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Freddy Krueger, is the main fictional character from the A Nightmare on Elm Street series of films. Created by Wes Craven and portrayed by actor Robert Englund in every film of the series, he is an undead serial killer^[1] who can attack his victims supernaturally from within their own dreams when they are in a state of sleep. Freddy is commonly identified by his burnt disfigured face, red and green striped sweater, brown fedora hat, and trademark metal-clawed leather glove. His full name has been listed as Frederick Charles Krueger.^[2] Wizard Magazine rated him the 14th greatest villain of all time,^[3] and he came in 8th on Sky Two's 'Greatest Villains of All Time'. This article is about the Male sex. ... For the peoples actually from the Caucasus, see Peoples of the Caucasus. ... Robert Barton Englund (born June 6th, 1949), is an American actor from Glendale, California. ... It has been suggested that What Happens in Aldershot Stays in Aldershot be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the single by Reuben. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Cover art for the first film A Nightmare on Elm Street is a series of horror films that were exceptionally popular in the 1980s. ... Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film director and writer best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the redoubtable Freddy Krueger character. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Robert Barton Englund (born June 6th, 1949), is an American actor from Glendale, California. ... Undead is a collective name for mythological beings that are deceased yet behave as if alive. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... For other uses, see Supernatural (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Dream (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Sleep (disambiguation). ... A fedora, which in this case has been pinched at the front and being worn pushed back on the head, with the front of the brim bent down over the eyes. ... Wizard or Wizard: The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop Culture (originally titled Wizard: The Guide to Comics and Wizard: The Comics Magazine) is a magazine about comic books, published monthly in the United States by Wizard Entertainment. ...

Wes Craven claims his inspiration for the basis of Krueger's power stemmed from several stories in the LA Times about a series of mysterious deaths: all the victims had reported recurring nightmares beforehand, and died in their sleep. Physically, Craven's inspirations for Freddy included a homeless man who had frightened Craven as a youth, and a bully at his school. The 1970s pop song "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright sealed the story for Craven, giving him not only an artistic setting to "jump off" from, but the synthesizer riff from the Elm Street soundtrack.^[4] The Los Angeles Times (also L.A. Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ... A homeless man pushes a cart down the street. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... Dream Weaver is a song by Gary Wright that was a hit single in the US, Australia and Europe in 1976. ... Gary Wright (born 26 April 1943, Cresskill, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American musician, most famous for his song, Dream Weaver. Wright, a personal friend of George Harrison, appeared in a TV show at the age of seven. ... For other uses, see Synthesizer (disambiguation). ...

Robert Englund has expressed many times that he feels that the deeper meaning behind the character is that he represents neglect, particularly the neglect that children and teens are sometimes subject to when growing up.^[5] This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...

On August 30, 2006, a British man named Jason Moore was jailed after attacking a friend with a homemade Freddy Krueger-style glove.^[6] Thirty-seven year old Moore was described in court as being obsessed with the character and claimed to have watched A Nightmare on Elm Street over twenty times, including just before the attack. One of the detectives who led the investigation into what happened said the glove Moore had crafted was probably the "most horrific weapon he had ever seen". is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror film directed by Wes Craven about several teenagers being terrorized in their nightmares by a mysterious man named Freddy Krueger in the fictional Midwest town of Springwood, Ohio. ...

Fictional character biography

Origin

Freddy Krueger’s origin has slowly evolved over the course of the film series. Each subsequent film revealed new information that intertwined with the backstory established in the original film. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child provided the origin of Krueger’s birth; which began with a tragic incident involving his mother in the early 1940s. During a Christmas holiday, a young nun named Sister Mary Helena (a.k.a Amanda Krueger) was accidentally trapped inside “the Tower”, a wing containing the worst of the criminally insane at Westin Hills psychiatric hospital. Amanda was raped and tortured by the one hundred patients confined there. She was found days later, close to death and now pregnant. Frederick Charles Krueger was born months later after a breech birth and was given up for adoption. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Amanda Krueger Amanda Krueger (1907-1968) is a fictional character in the Nightmare on Elm Street series of movies. ... In narratology, a back-story (also back story or backstory) is the history behind the situation extant at the start of the main story. ... A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror film directed by Wes Craven about several teenagers being terrorized in their nightmares by a mysterious man named Freddy Krueger in the fictional Midwest town of Springwood, Ohio. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Nun (disambiguation). ... Amanda Krueger Amanda Krueger (1907-1968) is a fictional character in the Nightmare on Elm Street series of movies. ... A psychiatric hospital (also called, at various places and times, mental hospital or mental ward, historically often asylum, lunatic asylum, or madhouse), is a hospital specialising in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... This article is about human pregnancy in biological females. ... Breech, by W.Smellie, 1792 A breech birth (also known as breech presentation) refers to the position of the baby in the uterus such that it will be delivered buttocks first as opposed to the normal head first position. ...

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare revealed that Krueger was placed with an abusive alcoholic named Mr. Underwood (Alice Cooper) who abused him physically and emotionally. As a child, Freddy exhibited sociopathic behavior, which included killing small animals. Socially, he was often ridiculed by his peers. In his late teens, Freddy practiced self-mutilation; learning the "secret of pain", he murdered Underwood. Child abuse is the physical or sexual maltreatment or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others. ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ... Alice Cooper (born February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by an individuals common disregard for social rules, norms, and cultural codes, as well as impulsive behavior, and indifference to the rights and feelings of others. ... Ernest Bornemann (1990, cited by Rosenbauer 1997) coined the term zoosadism for those who derive pleasure from inflicting pain on an animal, sometimes with a sexual component. ... Self-harm (SH) is deliberate injury to ones own body. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ...

Later in adulthood, Krueger would go on to marry Loretta, with whom he would have his daughter Kathryn Krueger. The Krueger family resided in Freddy's childhood home at 1428 Elm Street.^[7] Kathryn was shown to still be a child when children from the neighborhood went missing and were later found dead. Soon after, Loretta learned that in the basement of the house, Freddy had a secret room where he kept devices of torture, newspaper clippings of his crimes, and different versions of his clawed glove. Promising that "she won't tell" she was strangled by Freddy in front of Kathryn, "for snooping in daddy's special work". Krueger worked at the local power plant, and it was there where he had taken and murdered twenty missing neighborhood children; killing them in the plant's boiler room. The police were unable to solve the cases and newspapers dubbed the mysterious killer the "Springwood Slasher". Image File history File links Freddys_dead_screenshot. ... Image File history File links Freddys_dead_screenshot. ... This is the fictional address of the house that appears in the film A Nightmare on Elm Street. ... For other uses, see Torture (disambiguation). ...

In 1966, Freddy was arrested for the murders of the missing children. Young Kathryn was put into foster care and was later adopted. Due to the search warrant not being signed correctly, all evidence was considered inadmissible, and Krueger was released in 1968. Amanda Krueger, who had followed Freddy’s trial, heard of his release and hung herself in the tower where she was raped. The neighborhood parents of the children Freddy had murdered found him in his boiler room later that night and threw Molotov cocktails in the building, trapping Freddy within. Just moments before his death, Freddy was approached by three dream demons. These demons search the mortal world for the most evil soul and, in turn, give that person the power to turn dreams into reality. Freddy accepted their offer to "be forever" as the flames consumed him. Afterward, Freddy's remains were taken to Penny Brothers Auto Salvage and locked in the trunk of an old red Cadillac. Presumably to help erase Krueger's existence, a family named the Thompsons moved into the house on 1428 Elm Street. Adopted by the Burroughs family, young Kathryn was taken away from Springwood and her records were sealed. Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... A search warrant is a written warrant issued by judge or magistrate which authorizes the police to conduct a search of a person or location for evidence of a criminal offense and seize the evidence. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Molotov cocktail is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons. ... For other uses, see Cadillac (disambiguation). ...

Film series events

In A Nightmare on Elm Street through A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, Krueger was referred to as an urban legend. The Elm Street parents remained tight-lipped about the events of the decade before, especially now that their children were teenagers. In the closing months of 1981, the children of Springwood (specifically those teens whose parents had formed the mob that killed Krueger) began systematically dying in peculiar ways as they slept. The parents were shown to often ignore and/or deny the pleas of their terrified children, who regaled tales of a mysterious man named Fred who was terrorizing them in their dreams. A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror film directed by Wes Craven about several teenagers being terrorized in their nightmares by a mysterious man named Freddy Krueger in the fictional Midwest town of Springwood, Ohio. ... An urban legend or urban myth is similar to a modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

Krueger met three notable adversaries in the period before Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare:

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Death

After a decade of systematically slaughtering all of the children of Springwood in their dreams, the town was shown to be under Freddy’s influence in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. By absorbing the souls of his victims, Freddy was now powerful enough to blur the lines between dreams and reality. The remaining adults were kept in a mass psychosis after their children had been murdered. When there was no one left to kill, Freddy sought to leave Springwood — hoping to continue his murder spree in another town full of more children. Only one person could arrange for this to happen - his daughter, Kathryn Krueger. Image File history File links Freddys-dead-face-off. ... Image File history File links Freddys-dead-face-off. ...

Krueger used what was left of his supernatural powers to find his daughter, who was now an adult named "Maggie Burroughs" (Lisa Zane) and was working as a counselor to troubled teenagers in another city. Since her mother's death, Maggie was raised by adoptive parents and had suppressed the disturbing memories of her early childhood. After catching up with Maggie, Krueger attempted to convince her to do his bidding. She proved, though, that a compulsion for murder was not hereditary and instead schemed with Doc (Yaphet Kotto), her coworker (and dream psychiatrist), to help destroy Krueger. After pulling him out of her dream and into reality, Maggie stabbed Krueger in the abdomen with his own glove and then shoved a pipe bomb into Krueger's chest, before he died he said "kids", then the pipe bomb went off killing him and releasing the dream demons that had given him his power. Lisa Zane (born April 5, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American actress who has starred on stage, in film and television. ... Prince Yaphet Frederick Kotto (born November 15, 1937) is an American actor. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

Battle with Jason Voorhees

In the hybrid sequel Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy was trapped in Hell. After Maggie defeated Krueger in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, Springwood sought to revitalize itself. Within the town’s first year of rebuilding, Freddy managed to return briefly, killing a few victims before Springwood’s parents and officials realized a plan to rid themselves of Krueger indefinitely. Figuring out how Krueger operated, the authorities and town officials covered up any and all traces of his prior existence, which included blacking out obituaries and quarantining anyone who had ever dreamt about, or had any knowledge of Krueger. Other countermeasures included Hypnocil, a drug that prevents people from dreaming, to the children moved to Westin Hills. As a result, Springwood returned to obscurity and subsequently repopulated with no ill effects. Freddy vs. ... The Inferno redirects here. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Meanwhile, Krueger was unable to escape the boundaries of Hell, thanks to the complete ignorance of his existence to the people of Springwood, and the use of Hypnocil to prevent those in Westin Hills from dreaming. Due to the fact that no one so much as knew of him, much less feared him, Freddy was unable to gain enough power to escape. Thus, Freddy hatched a plan to resurrect the undead, immortal killing machine Jason Voorhees. First, at the conclusion of Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, Freddy pulled Jason's abandoned mask into the ground. Image File history File links Freddy_vs_jason_promo. ... Image File history File links Freddy_vs_jason_promo. ... Freddy vs. ... Jason Voorhees is a fictional character from the Friday the 13th series of slasher films. ...

Then, in the disguise of Voorhees' mother, Pamela, Freddy manipulated Jason into rising from the dead once more and going to Elm Street to kill more teenagers. Jason committed a few murders, which were then blamed on Krueger (As planned). As a result, Krueger began to get his equilibrium back. Enough fear fell over Springwood to make Krueger strong enough to haunt the town again. The problem, which Krueger had not counted on, was that Jason would not stop killing. He became irritated when Jason continued to slaughter "his kids" before he could. Thus, a bloody fight ensued between the two murderous icons that raged from the dream world to the waking world at Jason's old haunt, Camp Crystal Lake. The film ends with Jason walking out of Crystal Lake holding Krueger's decapitated head, which winks to the audience, followed by Krueger's laughter.^[9]

Powers and abilities

As long as his victims were dreaming, Krueger could inhabit and control their dreams, twisting them to his own ends. Any physical harm done to a person in this dream world would carry over into the real world (exactly how differs between films), allowing him to easily commit multiple murders. Krueger often toyed with his victims by changing his form and surroundings, usually resembling the boiler room where he brought his child victims that had been missing in town. He also has the power to manipulate or possess any object or part of the dream environment not kept exclusively on the person of his victim at all times after initial creation (as can be seen in the fifth and sixth Nightmare films).

His powers were increased from those originally granted to him based on how many knew and feared his existence as well as how many souls were in his current possession. At the height of his powers, he could cause severe damage in the real world. This included possession of humans (as shown in the second Nightmare film, briefly in the fifth, and Freddy vs Jason), his corpse (as shown in the third), objects or animals (also shown in the second) or even literally pulling a victim from the waking world into the dream world (as shown in the fifth Nightmare film). If one of Freddy's victims wakes up while they're touching him in the dream world, he can be carried into the real world where he is still superhumanly strong and durable, but can be wounded. This was used for extensive fight scenes in the first Nightmare film, Freddy's Dead, and Freddy vs Jason.

In a person's own dream, Krueger could also look into their minds and use their deepest fears and personality against them, which became a trademark in the films. At times taking the image of those he'd previously slain to help lure emotionally upset friends/relatives to their demise. A few victims managed to use their own imagination to consciously manipulate their dreams against him (a technique known as lucid dreaming), but this had little effect on Krueger, who was completely in control of their dreams already. These kids were known as Dream Warriors. Another of Krueger's powers involved absorbing the souls of his victims into his own body after they had been killed, which served to make him more powerful. As he gained a victim, their face would appear on his chest, each soul exponentially augmenting his power. Lucid dreams occur during REM sleep after the person becomes conscious and aware of dreaming within the dream. ...

Alternate plot lines

The summary above corresponds to what New Line Cinema considers the canonical account, based on the films ^[10]. But other elements of the franchise, such as comics, novels, and other licensed materials, present variant accounts, and the films themselves are sometimes inconsistent in what they present or imply about Freddy's past. A Nightmare prequel is rumored which might offer a new view of the storyline.^[11] New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the major American film studios. ...

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

A Nightmare on Elm Street creator Wes Craven returned to the Nightmare franchise in 1994 with Wes Craven’s New Nightmare; giving audiences a new version of Freddy Krueger. New Nightmare, which celebrates the first film’s tenth anniversary, showed a darker and more sinister Freddy than what was presented in the previous films. The story (which takes place outside the film continuity and in the fictional “real world”) has Freddy haunting and killing the cast/crew members of the original film. Wes Craven described this “new” Freddy as an abstract ancient evil that had been captured in the Nightmare story. Now that the films had ended with Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, the evil (in the guise of Freddy) had escaped to begin its reign of terror in the real world. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Wes Cravens New Nightmare (1994) is the seventh entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street series of slasher films. ... A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror film directed by Wes Craven about several teenagers being terrorized in their nightmares by a mysterious man named Freddy Krueger in the fictional Midwest town of Springwood, Ohio. ... Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film director and writer best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the redoubtable Freddy Krueger character. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Wes Cravens New Nightmare (1994) is the seventh entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street series of slasher films. ...

As the film plays out, Freddy targets Heather Langenkamp (the star of the first film) and her (fictional) son Dylan; killing Langenkamp is his only means of becoming fully released from fiction. While Freddy is preoccupied with killing Langenkamp and her son, Craven writes a new script titled “New Nightmare” in order to trap the evil again. By film’s end, Langenkamp manages to defeat the Krueger entity, and saves her son in the process. Craven, in closing, completed his script (which paralleled the film’s events) stating, “Freddy is back where he belongs.” Heather Langenkamp (born July 17, 1964) is an American film and television actress. ...

The “look” of Freddy in this film is more in line with what Craven had imagined for the character, allowing the clowning Freddy portrayed in the earlier films to be cast away. [8] It is also interesting to note that within the film's credits, Krueger is credited as "Himself".

Freddy's Nightmares

The 1988 Freddy's Nightmares episode No More Mr. Nice Guy presented a less gruesome interpretation of Krueger’s death. Due to budget constraints, many of the series' original actors did not appear. Most episodes of Freddy's Nightmares do not interfere with the established timeline [9], though a few episodes do present dates that conflict with the film series' timeline of events. Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Freddys Nightmares (also known as: A Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddys Nightmares The Series) was a late-night television anthology series, which premiered in October 1988 and ran until March 1990. ... No More Mr. ...

New Line Cinema vs. Wes Craven

As the Nightmare on Elm Street series progressed, director Wes Craven's original vision of Krueger as a true personification of evil was altered several times. Due to the enormous popularity of the films, the succeeding writers/directors chose to develop Freddy into more of a sardonic, wisecracking and flamboyant anti-hero of the 1980s horror genre. Initially, Craven did not intend any sequels and even wanted the film to be a stand alone film. When the original Nightmare became a mega hit, New Line insisted on following it up — in spite of both Craven, and original Nightmare heroine Heather Langenkamp ("Nancy") declining involvement. The second entry, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge was released to box office success — topping the profits of the original. Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film director and writer best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the redoubtable Freddy Krueger character. ... For other uses, see Evil (disambiguation). ... In literature and film, an anti-hero is a central or supporting character that has some of the personality flaws and ultimate fortune traditionally assigned to villains but nonetheless also have enough heroic qualities or intentions to gain the sympathy of readers or viewers. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Heather Langenkamp (born July 17, 1964) is an American film and television actress. ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors gave the series a new lease on life. Craven wanted Dream Warriors to be the end of the series, but the studio refused. Craven and New Line's relationship ended for a number of years as a result of their conflicting visions for the Nightmare enterprise. Later, in Craven's Scream a character would say that "the first movie was great but the rest sucked" — a jab at the other films.^[12] New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the major American film studios. ... Scream is a 1996 horror film, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. ...

As the series progressed, Craven revisited his creation a second time with Wes Craven's New Nightmare, a non-canon spinoff. This film departs from the other entries by taking place in the real world and removing Krueger's previous comedic undertones. It was the least profitable of the series, however. Once again, Craven and New Line parted ways. Craven watched all of the previous movies before he filmed New Nightmare, and could not understand the plot line at all.[10] Wes Cravens New Nightmare (1994) is the seventh entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street series of slasher films. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ...

Memorabilia

The Nightmare on Elm Street series spawned a huge merchandising collecting cult. Even 20 years after the first film was released, the merchandising is still ongoing, with sites like eBay listing hundreds of pieces of A Nightmare on Elm Street memorabilia every day and new products rolling off the assembly line and in to toy stores around the world. This article is about the online auction center. ...

A private collector from New Zealand has established an online collection of Nightmare on Elm Street and Freddy Krueger memorabilia spanning more than 20 years and featuring items from all round the world.[11].

In mass media

In the stop motion animated television show Robot Chicken episode nineteen, "That Hurts Me", Freddy (voiced by Seth Green) appears, this time a housemate of "Horror Movie Big Brother", alongside other famous slasher movie killers such as Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Leatherface, Pinhead, and Ghostface. He becomes repeatedly pissed at Ghostface, who purposely shrunk Freddy's striped sweater in the wash. During a confessional, Freddy reveals that boredom is the biggest problem in the house, as well as expressing his desire to see Ghostface voted out of the house. Unable to win the veto in the Challenge, it was Michael and Ghostface who were voted on to be evicted. When pleading their cases, Ghostface give a decidedly more heartfelt speech than Michael, who just stabs Freddy several times, which simply annoys Krueger. Robot Chicken is an Emmy Award-Winning American stop motion animated television series produced by Stoopid Monkey, ShadowMachine Films, Williams Street, and Sony Pictures Digital, currently airing in the US as a part of Cartoon Networks Adult Swim line-up, in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of... Seth Green (born on February 8, 1974, Overbrook Park, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and television producer known for his acting roles as Doctor Evils son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films and Daniel Oz Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Jason Voorhees is a fictional character from the Friday the 13th series of slasher films. ... Michael Myers is a fictional character from the Halloween film series. ... Leatherface is a fictional character in the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. ... Pinhead is a fictional character, and the main antagonist in Clive Barkers Hellraiser universe. ... Ghostface is the name of a fictional character and the main antagonist in the Scream trilogy. ...

In another Cameo, Freddy appears very briefly in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy along with Leatherface. The bride of Frankenstein says that they should hand off to more modern movie monsters. Freddy is smiling and waving while Leatherface is starting a chainsaw. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, created by Maxwell Atoms, is an American animated television series that currently airs on Cartoon Network and Teletoon. ... Leatherface is a fictional character in the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. ... Leatherface is a fictional character in the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. ...

He also appeared alongside The Angry Video Game Nerd in his review of Nightmare on Elm Street for the NES. Here, he takes the guise of the nerd himself, stating that no one but him (the nerd) makes him play the horrible games (i.e., Nightmare on Elm Street) he reviews, making him his own nightmare, but he is vanquished by the nerd using the Power Glove (possibly an reference to Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, where one of the characters is killed by Freddy in a video game, where he used the Power Glove). ScrewAttack is a video game-related website that showcases original entertainment for an audience of video game enthusiasts. ... Nes is: A municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway, see Nes, Akershus. ... The Japanese Nintendo Power Glove, manufactured by PAX The Power Glove (1989) is a controller accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System designed by the team of Grant Goddard and Sam Davis for Abrams/Gentile Entertainment, made by Mattel in the United States and PAX in Japan. ...

In a South Park trilogy-episode called "Imaginationland," Freddy appears as an inhabitant of a dimension with the same name. In Imaginationland, there is a barrier that separates Imaginationland's good side from its bad. Obviously, Krueger was on the bad side. This article is about the TV series. ... Imaginationland Episode II is episode 1111 (#164) of Comedy Centrals South Park. ...

In the 2007 film Transformers, there were slashes on a wall. The sergeant said that it could've been Freddy Krueger, but Glen says "Freddy Krueger has four claws, that's Wolverine!!" (Note: The claw marks were 3 every scratch.) Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For the 1986 animated film, see The Transformers: The Movie. ... For other uses, see Wolverine (disambiguation). ...

In the movie Scream, the school janitor (Played by Wes Craven, director and creater of Freddy) wears the same hat and striped Christmas sweater as Freddy Krueger and his name was also Freddy. Scream can refer to several topics: Look up scream in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film director and writer best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the redoubtable Freddy Krueger character. ...

In the Stargate Atlantis episode "Doppelganger," after the discovery of an alien entity capable of physically harming people in their dreams, Sheppard says "So what are we talking—Freddy Krueger, here?" Stargate Atlantis (often abbreviated as SGA) is an American-Canadian science fiction television program, part of the Stargate franchise owned by MGM. Developed by longtime SG-1 producers Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, it is a spin-off from the television series Stargate SG-1. ... Episode chronology Doppelganger is an episode from the fourth season of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis. ...

Krueger is parodied twice in The Simpsons – Treehouse of Horror VI episode "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace" in which Groundskeeper Willie is burned to death only to return in the dreams of Springfield children and murder them, and Treehouse of Horror IX during the couch-gag sequence alongside Jason Voorhees, both whom are impatiently anticipating the arrival of the Simpson family. Simpsons redirects here. ... Treehouse of Horror VI is the sixth episode of The Simpsons seventh season, as well as the sixth Halloween episode. ... Treehouse of Horror VI is the sixth episode of The Simpsons seventh season, as well as the sixth Halloween episode. ... Treehouse of Horror IX is the fourth episode of The Simpsons tenth season, as well as the ninth Halloween episode. ...

In an episode of the X-Files "X-Cops" (712), A woman was attacked by a creature that manifests itself on people's fears posing as Krueger.

Freddy Krueger's gloves are an item on Gaia Online, released during the Halloween event. In order to obtain them, you have to get 75 points on the Vampire side. Gaia Online is an anime-themed forums-based website that was first known as go gaia. Opened to the public on February 18, 2003[4] by Gaia Interactive, Gaia first began as an anime linklist with a small community,[4] but it was openly stated by founder Derek Liu (username...

References

^ Rockoff, Adam (2002). Going to Pieces. McFarland & Company, 153. ISBN 0-7864-1227-5. ("In the original script, Freddy Krueger was a child molester, as to Wes Craven, this was the worst thing possible. The decision was made to turn make Kreuger into a child murderer in order to avoid being accused of exploiting a spate of highly publicized child molestations which occurred in California around the time A Nightmare on Elm Street went into production").
^ Listed in the short story 'Life and Death of Freddy Krueger', published in the novel adaptation of A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.[1]
^ Wizard #177
^ Wes Craven. A Nightmare on Elm Street DVD audio commentary.
^ Robert Englund in Never Sleep again: The Making of A Nightmare on Elm Street
^ 'Freddy Krueger' attacker jailed, BBC News[2]
^ In the film Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Freddy's past is tied with the house that appears in every Nightmare film: 1428 Elm Street. In 1992, a companion book to the film series, The Nightmare Never Ends, was released containing a short hypothesis by author Andy Mangels regarding the inconsistent appearances of the house on 1428 Elm Street shown in the Nightmare sequels. Mangels suggests that Freddy's past shown in Freddy's Dead takes place at another street number – though the film blatantly shows[3] the house number at 1428. A scene cut[4] from the film also shows the central character finding Freddy's old lair behind a poorly sealed wall in the basement of 1428 Elm Street. The article from The Nightmare Never Ends has created confusion for the fan community, even though the shooting script http://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/Files/freddydeadshootingscript.pdf] for the film and Director/Screenwriter Rachel Talalay confirmed that Krueger's family lived in the house that would become infamous. Andy Mangels himself had no part in the scriptwriting or production of the film, so his theory cannot be considered canon.
^ Alice Johnson and her son Jacob appeared in the comic book series Nightmares on Elm Street, published by now defunct comic book company Innovation Comics. The six issue mini-series, which was released in 1992, was meant to bridge the story gap between A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. The story focuses on Freddy trying to convince six-year-old Jacob Johnson into using his psychic abilities to help him escape Springwood. Innovation worked closely with New Line Cinema when crafting the story, which leads it to be considered canon.[5]
^ Freddy vs. Jason scriptwriter Mark Swift indicated that various endings were written for the film, with the final ending being thought of by Robert Shaye, New Line's CEO. It's Swift's opinion that Jason indeed won the battle, though he mentions, "We certainly didn't want a draw, but we wanted it to end up that both sides could claim some sort of victory."[6]
^ http://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/faqmain.html
^ Serial Killer Helmer Heads to 'Elm Street'. Bloody-disgusting.com (2006). Retrieved on 2006-04-02.
^ Amazon.com essential video review, Scream, [7]: "Horror fans will fondly remember Drew Barrymore's assertion in Scream that the first Nightmare film was great but all the rest sucked."

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