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Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor and director. Englund is best known for playing the villain Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and Willie in the V television franchise (1983–1985).
The main character of the films, Freddy Krueger appeared throughout the entire franchise portrayed by Robert Englund, until the remake (2010), when the character was portrayed by Jackie Earle Haley, who auditioned for the role of Glen Lantz in the original.
CharacterOriginal Series ...(a Nightmare On Elm Street)Original Series ...(a Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge)MentionedJohn SaxonMentionedSince 1984 he's achieved international fame as the iconic boogeyman Freddy Krueger in the hit franchise A Nightmare on Elm Street and its seven sequels. Englund has guest starred in hundreds of hours of TV most recently Bones, Criminal Minds and Hawaii 5-0.
- January 1, 1
- 1.78 m
- Glendale, California, USA
- Overview
- Characterization
- Quotes
- Trivia
- List of confirmed human victims of Freddy Krueger
- Animal victims
- Dream victims
- Debatable murders
Frederick Charles Krueger, referred to as Freddy Krueger and Fred Krueger, is a serial killer and the main antagonist of the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. A family man on the surface, Krueger was actually the serial killer known as the "Springwood Slasher".
It is hinted in some of the films that some of his victims and their parents may have been from other parts of Springwood besides Elm Street. It is also hinted in some of the films that people other than parents of the victims and people not living on Elm Street participated in the burning of Freddy Krueger. Throughout the film series, many things are only vaguely hinted at.
When he was caught and subsequently released on a technicality, the parents of his victims, and possibly other people, as stated above, tracked him to the Boiler Room of the Power Plant he once worked at and burned him alive. Three Dream Demons offered Krueger the chance to continue after his physical death, with the ability enter his victims' dreams and kill them in the Dream World, which would thus cause their death in the physical world and absorb their souls afterward.
As revenge upon the people who burned him to death, he targeted those people's children, who were obviously older than most or all of his pre-death victims.
He also targeted Marge Thompson. He went almost as far out of his way to do this as targeting the teenagers.
He later killed Donald Thompson, though he didn't go out of his way to do this.
Powers and abilities
Freddy can enter the dreams of anyone on Elm Street in Springwood (provided that there is enough fear of him), and whatever injuries he inflicts on them in the dream world will cross over into the real world. This is how he kills his victims. He usually uses his clawed glove, but often manipulates the dream world around him, usually in accordance to a person's personality or fears. (For example, he turns Debbie, who hates bugs, into a cockroach and crushes her; injects Taryn, who has a history of abusing drugs, with heroin; smashes Jennifer's face against the TV, when Jennifer wanted to be an actress and appear on TV). He cannot be killed while he is in the dream world. In the dream world he has displayed various capabilities which include the ability to regenerate lost body parts, shapeshifting and telekinetic powers. Even when he is pulled out of the dream world and into the real world, he has enhanced physical capabilities, is quite adept with his metal claws and can withstand an incredible amount of damage that no living human can take.
Weaknesses
Freddy cannot spread his influence beyond Springwood, unless he uses his daughter to get there. If he is killed, he cannot return if no one remembers him or is afraid of him. He can also be pulled out of the dream world, in which case, he is mortal, cannot use most of his powers (although he retains some of them like climbing up the ceiling or shapeshifting into his unburnt self, as evidenced in Freddy's Dead), and can die (though, as shown in Freddy's Dead and Freddy vs. Jason) he can withstand slightly more than regular humans do, as he suffers multiple injuries by Maggie and Jason and survives, when anyone else might have been killed by such injuries, but apparently can be killed by injuries serious enough as explosions or decapitation. Despite the fact that he sometimes uses it to kill his victims, Freddy appears to be afraid of fire (as it was by fire that caused his mortal death). Should an incident occur between Freddy and his dream demon masters, the demons have the capability of taking away Freddy's powers, rendering him in a weakened state. As stated and shown in The Dream Master, as he is a literal nightmare, he is also adversely weak against mirrors and reflections, as they come to recall his pain and torment that he has long inflicted on others.
Appearance
Freddy is easily recognizable by his red and green striped sweater, his clawed glove, and his brown hat,
A Nightmare On Elm Street
•"This... is God." •"Hey, Nancy! No running in the hallway." •"Come to Freddy." •"Nancy, help me, please. Save me from Freddy!" •"I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy." •"Gonna get you." •"I'm gonna cut you in two!"
A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
•"You've got the body. I've got the brain." •"Go ahead, Jesse. Try it on for size. Kill for me!" •"You are all my children now." •"Help yourself, fucker!" •"There is no Jesse! I'm Jesse now!"
A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
•"This is it, Jennifer. Your big break in TV! Welcome to prime time, bitch!" •"What's wrong, Joey? Feeling tongue-tied?" •"I said, 'where's the fucking bourbon?!'" •"Let's get high. What a rush." •"Sorry, kid. I don't believe in fairytales!" •"Yes. The souls of the children give me strength. Always room for more." •"Sorry to keep you waiting. Perhaps if there was more of me to spread around."
•Freddy is the only antagonist to be shown in so many and in every single sequel in its franchise. (A Nightmare on Elm Street to Freddy vs. Jason)
•Robert Englund is the only actor to play Freddy in every Nightmare related movie and the television show, (excluding the 2010 reboot).
•David Warner was slated to play Freddy. Make-Up tests were done, but Warner had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts and Robert Englund was cast as a replacement.
•Along with being a serial killer Wes Craven also wanted Freddy to be a child molester, but this being straight out stated was soon dropped. However, it was still strongly implied in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. It was, however, straight out stated in Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series and the 2010 reboot. Also, in the 2010 reboot, there are no references to him having killed anyone before being burned to death. This doesn't necessarily mean he didn't.
•His father is one of the unknowns residents in sanitarium.
•It's highly possible that he is based on SUNDS (or Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome), a disease that, coincidentally, also involves a nightmare that would kill the victim... Another coincidence is that both use fear (Freddy uses it for power and SUNDS uses it to kill). The only difference between the two is that Freddy actually murders the victims while SUNDS simply "scares them to death"...
Before the films
1.Mr. Underwood: Stabbed in the eye with a straight razor. 2.20 Springwood Slasher child victims: Some killed by being burned, some killed by being stabbed, and some killed by having their eyes gouged out. 3.Brook Yeaton 4.Mike Becker 5.Bobby Glass 6.Little Girl (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors film) 7.Little Girl (Freddy vs. Jason film) 1.Loretta Krueger: Strangled.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film)
1.Tina Gray: Slashed with clawed glove in the dream world, killing her in the physical world. 2.Rod Lane: Hung with a blanket in the dream world, which appears to be a suicide in the physical world. 3.Glen Lantz: Pulled into his bed and shot upward in a fountain of blood while asleep. 4.Marge Thompson: Strangled and burned.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
1.Coach Schneider: Slashed in the back 2 times with clawed glove. 2.Ron Grady: Stabbed with clawed glove. 3.Party Guest 1: Slashed in the face with clawed glove. 4.Party Guest 2: Fell into the boiling hot pool and burned. 5.Party Guest 3: Fell into the boiling hot pool and burned. 6.Party Guest 4: Burned. 7.Party Guest 5: Stabbed with clawed glove. 8.Do-Gooder: Thrown onto a grill and burned. 9.Kerry Hellman: Stabbed through the chest with clawed glove from inside.
Before the films
1.Hamster: Killed with hammer.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
1.Bird 1: Killed by Freddy and the other bird. 2.Bird 2: Set on fire, clearly having a nightmare and appearing to burst into flames.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1.Marge Thompson: Pulled through a window.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1.Zsa Zsa Gabor: Slashed in the face with clawed glove. 2.Elaine Parker: Decapitated with clawed glove (alive in the real world)
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1.Unnamed old woman: Sent up and out of the plane. 2.Unnamed commercial host: Bashed on the head with a frying pan.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
1.Jesse Walsh 2.Lisa Webber
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.
Nov 16, 1984 · On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends (comprising Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz) are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Fred Krueger. Nancy must think quickly, as Fred tries to pick them off one by one.
