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Robert Englund Will Bring Freddy Krueger Back to Life for ‘The Goldbergs’

For the first time in fifteen years, veteran horror actor  Robert Englund  will don the sweater and claws of Freddy Krueger. Englund will reprise the role for a Halloween episode of ABC sitcom  The Goldbergs . No, you’re not dreaming. Old Freddy has come a long way since the extra crispy child-murderer first popped up in  Wes Craven ‘s  A Nightmare on Elm Street  in 1984. Englund reprised the role over seven more movies, finally hanging up the claws for good—or so he said—after the  bonkers  2003 monster-mashup  Freddy vs. Jason . Speaking to  CinemaBlend , the classically trained actor explained his decision to step away from the role: “I’m too old to do another Freddy now. If I do a fight scene now, it’s got to be real minimal because I can’t snap my head for eight different takes and different angles. My spine gets sore. I can still be mean and scary, but I’m mostly relegated now to sort of Van Helsing ro...