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LOS ANGELES - A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring horror icon Robert Englund, the actor best known for playing "A Nightmare on Elm Street" villain Freddy Krueger, will be unveiled on Halloween.

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The star will be unveiled at an 11:30 a.m. ceremony at 6644 Hollywood Blvd., in front of the Larry Edmunds bookshop, near Cherokee Avenue.

The location was chosen specifically because the bookstore, which focuses on film and theater history, is Englund's favorite, according to Anna Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of fame.

The ceremony will feature appearances and speeches from Englund's former co-star Heather Langenkamp and director Eli Roth. Langenkamp portrayed the heroine Nancy Thompson in the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) and its se

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