Freddie (dance) jumping jacks; then extends the right leg and raises both arms again. The moves are repeated until the song's conclusion. Although the dance never achieved lasting popularity, it was instantly recognizable. In a 1965 episode of "The Addams Family" ("Lurch, the Teenage Idol"), Gomez Addams (John Astin) does The Freddie enthusiastically in his living room. In 1989 "Do the Freddie" made a surprise comeback in the movie "Troop Beverly Hills". In 1987 another song called "Do the Freddy" was released, off the gimmick album "Freddy's Greatest Hits". Complete with guest vocals by Robert Englund as slasher movie icon Freddy Krueger,
Nightmare Movies Nightmare Movies Nightmare Movies is a non-fiction book about horror films by British critic and novelist Kim Newman. It was first published in 1985 and had later editions published in 1988, 1989, and 2011. The initial printing was 160 pages, but it has been expanded to 633 pages. Proteus Books published the first edition, "Nightmare Movies: Wide Screen Horror since 1968", in 1985. It was followed by an expanded 1988 edition, subtitled "A Critical History of the Horror Film 1968-1988", published by Bloomsbury Publishing, and a 1989 edition published in the United States by Crown Publishing Group. In 2011, Bloomsbury