning for Hawkins’ sleazy mayor, a role that eventually went to another ‘80s icon, Cary Elwes. But even though Englund’s Victor Creel is only in one season-four episode, the character’s…

How did a classically trained performer go from quirky character actor to slasher icon? New documentary Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story takes the viewer through the life and career of the man who brought Freddy Krueger to terrifying (and sometimes hilarious) life in the Nightmare on Elm Street series.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning Heroesio9 got a chance to chat with Englund about the doc—which is co-directed by Gary Smart and Christopher Griffiths,…

Prometheus - Official Full HD Trailer - Ridley Scott, Michael Fassbender, Noomi RapaceIn Ridley Scott’s 2012 Alien franchise entry, a scientist (Noomi Rapace) who believes she’s infertile has sex with her partner after the mission’s android slips him a drink tainted by space goo left behind by an alien planet’s race of long-gone humanoid Engineers. Don’t worry about those details; just worry about how the scientist finds herself suddenly pregnant with a decidedly non-human baby, and must perform an emergency c-section on…

Witchboard (1986) Blu-ray cover artImage: Shout FactoryWhile there’s no improving on 1986's Witchboard—“the perfect combination of melodrama, 1980s hair, and evil spirits,” as some io9 weirdo who watches too many cult horror movies once wrote—a remake with intriguing genre talent behind it is something to get excited about.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning HeroesDeadline broke the news that that director Chuck Russell (whose credits include The Mask, Eraser, The Scorpion King,…

Ruth Gordon as cinema’s nosiest, most Satanic neighbor.Screenshot: Paramount PicturesThere’s no topping Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castavet, but don’t you kind of want to see young Minnie rattling around the Bramford, gossiping while cultivating her international array of witchy friends, while she and her husband Roman—aka Steven Marcato—extend his dark family legacy? Or why not go even further back into the past, as described in the movie’s expository tome All of Them Witches, and show us the coven’s early days establishing a…

Image: Courtesy of Universal StudiosNope—the latest wholly original, thought-provoking spine-tingler from Oscar-winning writer-director Jordan Peele—comes to Blu-ray next week, meaning the film, which was shot on IMAX cameras, will now squeeze onto TVs for home viewing. Though it’s not the ideal way to view his sci-fi chiller, Peele has made peace with that fact.“When I’m making a movie, I am thinking about the fact that it is a theatrical thing,” Peele told io9 over video chat. “I’m trying to make an experience that the…

Pee-wee’s house from 1985's Big Adventure. But who really lived in it then, and what does it look like now?Screenshot: KickstarterIf you’re a movie fan, maybe you’ve visited a filming location from one of your favorite movies. A park, a restaurant, a beach, somewhere that the cast and crew of an iconic movie stood years ago and immortalized. One of the easiest and most accessible examples of that is a house—and a new documentary is not only showing us what famous movie homes look like now, it’s bringing us inside.The film…

Image: ParamountHeather Langenkamp wants Nightmare on Elm Street to get the Halloween reboot treatment. Tenoch Huerta hopes Namor gets people talking in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Plus, a glimpse at the She-Hulk finale, and behind the scenes on Madame Web. To me, my spoilers!Transformers: Rise of the BeastsIn a new Instagram post, director Steven Caple, Jr. revealed both Michelle Yeoh and Pete Davidson have joined the voice cast of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Air-Razor and Mirage, respectively. The…

Photo: Hot Topic, Lowes, Spirit Halloween, Box LunchThe trickle of trick-or-treat time goods has continued at popular retailers. Warner Bros. horror is making a big stamp at places like Hot Topic and Lowes. Spirit Halloween has debuted new exclusives as more of its locations open up. And kids are back in school, so those creepy Target aisles should be upon us soon. It’s another Code Orange round up of the best movie and TV-themed fashions, decor, props,and accessories available at online Halloween and horror retailers,…

A few of the films celebrating anniversaries this year. Image: VariousBirthdays come every year, but since your favorite films only celebrate landmark anniversaries every so often, we like to acknowledge them here at io9. And so, just as we did last year, every few months we’re going to let you know which major sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and genre movies are marking significant anniversaries in 2022. If you think of the years this includes (1957, 1977, 1982, 2002, etc.), you can just begin to imagine how many legendary…