Freddy Krueger

Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. He first appears in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) as a disfigured dream stalker who uses a glove armed with razors to kill his victims in their dreams, causing their deaths in the waking world as well. However, whenever he is put into the real world, he has normal human vulnerability. He was created by Wes Craven, and was portrayed by Robert Englund until the 2010 remake, in which Freddy was portrayed by Jackie Earle Haley. Freddy is a vengeful spirit who attacks his victims from within their dreams. He is commonly identified by his burned, disfigured face, red and dark green striped sweater,...