Robert Englund fans are blowing up social media after spotting the iconic horror actor in the new Stranger Things 4 trailer. The Nightmare on Elm Street star is hard to miss thanks to his gruesomely missing eyes, and the fact that he’s burned into an entire generation’s brains as the face of Freddy Krueger. Englund’s casting in Stranger Things 4 was revealed in 2020 as the highly anticipated season suffered significant setbacks due to the pandemic, and the fact that series creator’s The Duffer Brothers are swinging for an epic feel on par with Game of Thrones.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Englund will be playing Victor Creel, “a disturbed and intimidating man who is imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital for a gruesome murder in the 1950s.” Bad things happening in hospitals should jump out to Stranger Things fans, and that recurring theme will reportedly continue in season four:
Seemingly related to Englund’s role is Jamie Campbell Bower, the actor seen across Twilight (as Volturi Caius), Mortal Instruments (as Shadowhunter Jace), and Harry Potter (as young Grindelwald). Bower will play the series regular part of Peter Ballard, “a caring man who works as an orderly at a psychiatric hospital” and is “tired of the brutality he witnesses day after day.”
As the excitement for Englund’s appearance in the Stranger Things 4 trailer made the actor trend on Twitter, some eagle-eyed fans already started theorizing that the actor’s role could be directly tied to the new monster shown in the trailer. Fortunately, fans won’t have long to wait as the new season is just a little over a month away.
You can see fan reactions to Robert Englund in Stranger Things 4 below:
I spy with my little eye Robert Englund with no eyes! #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/M680hsAMRe
— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) April 12, 2022
Wait…is Robert Englund playing the final boss in the new season of Stranger Things?? pic.twitter.com/LqsBaytD6l
— Luis. (@LewisTowers) April 12, 2022
SO excited to see the horror legend Robert Englund in #StrangerThings4
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— doro (@zatannajolie) April 12, 2022
First look at Robert Englund’s Victor Creel in Stranger Things 4 and the new monster he may be connected to…? pic.twitter.com/DD39C4PV3c
— John Squires (@FreddyInSpace) April 12, 2022
I’m glad to see Robert Englund is on Stranger Things this season. Quite a few (a few….) horror movies and shows waste him on one shot appearances. I hope he’s got a nice arc. He’s a great actor outside the makeup.
— Nathan S (@nathan_smith85) April 12, 2022
ROBERT ENGLUND HIMSELF IN STRANGER THINGS 4
ONE OF THE GREATEST HORROR ACTORS pic.twitter.com/zMSYZ2pAyn— LOTTIE (@SaintSeverino) April 12, 2022
Me when I saw Robert englund in the stranger things s4 trailer pic.twitter.com/nZtwvZiOLo
— BLACK LIVES MATTER (@willowhalliwell) April 12, 2022
I haven’t watched Stranger Things since season 1 TBH, but the best way to get me to do a mega binge watch is telling me Robert Englund is in season 4.
— PhantoMantis (@PhantoMantis) April 12, 2022
Robert Englund is probably one of the nicest guys who has been terrorizing us for decades. https://t.co/Zg9PZ5hrer
— The Light Skin Benita Butrell (@TrapThumbelina) April 12, 2022
Stranger Things 4: Part 1 starts streaming May 27 on Netflix.