Its success led to a wave of copycats,most notably 1997’sI Know What You Did Last Summer.

Perhaps the best of the post-Screamwave came a year later withJamie Blanks’Urban Legend.

I could listen to him tell scary stories all day.

Robert Englund as Professor Wexler in ‘Urban Legend’

Image via Sony Pictures

Just likeScreamandI Know What You Did Last Summerhired hot young actors, so didUrban Legend.

And his character couldn’t be more perfect because of that.

Today’s lesson for the class is urban legends.

Joshua Jackson, Robert Englund, and Rebecca Gayheart in Urban Legend

Image Via Sony Pictures Releasing

Careful what you wish for!

He might wear a bow tie, but Wexler is no bore.

Why couldn’t I have had a college professor who made learning this interesting?

Horror Legends Robert Englund and Tony Todd Shared the Screen to Battle an Evil Genie

Andbecause it’s Robert Englund in the part, he immediately becomes a suspect.

He may not have knife-hands, but Englund holds onto that menacing energy he’s become an icon for.

It’s no surprise at all that Robert Englund would be so effective in the role.

Freddy Krueger, played by Robert Englund, brandishing his finger-knives in A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Image via New Line Cinema

That’s not the character, but the talent of Robert Englund taking over.

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