Robert Englund Finally Gets His Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — A Long Overdue Honor for a True Horror Legend

By Peo­ple Staff

After decades of mak­ing movie­go­ers scream — and redefin­ing what a hor­ror vil­lain could be — Robert Englund has final­ly received his star on the Hol­ly­wood Walk of Fame. For mil­lions of fans around the world, this wasn’t just anoth­er celebri­ty hon­or. It was a long-over­due thank you to one of cinema’s most unfor­get­table fig­ures.

Englund, best known for his icon­ic por­tray­al of Fred­dy Krueger in A Night­mare on Elm Street, knelt proud­ly beside his star on Hol­ly­wood Boule­vard, wear­ing his trade­mark grin and that unmis­tak­able blad­ed glove. In one now-viral image, his shad­ow looms over the star — the per­fect blend of leg­end and lega­cy.

The cer­e­mo­ny marks a career that has spanned more than 40 years, from indie hor­ror and tele­vi­sion clas­sics to stage work and doc­u­men­taries. But it’s Fred­dy — the razor-fin­gered, wise­crack­ing mon­ster from our worst dreams — that immor­tal­ized him. And yet, fans have long argued that Englund’s artistry, charis­ma, and deep con­nec­tion with his audi­ence deserved far more recog­ni­tion than Hol­ly­wood had giv­en.

On Reddit’s r/80s com­mu­ni­ty, trib­utes poured in: “This should have hap­pened years ago,” one fan wrote. “He’s not just Fred­dy — he’s hor­ror roy­al­ty.” Anoth­er added, “Robert Englund car­ried an entire genre on his back. This star is way past due.”

What sets Englund apart isn’t just the night­mare fuel he cre­at­ed — it’s the warmth and authen­tic­i­ty he brings off-screen. Known for his humil­i­ty, humor, and gen­uine appre­ci­a­tion for fans, he’s become one of the most beloved fig­ures in the con­ven­tion cir­cuit, where he still signs auto­graphs, cracks jokes, and thanks fans for keep­ing the dream (or night­mare) alive.

Hol­ly­wood may have tak­en its time, but it final­ly caught up. Robert Englund’s star isn’t just a piece of pink ter­raz­zo — it’s a mon­u­ment to endurance, cre­ativ­i­ty, and pas­sion. A reminder that hor­ror is art, and that the man behind the mon­ster has earned his place among leg­ends.

As one fan put it per­fect­ly: “It took them decades to give him a star, but he’s had one in our hearts since 1984.”