This old 20/20 video showcases the 80s “satanic panic” that led people to fear heavy metal, Dungeons & Dragons, Stephen King, and horror movies. Listen to the parents and reporters freak out over the dangers of VHS (!) and cartoonish gore. It’s fun to mock them and how silly it all seems, but this is the kind of stuff that did a lot of damage to some people’s lives, such as the West Memphis Three.

Happy 65th birthday, Robert Englund!

I can’t say I like cockroaches (I mean, who does?), but I’m not terrified of them the way some people (my sister) are. Yet, this nightmare from A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is one of the scariest in the whole franchise to me. If it were made today, it’d be nowhere near as terrifying because they’d just CGI it up.

I watched this earlier in the week. It’s a four hour documentary about the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. I love that series so I found this to be pretty good. I didn’t watch it all at once, and I was cleaning during it. It doesn’t require your full attention, but if you’re a Freddy Krueger fan, it’s worth checking out. It has inspired to get out my Nightmare box set.

These are the kinds of paper dolls action figures my students make. Freddy and Jason. He kept making the paper dolls action figures and making them fight. He’d rip off limbs until one of them was the winner. Yes, this is the kid who I got a scholarship to Art Camp for.

A little Halloween mood music for you all. I effing love Dream Warriors! It and New Nightmare are the best NOES sequels.

I just want to sit on the couch all day and have a Nightmare on Elm Street marathon.