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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]
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.
Also in 2010, NECA released a 10" puppet of Freddy Krueger from Phillip's death scene in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, [108] a metal replica of his glove, and two action figures: Freddy before he was burned, and the other being him after the burning, including two interchangeable heads. [109]
Laughing about it now, Englund says, "What he must have seen — you know, Freddy Krueger, 12 or 14 feet away sitting at a booth, no hat on that bit of fluorescent lighting just sort of slashing ...
The original pants had oil all over them, but they were wet. I couldn't work with those. We had to come up with dirty slacks," he recalls, before getting the first glimmer of what Freddy would become.
The house that Freddy Krueger haunted was a real nightmare -- though not on Elm Street -- when Angie Hill bought it in 2006. ... First, she burned sage to clear the energy in the house, she said ...
Freddy Krueger - The central character of the franchise. His main agenda in the comics is draw Nancy Thompson out into his own place of strength, and later to use Jacob Johnson to bring him out of the dream world and escape the geographic restrictions to Springwood that he's saddled with, using Devonne as his agent in the physical world to accomplish the latter goal.
In March 2010, the National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) released two new Freddy Krueger action figures: one pre-burned Freddy with Jackie Earle Haley's likeness, and one based on the new burn design from the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. [42] NECA also released a replica of Freddy's clawed glove. [43]