Fred Kreuger was a child murderer, and when a rookie cop became suspicious of Fred‘s activities he broke into the Krueger house and utterly trashed the place looking for him, stumbling across Freddy’s hidden trophy room where he kept scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and such; afterward the cop rushed to the power plant where Fred worked, and brought him in. He was later released because of this cops mistakes and lack of following proceedure. As a result, the parents of Springwood tracked Fred down and burned him alive for revenge.

Fred “Freddy” came back to kill off the rest of the Springwood children in their dreams he is a disfigured dream stalker who uses a glove armed with razors to kill children and teenagers in their dreams, which ultimately results in their death in the real world. However, whenever he is dragged into the real world, he has normal human strength and vulnerability.

Being a long time fan of the Nightmare franchise I’m quite excited to see the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, it’s said to have gotten rid of Freddy‘s perverted and “funny” side making the film much more terrifying. Here is the official trailor of the remake.

One, two, Freddy’s coming for you…

Three, four, better lock your door…

Five, six, grab your crucifix…

Seven, eight, gonna stay up late…

Nine, ten, never sleep again!

Dracula is arguably one of the most famous villains in popular culture and by far, and the most well-known and popular vampire in the movies. An amazing number of movies have been filmed over the years depicting the evil count, some of which are ranked among the greatest depictions of vampires on film. Dracula has over 170 film representations making him the most frequently portrayed character in horror films; also he has highest number of movie appearances overall.

Following the publication of In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally in 1972, the supposed connections between the historical Transylvanian-born Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia and Stoker’s fictional Dracula attracted popular attention.

Historically, the name “Dracula” is the given name of Vlad Tepes’ family, a name derived from a secret fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon, founded by Sigismund of Luxembourg (king of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Emperor) to uphold Christianity and defend the Empire against the Ottoman Turks. Vlad II Dracul, father of Vlad III, was admitted to the order around 1431 because of his bravery in fighting the Turks and was dubbed Dracul (dragon) thus his son became Dracula (son of the dragon). From 1431 onward, Vlad II wore the emblem of the order and later, as ruler of Wallachia, his coinage bore the dragon symbol.