I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.
Whats great about Freddy in this is when he gets to comment and manipulate the back stories and the fears of the characters - especially with Jason.
Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.
People forget that we are character actors and we can do other things.
If you don't invest in the characters, you don't care if they get killed. It's more fun if you know them.
In a great horror movie, you've gotta have some character development and you've gotta set some of your people up and you've gotta have a little back story going. You've gotta take that time for exposition.
