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After 23 years, Monica Keena is reliving her “final girl” moment in the ultimate horror crossover.

The Freddy vs. Jason actress recalled why it was “really cathartic” killing off Robert Englund‘s Freddy Krueger in the 2003 Ronny Yu-helmed slasher after his performance in A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) did a number on her as a kid.

“The first horror movie that I ever saw as a kid was Nightmare on Elm Street, and it really did traumatize me,” she told Nerd Reactor. “I mean, it ruined my childhood. This was in second grade. It was horrible. I had to go to the pediatrician, my mom didn’t know what was wrong with me. I was losing all this weight. Teachers at school thought I was being abused at home.”

Keena continued, “Finally, she takes me to the pediatrician, and he’s like, ‘What’s going on?’ I said, ‘You’re not gonna understand. You’re not gonna believe me because he doesn’t show himself to grown-ups.’ Then he was really concerned. I said, ‘There’s this guy, and his name is Freddy Krueger.’ He explains stuff to me. My mom went to the Brooklyn Public Library, she got a clipping of Robert Englund from a newspaper article … and she showed me, ‘He’s a real guy in real life, he’s not Freddy Krueger. That’s just a character.’ And I had it taped up by my little childhood bed. I had it on my wall for years.”

In Freddy vs. Jason, Keena starred as Springwood teen Lori Campbell, who ultimately decapitates Freddy Krueger after learning he murdered her mother, sending him to a watery grave with Jason Voorhees at Camp Crystal Lake.

Despite the negative reception from critics, Anne Hathaway is defending Tom Cruise‘s Digger.

The Oscar winner, who recently joined Letterboxd, shared her review of director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s satirical black comedy, which centers on an egotistical oil tycoon who embarks on a mission to stop a natural disaster he unleashed.

“I loved this brilliant movie,” she wrote. “It’s smart and trippy and aggressive and funny and ambitious. It’s worth making the time see and decide for yourself what you make of it. For me? 10/10.”

While The Odyssey star also gave the film five stars, she listed four other pics as her favorites, including Moonstruck, It Happened One Night, Mirror and Phantom Thread.

Hathaway’s comments came after her new movie Verity — in which she stars opposite Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett — battled Digger at the opening box office weekend. Though it wasn’t much of a fight, as Verity completely dominated. As of Thursday, Verity has grossed more than $70.8 million worldwide, while Digger has notched $24.9 million globally.

Cruise’s pic has faced a challenging path, receiving a 52 percent approval from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience score was slightly better at 73 percent. On Letterboxd, Digger boasts an impressive 3.8/5 audience score from almost 350,000 users. In his review for The Hollywood Reporter, however, chief film critic David Rooney dismissed the film as “dead and buried, or ought to be.”

Following the film’s disappointing box office debut, Cruise posted on X, “Digger is officially in theaters and I am so honored to have had the opportunity to create this film alongside such talented artists. Thank you to the entire cast and crew for your dedication, hard work and joy. The experience was truly unforgettable and I’m so proud of what we created.”

Hathaway will next star opposite Cruise in the Days of Thunder sequel at Paramount, which is set to be released on June 2, 2028.