'Stranger Things' Season 4 villain Vecna inspired by Freddy Krueger - USA TODAY

'Stranger Things' creators looked to 1980s horror villains like Freddy Krueger and Pennywise to craft Vecna, their new Season 4 big bad.

Before Matt Duffer ever watched “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” a babysitter he had growing up in North Carolina told him the legend of the sweater-clad, dream-invading clawed ghoul Freddy Krueger. When… [+3442 chars]

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