Finn Wolfhard Just Dropped An Intriguing Tease About Stranger Things Season 4

It's not exactly clear where Stranger Things season 4 is heading, but the series' co-creators Matt and Ross Duffer previously revealed in a statement that "a new horror is beginning to surface, something long buried, something that connects everything" (via Entertainment Weekly). So it seems as if Stranger Things season 4 will investigate the history of the Upside Down and presumably introduce a new monster to plague the kids. 

However, we already know that a classic horror icon has joined the cast for the next season in an intriguing role. All signs point to him being the villain of the new season.  Robert Englund is coming to Hawkins in season 4 as Victor Creel, a disturbed patient at the Pennhurst Mental Hospital. That's right, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) might go head-to-head with the guy who played Freddy Krueger. (Upside Down Warriors, anyone?) The Stranger Things' social media accounts have revealed that Englund's Victor Creel was locked away in the hospital for a gruesome murder years before the events of the series. If the show is tying back to something "long buried," as the Duffer Brothers put it, perhaps the murder is the catalyst for all the events of the series so far.

Either way, it seems a good idea to expect plenty of horror references to A Nightmare on Elm Street and other classic slasher films with Englund's arrival. But we've got one important question: Since the show heavily leans on '80s pop culture, does that mean there's a younger version of Robert Englund the actor wandering around at that time? Have the kids seen A Nightmare on Elm Street? We need answers.