FREDDY KRUEGER
Name: Frederick Charles Krueger
Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger is a 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 who
can attack his victims from within their own dreams. Freddy is commonly
identified by his burnt, disfigured face, red and green striped sweater, brown
fedora hat, and trademark metal-clawed leather glove, which he fashioned himself.
His full name has been listed as Frederick Charles Krueger. Wizard Magazine
rated him the 14th greatest villain of all time, and he came in 8th on
British television channel Sky Two's Greatest Villains of All Time and ranked 40th
on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains list.
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.
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.
Name: Frederick Charles Krueger
Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger is a 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 who
can attack his victims from within their own dreams. Freddy is commonly
identified by his burnt, disfigured face, red and green striped sweater, brown
fedora hat, and trademark metal-clawed leather glove, which he fashioned himself.
His full name has been listed as Frederick Charles Krueger. Wizard Magazine
rated him the 14th greatest villain of all time, and he came in 8th on
British television channel Sky Two's Greatest Villains of All Time and ranked 40th
on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains list.
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.
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.