The adapted sign which was once on the wall in Elm Street

THE street sign in Elm Street had been too tempting for a wag with a ladder, who added some extra words and a silhouette of the badly burned horror film villain Freddy Krueger.

This little ‘Nightmare On Elm Street’ artwork, complete with a dripping red WC1 postcode, has drawn chuckles from passers-by who recalled the 1980s movie franchise for several years.

But this week, residents said the sign – just off the south end of Gray’s Inn Road – has gone mysteriously missing.

Scaffolding is up around a residential building but just stained black bricks are a clue to where Freddy once was.