Stranger Things On Elm Street? New Season Has Connections To Nightmare On Elm Street Franchise
Odds are, you have watched the first half of “Stranger Things” season 4. Many fans have now picked up on the similarities between this season and the Nightmare on Elm franchise. Should we call it “Stranger Things On Elm Street?” Let’s break it down. First, all of the kids targeted by Vecna (this season’s big bad) are plagued by terrifying dreams. Sound familiar? Next, and the most obvious connection, is that Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, makes several appearances this season. Englund plays Victor Creel in the series, a man accused of murdering his family and children. Of course, we all know that Krueger was a child killer, but there’s more. Freddy is scarred when he was lit on fire, and Creel’s face is heavily scarred in the act of self-mutilation. In Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy started as a man and was sent into the dream world when he died. In “Stranger Things,” Vecna started as a man raised
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