Character Name: Freddy Krueger
Appears in: A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, Freddy's Dead: the Final Nightmare, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Freddy vs. Jason
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| | Character back story: A child murderer who had terrorized the small town of Springwood for years, Freddy Krueger was caught and arrested for his crimes, only to be released due to a judicial technicality. The parents of Springwood, outraged at such a miscarriage of justice, took matters into their own hands and burned him to death in his own boiler room. But this was not the end of Krueger. After his death, he began to manifest as a boogeyman in the dreams of Springwood's youth, a monster with a taloned glove and seemingly infinite power- and when he kills you in your dreams, you die for real. | | Inspiration for character: A series of articles read by director Wes Craven concerning a young man who was terrified of going to sleep, and ultimately died screaming in his bed of causes which were never determined. | | Age: Early forties before death. | | Personality type: Twisted and perverse, with a depraved sense of humor and a tendency towards sadism. | | Signature look: Battered brown fedora, ragged red-and-green sweater, grungy brown pants, horribly scarred and burned, wields a customized glove with razor blades welded to the metal fingertips. | | Resides: The dreams of teenagers living in the town of Springwood, Ohio. | | Character connections: | | Fun facts/trivia: |
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