Freddy Krueger In Pop Culture Part 2

Today, we are looking at how Freddy Krueger affected the action figure and collector doll market. The two main companies responsible were McFarlane and Sideshow toys.

Freddy Krueger In Pop Culture Part 1

With other sites focusing on the films of Freddy Krueger due to the impending release of the remake, I decided to focus more on the pop culture impact of the dreaded slasher icon.

Freddy Krueger 1-900 Hotline Commercial

I love this cool old commercial for the Freddy Krueger hotline. If you called the number, Freddy would tell you stories over the phone. But at $2.00 for the first minute and $.45 for every minute after, by the time he was done telling the story, you could have bought every piece of Freddy merchandise. In his heyday, Freddy crossed over into many different aspects of pop culture.

20 Interesting Facts About The Original A Nightmare On Elm Street

With only a little over a week until the remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street hits theaters, I thought I would post a lot of interesting facts about the original.

The Freddy Krueger Nike

I have never paid much attention to other shoe brands, I am from So Cal and have always been a Vans guy. But had these gone into production, I would have bought a pair. Here is the NIKE DUNK LOW PRO SB FREDDY KRUEGER. These were going to be produced in 2008 but Nike scrapped the idea. The only pairs that exist are production samples making them quite rare. Expensive too, I have seen them go upwards of $800.00. Every once in a while you can find a pair for $300.00 but not many people have that kind of money to burn on shoes they will never wear.

Hello Freddy

My beautiful wife, Katherine McSharpensherknifey, has submitted a new picture to put up on the blog. She sharpens the claws of Hello Kitty and gives us Hello Freddy.