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Originally Posted by neilold
Jason and Michael never speak and are relentless and unrecognisable, that's why its easy to swap actors. With freddie it would be virtually instantly recognisable. Either way it it doesn't make him a horror icon. Nobody has yet to answer why cropsy and the bloke from the prowler, or even harry warden aren't equal icons or why they shouldnt be. As for the clip what other villain could do that, well any kind of entity and a director with a reasonable budget
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The definition of Icon is, " a person or thing widely regarded as a representative symbol of something." If Freddy doesn't represent horror, I really don't know what or who does. As for Cropsy and " the bloke from the prowler" I imagine the term " widely regarded " doesn't apply, so that's a clear separation in my mind. Freddy is known from one continent to another. Children, adults and everyone in between know his name, his costume and his face. The name alone brings immediate visions of terror and flashing blades. When u say Freddy, you say horror. Asking why "the bloke from the Prowler " isn't regarded in the same iconic light as Freddy Krueger is like asking why we don't put sawdust in our soup. It makes no sense.