Freddy Krueger

Most of you have heard of Freddy Krueger the horrific fictional character that was from A Nightmare on Elm Street. This film which came out in 1984 managed to soar in the box offices due to the disfigured stalker who used a razor gloved arm to kill his victims. The best part about this killer is that he kills his victims in their deal which finally result in their death in the real world as well.

This fictional character created by Wes Craven had been portrayed by Robert Englund. However in the 2010 remake this serial killer is being player by the Academy Award nominee, Jackie Earle Haley.

Now although Kruger can attack his victims in their own dreams when he comes into the real world and has the usual human strength and he is very vulnerable. Most of us identify this murderer by his disfigured face which is burned, along with his dark green and red striped sweater and the brown fedora and who can forget the metal clawed brown leather glove which is like his trademark.

Wes Craven first got his inspiration of this heartless serial killer after he read a few stories in the Los Angeles Times. Although Wes first thought to make Krueger a child molester, he turned him into a child killer in the end. Now most of his inspirations came from ma bully he knew in high school and also a homeless man who had apparently frightened him when he was eleven. He says that the inspiration for creating Freddys infamous clawed glove came form his cat.

The A Nightmare on Elm Street horror franchise consists basically of nine films along with a TV show and also comic books too. In this film the killer basically kills teenager but does so in their dreams. If you want to know about the motives of the killer, it basically was the usual, revenge on parents who had apparently burned him while he was still alive.

In the very first film, Freddy kills a group of teenagers but doesnt succeed in killing one, Nancy Thompson. In the end Nancy defeats Freddy by pulling the plug on his dream world and bringing him back to reality where he is vulnerable and Nancy isnt scared of him anymore.

In the second movie he comes back to the house where Nancy used to live only to posses a new victim who is helped by his girlfriend to get rid of the spirit. In the third movie there is the return of Nancy Thompson who realizes at all the kids on Elm Street are being killed by Freddy. Nancy helps the kids to fight off Freddy but dies in the end. If you want to know more about this horror Nightmare on elm street series the best thing to do would be to check it out.