Robert Englund just added a new address to his horror legacy—Hollywood Boulevard.
On Halloween (Oct. 31, 2025), the A Nightmare on Elm Street icon received the 2,826th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Motion Pictures category, with the ceremony held at 6644 Hollywood Boulevard.
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The event leaned into Englund’s most famous role without turning the day into a full costume party. Fans reportedly chanted “Freddy,” and Englund capped his remarks with a Halloween punchline—ending his speech with “Trick or treat!”
It’s the kind of line that instantly signals what the day was really celebrating: not just an actor getting a star, but the cultural staying power of a character who became shorthand for an entire era of mainstream horror.
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Englund wasn’t honored alone. The Hollywood Walk of Fame’s own announcement lists director Eli Roth and Heather Langenkamp (who played Nancy Thompson in the franchise) as featured speakers alongside the ceremony’s emcee.
Both speeches, as covered by Entertainment Weekly and People, focused less on “nostalgia” and more on craft—how Englund built Freddy through physical choices, timing, and character work, and how that helped make the role feel unusually alive compared with typical silent slasher villains.
Why This Walk of Fame Honor Hits Different
Walk of Fame ceremonies can feel routine—quick speeches, photos, done. This one had a clean narrative hook: a Halloween star ceremony for one of horror’s most recognizable faces, with colleagues explicitly crediting Englund for helping shape what modern horror villains became.
And yes, it’s also a reminder that Englund’s career is bigger than Freddy: outlets noted his decades of work across film and TV beyond the Elm Street franchise.
