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[Video] There’s a Fun ‘Freddy’s Dead’ Tribute in ‘Injustice 2’

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Now I’m playing with power!

As we told you earlier this year, Robert Englund officially becomes part of the DC Universe thanks to NetherRealm Studios’ just-released video game Injustice 2, which allows you to have Mortal Kombat-style battles to the death using a huge roster of DC heroes and villains. A perfectly cast Englund provided the voice for Scarecrow, and he managed to work in a fun little reference to his most iconic role.

At one point during the game, Scarecrow utters the line “Now I’m playing with power,” a direct nod to the very same line Freddy Krueger spouts off during the infamous Power Glove scene in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. All these years later, it’s pretty cool to hear Englund pay tribute to the video game kill scene in a real video game!

Check out the homage below, via YouTuber Dynasty.

Injustice 2 was released on May 16th.

Injustice 2 continues the epic cinematic story introduced in Injustice: Gods Among Us as Batman and his allies work towards putting the pieces of society back together while struggling against those who want to restore Superman’s regime. In the midst of the chaos, a new threat appears that will put Earth’s existence at risk.This long hard fought battle will end friendships, form new ones, and have more enemies.

The voice cast also includes Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator) as Brainiac.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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