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Freddy Krueger (/ ˈ k r uː ɡ ər /) is a fictional character and the antagonist of the A Nightmare on Elm Street horror film franchise. Created by Wes Craven, he made his debut in Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) as the malevolent spirit of a child killer who had been burned to death by his victims' parents after evading prison. [2]
Krueger, now a vengeful ghost, wants revenge on the kids for disclosing his abuse. Nancy decides to pull Krueger out of the dream world, like she did with his sweater, and kill him. Quentin and Nancy both fall asleep and are attacked. As Krueger goes after Nancy, her cries awaken Quentin, who uses the adrenaline to wake her.
After Tina is killed that very night, Nancy takes active steps to trace down the cause of the phenomena and finds the enigmatic figure in her dreams to be the vengeful ghost Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a child killer that was burned alive by local parents when she was a child. [21]
That fedora was one of the key elements that made it into Craven's original description for the movie when Robert Englund was cast as Freddy. However, while speaking to PEOPLE, the actor, now 77 ...
The house that Freddy Krueger haunted was a real nightmare -- though not on Elm Street -- when Angie Hill bought it in 2006. That's right, Hill lives in one of the most legendary horror homes in ...
In the original script for Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Alice is killed by Freddy Krueger and Jacob is the main protagonist. [21] In the 1991 anthology The Nightmares on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger's Seven Sweetest Dreams, [26] Jacob (a young boy with heterochromia) is the protagonist in Philip Nutman's "Dead Highway, Lost Roads." After ...
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Robert Shaye.It is the first installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, [6] [7] and Johnny Depp in his film debut.
Robert Englund is the type to pick favorites when it comes to his iconic work as the fedora-sporting teen-torturing Freddy Krueger over eight A Nightmare on Elm Street movies.. And while the 1984 ...