Robert Englund has joined the cast of a new Pinocchio based horror movie. Now 77 years old, Englund’s claim to horror fame came 40 years ago, when he made his debut as Freddy Krueger in 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. The actor has gone on to play the killer in multiple Nightmare on Elm Street sequels, playing the part most recently in an episode of the TV series The Goldbergs. Freddy Krueger as a character has also become an iconic Halloween image that has been the subject of many a costume over the years.