Freddy Krueger

full name

Frederick Charles (Freddy) Krueger

information

the main antagonist of the horror film series "A Nightmare on Elm Street", a homicidal maniac.

nicknames

"The Springwood Ripper", "The Springwood Hack", "The Elm Street Cleaver"

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ghost man demon

the gender

male

date of birth

February 27, 1942

Place of birth

Sprinwood, Ohio, Western Hills Clinic

date of death

not earlier than the 1960s and not later than the 1970s

cause of death

burning

Place of residence

Springwood, Ohio

Occupation

the caretaker in the boiler room

family

wife-Loretta Kruger (killed by Freddie) daughter-Maggie Burrows (born Katherine Krueger) mother-Amanda Krueger father-unknown (one of the criminals held in the Western Hills Hospital)

weapon

A glove with blades on the fingertips

appearance

in the image of a man with a body burned to the muscles and bones, in a red sweater with dark green horizontal stripes and a brown hat, he wears a glove with sharp metal blades on the fingertips on his right hand. During his lifetime, he received the nickname "The Springwood Ripper" (eng. The Springwood Slasher) — he killed children living on Elm Street in the fictional town of Springwood. After the maniac was released by the police due to a formal mistake during the arrest, the parents of the murdered kids staged a lynching and burned Kruger alive; at that moment, Demons of dreams appeared to him, who gave him the power to kill people in the realm of dreams, and sometimes break into the real world. In dreams, Kruger is practically invulnerable and always reborn after the supposed death.

Strengths and weaknesses

The mystical abilities to manipulate and kill people in his sleep were given to Kruger by the ancient Demons of sleep. Fear and the souls of its victims give new strength to the maniac ghost . It took Kruger a while to become strong enough to catch up with his first victims. Nancy and her friends vaguely remembered Kruger — through a children's counting book — and later they learned about him from Marge Thompson, who told her daughter about the tragic events of many years ago. The killer's spirit becomes strong enough to take revenge on teenagers for the sins of their fathers — organized lynching. Over time, Freddy's powers in a dream become limitless, he can take on any shape and form, create images and surroundings to deceive the sleeper. Freddie can also manipulate the consciousness of a pregnant Alice, who literally "sleeps awake" due to the fact that the baby spends most of the time in the womb in a state of sleep, so Freddie can drag Alice into a nightmare directly from the dreams of her future son Jacob. In the world of dreams, Freddie can take on any form — both other people (Donald Thompson and nurse Marcy in "Warriors of Sleep", the school doctor in "Lord of Dreams", Pamela Voorhees from "Freddie vs Jason", etc.), as well as other fictional characters and creatures . In addition, the films "Warriors of Sleep" and "Lord of Dreams" show that the devoured souls of murdered children languish inside Freddy in the so-called "Soul Vault". Any object, like Freddie himself, can be pulled out of sleep at the moment of awakening. Freddie himself can also escape into reality from a person's dreams — for this he takes over the mind and body of teenager Jesse Walsh. Nancy Thompson's ghost was defeated by the story of her friend Glen about the Malaysian dream control technique, when a sleeper can take away the energy of a monster chasing him in a nightmare.

Having killed all the children whose parents were involved in his death, Kruger cannot get to the rest — Kristin turned out to be the last girl from Elm Street; therefore, Freddie forces the girl to call Alice Johnson for help, opening a loophole into the dreams of other teenagers. Having absorbed the souls of all the children and teenagers of Springwood and having reached the peak of his power, Kruger cannot leave the city . To do this, he had to return his own daughter Catherine to Springwood, who connected him with the outside world: Kruger lures the girl's ward — the last teenager of Springwood, an unknown young man who has lost his memory - to the deserted city. Once in hell, Kruger loses his powers, as the residents of Springwood have forgotten about him. To remind himself and sow panic among the locals, he sends Jason to his hometown. The plan works — when mysterious serial murders begin in the city again, the locals decide that Kruger has returned — fear and people's memories give strength to the maniac.

clothes

Kruger wears a striped red and green sweater (with dark red sleeves in the first part and red and green starting from the second, a brown felt hat with a wide brim, loose dark trousers (which in the original painting were brownish in color), as well as shoes that are usually worn by representatives of the working class.

appearance

Kruger's skin is burned almost all over his body — its surface is scarred and scarred, respectively, there is no hair on his head or body. It is noteworthy that in one of the scenes of the first film, when Kruger cuts his chest, it is clear that his torso was practically not affected by burns. The character also has bad teeth — throughout the first three paintings, Kruger has brown rotten teeth, and in the fourth picture there are practically none. In Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy is depicted with sharp teeth, more like thick fangs. the shape of the ears and chin — they have become more pointed. He has dark blood, oily consistency, and in the world of dreams it has a green color.

glove

On his right hand, Freddie wears a homemade glove with blades attached along four fingers.

a little counting

One, Two, Freddy’s coming for you, Three, Four, better lock your door, Five, Six, grab your crucifix, Seven, Eight, gonna stay up late, Nine, Ten, never sleep again…

personality

The character of Freddy Krueger from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise is characterized as a psychopath, a pervert and an insatiable sadist. He enjoys intimidating his victims before killing them, and often spends weeks distorting their dreams before delivering the fatal blow. For a professional killer, Freddie shows very little self-control, he is prone to bouts of emotions such as joy and rage. Is immune to reason and deaf to pleas for mercy. Despite his character, he is not devoid of superficial charm. During his lifetime, he managed to hide the fact that he was a child killer, putting on the mask of a loving husband and a grieving father. Another characteristic of Freddie is a bright personality and a perverted sense of humor. He is often pompous and likes to make puns and jokes while torturing his victims.