Story Time | Meeting Robert Englund 

I met Robert at a con in Vegas. I had my own table and couldn't get out until close to closing. My family came to the con for fun, and I mentioned to my Mom that I wanted to get over there to meet Robert. She went to his table because they were wrapping up. He talked to her for several minutes and agreed to stick around because I was on my way. I got over there and Robert spent almost ten minutes talking to us. He even recommended some of his newer work that he encouraged us to check out. This horror legend not only talked to us collectively for like 15 minutes, but he stuck around after he had one foot pointed toward the door to do so. Truly a gentleman as well as an artist. I regretted holding him up, but the time he spent with me meant the world. I'll never forget it.

I met Robert a few years ago in the UK, might even have been around 2010, I was at a con and I picked up an Autograph on behalf of a friend, and asked if I could take a pic of him. He said of course and posed with his hand in a claw like stance. Then my camera started acting up which slowed things down a bit, and Robert, still holding the pose barked "TAKE THE PICTURE BITCH!!!!" in his Freddy voice, which made me almost drop the camera! He laughed, I got the snap, we shook hands and he wished me well. Great guy. I also got a chance to meet legendary Makeup effects men Tom Savini, and Howard Berger.

I love the passion this guy has. I would like to know why John Jerret said that though. I've never met ant of them but I did get masks signed by Ted White Kane Hodder and Adam Green. Plus a Derek Mears signed remake mask. Great video

Got to meet Robert at a convention a few years ago - like you Chris, I felt like this was years in the making lol. I had a general admission ticket, and there was tons and tons of VIP. In combination with how Robert treats his fans and takes his time, the line was moving very slowly - didn't even get to meet him after an 7 hour wait in line. Anyways, stayed at the hotel an extra day, they number us from the day the before to get back into line. They even had to cut the line off where no fans on that last day could meet Robert (since it was so backed up). Anyways, that after noon on the last day, down to the wire, I got to meet him roughly an hour or so before the convention was over. Was a great time, he really took his time and made us feel special - just like you were saying in your video. Still have my glove signed, in a great shadow box displayed!

Not a horror icon but I got to meet the legendary Jim Lee a couple years ago at a con and it was after his panel which I attended and with me, I had the first ever comic I bought, Jim Lee’s cover of X-Men #1 with Beast (my favorite of the X-Men) on the front. I got to get that comic signed by the man himself and man was it an absolute treat. The moment I got up to him I absolutely froze, just in awe of the man who drew the cover of my first ever comic. I hope he didn’t realize I was frozen! He complimented my shirt, and pointed out Venom, and said “I think that might be Mark (Bagley)’s Venom!” And I was just stunned. Absolute treat to meet and was so fuckin kind, man. Made me feel special. Genuinely one of my favorite artists!

I also met Robert Englund at Oz Comic Con in 2016, but in Brisbane. Both him and Ken Kirzinger (Jason from Freddy vs Jason) were there. I had been a fan of the series for about 10 years at that point, so getting to meet him was literally a dream come true. I wrote him a fan letter and gave it to him during his autograph signing. I didn't bring anything to sign, but one of the Freddy photos he had at his signing table was also the cover of the Nightmare on Elm Street boxset that made me a fan in my mid teens, so I got that signed. He wrote, "To Jed, Sleep Kills". I also got to ask the first question at his Q&A on the Saturday, which was what his favourite Freddy makeup, to which he gave a detailed answer about the progression of Freddy's makeup throughout the series before admitting that the demon Freddy makeup from Freddy vs Jason was his favourite. I also got to meet Ken Kirzinger and got his autograph. He was super cool. His Q&A wasn't that big, so I got to ask a few questions, like what it was like working with Ronny Yu and the weigh-in press conference they did to promote FVJ.

Last summer I got to meet Alyson Court. For those who don't know Alyson Court is an actress who has done acting both in front of the camera and also provided voice work for animation and video games. Some examples of her work includes Loonette in The Big Comfy Couch, Lydia Deetz in the Animated Beetlejuice, and Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil games. I was nervous as hell, but got through the autograph signing and the photo op without making an ass of myself.

I remember meeting Robert at OZCC Melbourne, while cosplaying Scarecrow, he absolutely loved it.!

I got to meet bot Matthew Lillard and skeet Ulrich from scream a few times now but always have the best experiences with them. I was dressed as billy loomis, and walked up to Skeet. He looked up from signing autographs and got wide eyed as he said "wow! It's like I'm looking in a mirror 25 years ago!" Matt gave me shit for not cosplaying stu, but I asked him a very deep question, and he flipped the switch from the charismatic funny guy to the most sincere person as he answered. After our little chat he gave me the biggest hug even though I was covered in blood, and he thanked me for my question. Those two are the best! I still hope to meet robert one day.

My most special interaction was with Andrew Divoff of Wishmaster fame. A friend and I were lucky enough to pick him up from the airport for a con in 2021. He's one of the most humble, kind, and engaging people out there. And he was nice enough to give us some free merch, took us out for some beers during his lunch break, and we got dinner with him after the con ended. He didn't have to do any of that, and treated us like old friends. Superb guy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT ENGLUND!!!

Robert is such a sweetheart and always brings a ton of energy to meetups with fans! had the pleasure of meeting him twice so far :D one of my absolute faves! happy bday!

Seen Robert a few times he always has time for the fans he wouldn't rush you he always wanted to chat to people and see where thay come from are you having a good day just a great kind hearted man

Ive gotten to meet Robert twice and both times have been nothing but great. The first time I was utterly shell shocked I don’t even think I was able to utter a full sentence other than a thank you for the photo op. The second time I was able to actually compose myself and speak to him briefly at his autograph table and he was just a great guy all around you can tell he really loves his fans and his work. I’d also like to meet him again as Freddy is my absolute favorite and the reason why I got into horror

I met David Howard Thornton about 5 minutes from my house at a tiny horror convention in rural upstate NY. This was before Terrifier 2 was released and before Art the Clown became so so popular. My friends and I were able to talk with him at length with only a couple of people in line to meet him. His lines are hours long now and the character is only getting more popular. Happy to have met him without being rushed.

I met Neil Fanning the voice of live action Scooby-Doo, at Supanova. And not only is he an Aussie who was in one of my favourite things, he is so nice, so genuine, so caring.

I met Skeet Ulrich two years ago at monsterpalooza and he was so nice, he asked me and my dad if we were enjoying the convention, he asked us how our day was and for me that interaction with him just solidified my love for him and every other person from the scream cast, I’ve only met Skeet so far but this year I have the opportunity to meet Lee Waddell which is awesome.

I unfortunately haven't been able to meet Robert England, but I did recently meet James A Janisse, Chelsea and Zoran of Dead Meat at last year's Monsterpalozza. Really cool guys and fun to talk to.

Freddy, born in 81' BY FAR my ULTIMATE Childhood VHS's to throw in the VCR with my Older Brother (Had & have em all)!!! Part 4 still my Fav, the detail, music, quality is unmatched! I know, most prefer 3, but just watch them all back to back, there is a huge level in quality in films. Now raising my kids on Freddy, my 7 yr old LOVES him!!! hahaha LOVE the story Chris, thanks brother, very entertaining!

I've yet to meet Robert. I did meet Kane Hodder in 2017 and he was the sweetest guy ever. Had a 10-15 minute conversation with me.

I've met Robert 3 times, and I made an Elm street house that Robert signed on the back. Also he wore my glove for a photo shoot, both signed by Amanda heather and nick I have to say all the Elm street guessed I've met at conventions are some of the nicest people I've ever met.

happy birthday robert you legend huge inspiration i’m currently making my first glove by myself wish me luck it’s all cuz of you robert you legend!!

Met Robert at a Texas Frightmare Weekend a few years ago. I waited 8 hours in line, and that was with a VIP ticket. He signed a glove I had made for the occasion, and I later had a photo op with him. It was a great interaction, but I think I was geeking so much, I don't have any memory of what was said between us. Hope to see him again sometime.

One of my favorite experiences was meeting Gwendolyn Christie at star wars celebration last year. I have the biggest celeb crush on her; in an interview when she was doing Wednesday, she mentioned that was the first time she felt beautiful as an actress. When u went up, I brought that up, but added, I've thought you were beautiful since she did a vanity fair shoot for the last jedi, where she was helmetless. She appreciated the compliment and signed my Blu ray of the force awakens. I came away beaming from the brief meeting, she was so sweet.

I go to a UK Scifi and Fantasy Festival called SFW, and its on a holiday park where we stay for 3 days, and some guests stay there for the duration too. I do the meet and greet level each year to avoid queues and its like the speed dating you mentioned. Weve met some great actors, Brian Blessed is always a treat, as he will not shut up and move on when the organisers ask him too, he tells them to f*ck off and keeps telling hilarious stories. Just before brexit, Gil Gerrard (buck rogers) came to the event and we had a surreal chat about the common fisheries policy and its effect on the brexit vote, that will always stick with me, or James Cosmo talking about the Banking System and the adverts he does for RBS. Met dozens of bigger actors too, and its great to just chat with them and avoid the same questions they get a million times. George Takei was so happy when I asked him questions about Heroes instead of Star Trek, same with James Marsters about his music instead of Buffy.

Catching up on your vids while putting some horror art together. I met Robert in 2021. He came to our local Pittsburgh con on August, and i got my now wife tickets to meet him and get a photo op for her birthday. Shes a massive ANOES fan and she was super excited. The line was a mess and by thet ime i got there they said we could only have one item signed, i planned on getting two elm street 1 posters signed. One for me and one for my future brother in law. So i just got the BIL his. But my wife had him sign a holographic picture frame signed that i got her the year before from spirit that had some freddy quotes. He commented on how cool it was and saw that she left our pics in there, commenting how adorable we are. He called her little girl in his freddy voice which she loved, and she went on for weeks about how he touched her with the glove on for their photo op. She was so thrilled. I told him i had loved the look of freddy ever since i saw the vhs tapes at the store as a 4 year old, and said i loved his portrayal of the Phantom in his Phantom of The Opera film which he was ecstatic about

This is so cool man, would love for Robert to do a con in the UK soon. Made up for you mate ❤

About 6 years ago now, I got to see Robert and a few other cast members from various elm street films at a panel here in my home city The panel was amazing and he answered loads of questions and such, unfortunately however I didn't get to talk to him and get an autograph at his table because the convention used a ticket system and it took that long to get to our coloured tickets that it was unfortunately too late to see him Panel was still amazing though and I'll always treasure that memory

I would love to meet him. He played my favorite horror icon!

So glad you recommended that documentary just watched it loved every minute of it. I still astounded at the 10 or so famous people I’ve met. Probably the most incredible thing that happened to me was when I met Tommy Morrison from Rocky V, the VHS of his old boxing matches I took to sign he actually borrowed of me because he’d never seen it before… meeting Steve Guttenberg was surreal also.

other actors that were some of my favourate meetups were David Harbour, Natalia Tena and Simon Pegg. All such lovely people, especially Natalia was so happy I got a cd from her band to get signed and was dressed in my Lupin cosplay :D

The first time I met THE ONE and ONLY was in 2012. I flew from Texas over to Florida. It was my first horror con, my first time flying, my first time out of Texas...and it was all for him.

The only horror adjacent celebrity I got to meet was Matt Ryan. I grew up playing assassins creed and he was always my favourite character but then as I got older I started reading hellblazer and then Constantine’s more recent comic runs so when I eventually got around to watching arrow and then the Constantine show I was hooked. He became the character I read on the page. He brought him to life in a way I didn’t think possible and I jumped at the chance to meet him. The day of the con I had a panic attack and wasn’t feeling my best but went to meet him anyway. When I got up to him he saw I was shaking and put his arm around me and asked if I was okay and joked that he didn’t bite. Which helped make me feel okay. After I got the photo I went and got the photo signed and told him about my panic attack and he got up and gave me a hug. He was so sweet and spoke to me about how much he loved playing Edward kenway and how he didnt know how well he’d be able to do Constantine but he’s glad that people enjoy him. He was great

Happy birthday robert🎉🎂

I just love your enthusiasm!!!

When I was 16 I did a drawing of Freddy and sent it to Robert and a few months later I got a signed photo of half Robert and half Freddy. I had it framed showing the photo and some Freddy stickers on the corners or the glass

Only met a couple celebrities but Andrew Divoff (wishmaster Djinn) was the best. Such a friendly, warm guy that was an absolute pleasure to speak with.

Come on people lets get Chris a million subs!!!!

I would like to meet. Robert. Some time.

What an awesome video!!! So, I’m gonna make this as short as I can…. I was at a convention and Quinton Flinn ( voice of Speed Racer) was there!! When I was 8 (I’m 54 now) I wanted to marry Speed. So, I meet mister Flinn not knowing who he was. I did the ‘nice to meet you’ thing. As he walked away, my husband said he also voiced SR! I freaked out!!! I ran after him and apologized for not giving him the respect he deserved. We spoke briefly, I took a picture with him!💜 He was really nice, but I think I scared him, because he still won’t accept my friend request!🤣🤣 I’m sure he thought I was crazy.🤣🤣 It was the best day ever!!!!

Happy birthday to the bastard son of 100 maniacs. Sweet dreams everyone 😴🛌

Awesome vid. I met Bruce Campbell, he's my Robert Englund. £25 for a book signing and Q&A, cheapest dream come true ever 😂

When u live in the carribean There are no such things as meet ups with your favorite horror palys

Recently single sounds like you've been released from prison :D

Loved meeting Rob Englund back in 2017 in the UK but I was more excited to meet Lisa wilcox as Alice is my all time fave horror heroine 😀 completely geeked out and remembered saying to her I was gutted Alice never got to meet Nancy and she looked at me weird 🙈😂 I don't think they do as many horror cons in the UK much anymore thanks to covid 🙄

Good story

I'm going to Dortmund Germany to see him.

I will meet Jenna

Victor Creel

Did he remember you mate?

Thank you for more Freddy related videos.. I have a picture with Freddy ..when he had the make up on at a con in Chicago. I would like to send you a copy on FB or something .