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112-705: The Nightmare Warriors sees Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees resurrected by the United States government, who wish to exploit their supernatural powers; however, the government is unable to control them, and the killers attempt to take over the world using the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis . Meanwhile, Ash Williams joins forces with the Nightmare Warriors, a support group for people who have survived encounters with Freddy and/or Jason, which consists of numerous established characters from

224-479: A Belarusian children's film titled " Кешка и Фреди ", or " Keshka i Fredi ", directed by Boris Berzner. The film focused on the Belarusian youth, Keshka, who is described as being a "... Tom Sawyer successor", and a "...a pioneer at heart...", who decides to skip out on his school's English lessons to attend a showing of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master at a cultural center . Falling asleep in

336-568: A reboot of the original Nightmare on Elm Street film, starring Jackie Earle Haley , was released. Wizard magazine rated Freddy the 14th-greatest villain of all time; the British television channel Sky2 listed him 8th, and the American Film Institute ranked him 40th on its " AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains " list. In 2010, Freddy was nominated for the award for Best Villain (formerly Most Vile Villain) at

448-638: A saber-toothed tiger reaching with its tremendous hooks. I transposed this into a human hand. The original script had the blades being fishing knives." When Jim Doyle, the creator of Freddy's claw, asked Craven what he wanted, Craven responded, "It's kind of like really long fingernails, I want the glove to look like something that someone could make who has the skills of a boilermaker." Doyle explained, "Then we hunted around for knives. We picked out this bizarre-looking steak knife, we thought that this looked really cool, we thought it would look even cooler if we turned it over and used it upside down. We had to remove

560-443: A turtleneck version of his trademark sweater, a blue-black trench coat , and a fifth claw on his glove, which also has a far more organic appearance, resembling the exposed muscle tissue of an actual hand. Freddy also has fewer burns on his face, though these are more severe, with his muscle tissue exposed in numerous places. Compared to his other incarnations, these Freddy's injuries are more like those of an actual burn victim. For

672-439: A waiter or wearing a superhero -inspired version of his sweater with a cape ( The Dream Child ), appearing as a video game sprite ( Freddy's Dead ), a giant snake -like creature ( Dream Warriors ), and a hookah-smoking caterpillar ( Freddy vs. Jason ). In New Nightmare , Freddy's appearance is updated considerably, giving him a green fedora that matches his sweater stripes, skin-tight leather pants, knee-high black boots,

784-488: A backyard barbecue, Ash is visited by Doctor Maggie Burroughs , who tries to convince him to join a group started by herself and Doctor Neil Gordon consisting of people who have fought and survived "unnatural evils". Annoyed by his visitor, Ash sends Maggie away before going to the store for supplies for the party, leaving Caroline alone. Elsewhere, Stephanie Kimble and Alice Johnson experience visions of Jason and Freddy, while Jason attacks and kills Caroline. Meanwhile, at

896-448: A boiler room at an industrial park and set it on fire with a Molotov cocktail made out of a gasoline canister, killing him. As a spirit, he takes his revenge on the teenagers by haunting their dreams; he is particularly obsessed with Nancy Holbrook ( Rooney Mara ), who had been his "favorite" when she was a child. Krueger's power comes from his prey's memories and emotions upon remembering the abuse they suffered at his hands. His bladed glove

1008-518: A cameo. Freddy Krueger appears as an OASIS avatar in Ready Player One . He is among the avatars seen on the PVP location Planet Doom where he is shot by Aech. The frog species Lepidobatrachus laevis had been given multiple nicknames, one of which is the "Freddy Krueger frog" for its aggressive nature. In 2023, Firkantus freddykruegeri , a prehistoric ichneumonid parasitoid wasp ,

1120-462: A consistent look, and Ash is always Ash, so it really goes back to focusing more on keeping the look of the first series which was a continuation of the FvJ Ronny Yu film." In The Nightmare Warriors , Jason still bears the injuries he suffered in the first Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash series. His mask is shot in half, displaying his teeth, and his left arm is cut off with a machete imbedded in

1232-465: A downloadable playable character for Mortal Kombat (2011) , with Robert Englund reprising his role. He has become the second non- Mortal Kombat character to appear in the game. The game depicts Krueger as a malevolent spirit inhabiting the Dream Realm who attacks Shao Kahn for "stealing" the souls of his potential victims. During the fight, he is pulled into the game's fictional depiction of

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1344-541: A fine stump. Waking up shortly after, Keshka meets up with his friends, holding Krueger's hat in his hands, as he decides to devote more time to his studies in English. Freddy's first video game appearance was in the 1989 Commodore 64 game A Nightmare on Elm Street , published by Monarch and developed by Westwood Associates , which was followed by the 1990 NES game A Nightmare on Elm Street , published by LJN Toys and developed by Rare . Freddy Krueger appeared as

1456-449: A group of teens learning the truth and drawing Freddy and Jason to Camp Crystal Lake in the hope that they can draw Freddy into the real world so that Jason will kill him and remain "home." The ending of the film is left ambiguous as to whether or not Freddy is actually dead; despite being decapitated, when Jason emerges from the lake carrying his head he looks and winks at the audience. A sequel featuring Ash Williams ( Bruce Campbell ) from

1568-409: A metal gauntlet with four finger bars, but it is patterned after its original design. Owing to this iteration of the character's origin as a groundskeeper, from the outset it was a gardener's glove modified as an instrument of torture, and in film its blades was based on a garden fork . Freddy's glove appeared in the 1987 horror-comedy Evil Dead II above the door on the inside of a toolshed. This

1680-463: A murderer like Jason. Clad in her own hockey mask , Stephanie leaves the church to fulfill her birthright and kill Jason. Back at the White House, Maggie and Jason break out in a fight, but are interrupted by Ash, who drives a tank in the middle of the room , killing Maggie, much to Freddy's anger. As Ash rescues Neil, Jacob, and Tommy, Alice confronts Freddy face-to-face. She reveals that she has

1792-482: A pillar facing the city gate, and have flayed all the rebel leaders; I have clad the pillar in the flayed skins. I let the leaders of the conquered cities be flayed, and clad the city walls with their skins. The captives I have killed by the sword and flung on the dung heap. The Rassam cylinder in the British Museum describes this: Their corpses they hung on stakes, they took off their skins and covered

1904-414: A pimp hat. It was like, "What are you thinking, you guys?" I think I said something to Wes like, "Look, the fedora was your idea." And I stood and showed my shadow on the wall with the [fedora] hat, and how strong that silhouette was. And then I took the hat off and showed the baldness, revealing the baldness, and how he could save that for the right time in the movie. And I kind of got my way. Freddy's skin

2016-534: A rock) with his mother's voice telling Jason that he can never die. The next morning, Ash decides to go on vacation in Texas and bids farewell to Tommy, Tina, Neil, Jacob, and Stephanie, appointing Tommy the new captain of the "Nightmare Warriors". Later, it's shown that in 1964 Springwood, a time-displaced and disoriented Agent Wesley Carter - who had been sucked into the Necronomicon's vortex - finds himself in

2128-547: A shard of glass. However, Freddy exploits this victory by absorbing Jason's soul to increase his own power. As Neil struggles to read the Necronomicon 's passages to banish Krueger, he is joined by the spirit of Nancy Thompson , Freddy's first enemy; together Neil and Nancy recite the words to open the Deadite's dimension. Freddy resists the vortex, until the Necronomicon itself declares him unworthy and strips him of his power. The human Freddy begs for forgiveness, claiming that

2240-546: A terminal illness and that her Dream Master abilities are weakened, so she allows Freddy to kill her so she can pass her power over to Jacob. As she dies, she releases the souls of the people Freddy has killed over the years. Furious at his mother's death, Jacob declares he is the Dream Master now, surrounded by the spirits of Amanda Krueger and the Dream Warriors . Amanda and the other souls successfully destroy

2352-447: A train to Baltimore , Maryland to look for Maggie and her group, and Jason follows him by stowing away in the vehicle's boxcar . Stephanie, her father Steven , Alice, and her son Jacob show up at Maggie and Neil's house, where Tina Shepard and Rennie Wickham are already living. When Ash arrives, Maggie gets everyone settled and begins to tell them about her and Neil's goals. They are interrupted by Jason, who comes crashing through

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2464-493: Is commonly identified by his burned, disfigured face, dirty red-and-green-striped sweater and brown fedora , and trademark metal-clawed, brown leather, right hand glove. This glove was the product of Krueger's own imagination, having welded the blades himself before using it to murder many of his victims, both in the real and dream worlds. Over the course of the film series, Freddy has battled several reoccurring survivors including Nancy Thompson and Alice Johnson . The character

2576-512: Is darker and more evil than as portrayed by him in the films; he struggles to keep his sanity intact from Krueger's torments and goes into hiding with his family. Krueger aims to stop another film of the franchise from being made, eliminating the films' crew members, including Langenkamp's husband, Chase Porter ( David Newsom ), after stealing a prototype bladed glove from him, and causes nightmares and makes threatening phone calls to producer Robert Shaye . The entity also haunts Wes Craven's dreams, to

2688-473: Is essential for maintaining body temperature. Ernst G. Jung, in his Kleine Kulturgeschichte der Haut ("A short cultural history of the skin"), provides an essay in which he outlines the Neo-Assyrian tradition of flaying human beings. Already from the times of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC), the practice is displayed and commemorated in both carvings and official royal edicts. The carvings show that

2800-404: Is hunted down by a mob made up of the town's vengeful parents and cornered in the boiler room. The mob douses the building with gasoline and sets it on fire by throwing Molotov cocktails , burning him alive. While his body dies, his spirit lives on within the dreams of a group of teenagers and pre-adolescents living on Elm Street, whom he preys on by entering their dreams and killing them, fueled by

2912-409: Is made out of discarded pieces of his gardening tools. Nancy destroys him at the end of the film by pulling his spirit into the physical world and cutting his throat; the final scene reveals that Freddy's spirit has survived, however. Englund continued to portray Krueger in the 1988 television anthology series, Freddy's Nightmares . The show was hosted by Freddy, who did not take direct part in most of

3024-408: Is more commonly called skinning . Flaying of humans is used as a method of torture or execution , depending on how much of the skin is removed. This is often referred to as flaying alive. There are also records of people flayed after death , generally as a means of debasing the corpse of a prominent enemy or criminal , sometimes related to religious beliefs (e.g., to deny an afterlife); sometimes

3136-537: Is mounted on the mantle over the fireplace at this point. He's very much retired. But he'll learn very quickly that the Chosen One will never be able to retire. It's an eternal quest, really." However, Katz says that Ash "is not alone in this battle" and that there are other survivors like him, "people with special skills or purposes that have guided them successfully through encounters with Freddy or Jason". He asks, "who doesn't want to see Ash and Tommy Jarvis fight for

3248-414: Is revealed by the mysterious nun who repeatedly appears to Dr. Neil Gordon ( Craig Wasson ). Freddy's mother, Amanda Krueger ( Nan Martin ), was a nun and a nurse at the asylum featured in the film. At the time she worked there, a largely abandoned, run-down wing of the asylum was used to lock up entire hordes of the most insane criminals all at once. When Amanda was young, she was accidentally locked into

3360-409: Is revealed that Freddy was adopted by an alcoholic named Mr. Underwood ( Alice Cooper ), who abused him throughout his childhood until Freddy finally murdered him as a teenager ( Tobe Sexton ), becoming his first kill. Freddy tortured animals and engaged in self-mutilation , and became a serial killer by murdering the children of people who had bullied him when he was a child. Prior to his murder, he

3472-485: Is scarred and burned as a result of being burned alive by the parents of Springwood, and he has no hair at all on his head as it presumably all burned off. In the original film, only Freddy's face was burned, while the scars have spread to the rest of his body from the second film onwards. His blood is occasionally a dark, oily color, or greenish in hue when he is in the Dreamworld. In the original film, Freddy remains in

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3584-414: Is supposed to be a new look for Freddy, Craven and everybody involved decided that the glove should be different. This hand has more muscle and bone texture to it, the blades are shinier and in one case, are retractable. Everything about this glove has a much cleaner look to it, it's more a natural part of his hand than a glove." The new glove has five claws. In the 2010 remake , the glove is redesigned as

3696-439: Is the movie they could never afford to make". The Nightmare Warriors is drawn by Jason Craig, who previously worked on the first Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash and Wildstorm's Nightmare on Elm Street comics . Craig was concerned with capturing the physical likenesses and mannerisms of the characters. He explains, "Freddy isn't some man that slashes maniacally like a super villain, he has panache. Robert Englund told me once that

3808-499: The Evil Dead franchise was planned, but never materialized onscreen. It was later turned into Dynamite Entertainment's comic book series Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash . In the 2010 remake of the original film , Freddy's backstory is that he was a groundskeeper at Springwood Badham Preschool who tortured and sexually abused the teenage protagonists of the film when they were children. When their parents found out, they trapped him in

3920-576: The A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th franchises, to defeat Freddy and Jason for good. Katz and Kuhoric wrote the sequel as an epic "fanboy story", and modeled the concept after the Crisis events from DC Comics . The titular Nightmare Warriors were designed as a " Justice League "-style superhero team. The writers attempted to take the three separate mythologies and combine them into one coherent continuity . A group of government agents led by Director Gordon Russell excavate Crystal Lake for

4032-530: The Necronomicon to defeat the killers. Unimpressed, Tommy breaks away from the group and goes solo. At the Capitol , Jason is put in a holding cell full of Deadites. He is visited mentally by Freddy, who proposes that they team up to massacre the world. Jason accepts when he hears that his old enemies — including Tommy — will be coming for them. Freddy appoints him the general of his Deadite army, repairs his decomposed body, and brings him back to life as before he

4144-610: The Necronomicon Ex-Mortis , which they plan to use for "Project Black Book". As Russell leaves with the book, the remaining agents go underwater to retrieve the body of Jason Voorhees , who awakens and kills them. Prompted by Freddy Krueger posing as his mother , Jason leaves Crystal Lake in search of Ash Williams . Six months later, in June 2009, Ash is living in Franklin, Michigan with his girlfriend Caroline, believing his days of fighting monsters are behind him. While preparing to host

4256-477: The Scream Awards . In A Nightmare on Elm Street , Freddy is introduced as a serial child killer, Fred Krueger, from the fictitious town of Springwood, Ohio , who kills his victims with a bladed leather glove he crafted in a boiler room where he used to take his 20 victims. He is captured, but is set free on a technicality when it is discovered that the search warrant was not signed in the right place. He

4368-516: The alpha male slot? That's too rich an opportunity to pass up." Katz describes Tommy as "the wild card in our group". His sole priority is to kill Jason and "[e]verything else is incidental". The writers enjoyed developing the "natural rivalry" between Ash and Tommy; Craig compares them to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , "these two men, who when together are completely at odds against one another, two alpha males, but when things get tough,

4480-457: The 2010 remake, Freddy is returned to his iconic attire, but the burns on his face are intensified with further bleaching of the skin and exposed facial tissue on the left cheek, more reminiscent of actual third-degree burns than in the original series. Wes Craven stated that part of the inspiration for Freddy's infamous bladed glove was from his cat , as he watched it claw the side of his couch one night. In an interview he said, "Part of it

4592-402: The Deadite army, but Freddy quickly severs their connection to Earth by critically wounding Jacob. As Tina tends to Jacob and Ash battles Freddy, Tommy takes it upon himself to deal with Jason. In a closely matched fight, he taunts Jason for never being able to kill him. Stephanie appears and impales her uncle with a machete; this distraction provides Tommy the opportunity to stab Jason's head with

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4704-538: The Pentagon , Russell reveals his plan to create an army of demonic soldiers using the Necronomicon . After discovering Caroline's body, Ash flees the scene as the police arrive, not noticing a man in a hummer spying on him. At his headquarters, Russell uses a combination of modern technology and the Necronomicon to pull an unburnt and seemingly powerless Freddy Krueger out of the Deadites' realm to Earth. Ash boards

4816-517: The President. Tanks, helicopters, and fighter jets battle the Deadites, but the soldiers suffer heavy losses and Freddy manifests in the clouds to blast the helicopters out of the sky. Elsewhere, Stephanie passes out and finds herself back in the dream world. She arrives at a church and meets Freddy posing as a priest; he informs her that, as member of the Voorhees family, it is her destiny to become

4928-509: The Springwood Police Department on the day of Fred Krueger's arrest, and impulsively signs Krueger's search warrant when he finds the file on a desk in front of him, altering history so that the technicality that would have eventually rebirthed Krueger as a monster in that timeline never happens. Co-writer Jeff Katz had plans for The Nightmare Warriors as soon as the first Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash moved from film to

5040-486: The Vampyre (1979) and some of the works of Lon Chaney , while he based Freddy's poise and gait on the "Cagney stance" originated by actor James Cagney . Freddy's characteristic of keeping his gloved arm lower than the other was incidental due to the knives being heavy to wear for Englund and forcing him to carry himself as such while playing the role. Freddy's physical appearance has stayed largely consistent throughout

5152-423: The actions and dialogue are true to the series they comes from. As a fan, I can't stand picking up any book that reads like the writer didn't watch the show. It's sad to say, but I've read far more bad licensed stuff than good." The writers held several discussions debating how the characters should act in certain scenes. Jeff Katz asserts that Freddy and Ash are "defined by their tones", so getting their voices right

5264-490: The actual flaying process might begin at various places on the body, such as at the crus (lower leg), the thighs, or the buttocks. In their royal edicts, the Neo-Assyrian kings seem to gloat over the terrible fate they imposed upon their captives, and that flaying seems, in particular, to be the fate meted out to rebel leaders. Jung provides some examples of this triumphant rhetoric. From Ashurnasirpal II: I have made

5376-460: The aim of Nightmare Warriors was "about tying everything together". The subtitle, The Nightmare Warriors , was a homage to A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors , Katz's favorite entry of that series. Kuhoric feels the title is fitting since Nightmare Warriors is a survivor's story. The writers' biggest concern was making sure the characters' voices felt accurate. James Kuhoric says, "A licensed comic book's first priority has to be that

5488-455: The apartment building's entrance. I ran through the apartment to our front door as he was walking into our building on the lower floor. I heard him starting up the stairs. My brother, who is ten years older than me, got a baseball bat and went out to the corridor but he was gone. According to Robert Englund, Freddy's look was based on Klaus Kinski 's portrayal of Count Dracula in Nosferatu

5600-517: The back edge and put another edge on it, because we were actually using the knife upside down." Later Doyle had three duplicates of the glove made, two of which were used as stunt gloves in long shots. For New Nightmare , Lou Carlucci, the effects coordinator, remodeled Freddy's glove for a more "organic look". He says, "I did the original glove on the first Nightmare and we deliberately made that rough and primitive looking, like something that would be constructed in somebody's home workshop. Since this

5712-519: The basis of Freddy Krueger's power stemmed from several stories in the Los Angeles Times about a series of mysterious deaths: All the victims had reported recurring nightmares and died in their sleep. Additionally, Craven's original script characterized Freddy as a child molester , which Craven said was the "worst thing" he could think of. The decision was made to instead make him a child murderer in order to avoid being accused of exploiting

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5824-454: The blades back on him and kills him. She reveals her true identity as Freddy's daughter, Kathryn Krueger, and attacks Neil and Rennie. Tina feels the psychic impact of Rennie's death, and uses her telekinesis to break out of her cell. As she, Ash, and Alice escape, Jason and his army of Deadites descend on Washington. Ash, Tina, and Alice fight and destroy a Freddy-controlled robot to acquire the Necronomicon . Meanwhile, Tommy confronts Jason on

5936-531: The boiler and burning to death due to the parents ignoring his pleas for help, deciding to avenge himself by targeting their kids for their callously letting him burn to death. Krueger ultimately was stopped by Maggie plugging his bagpipe spider form, causing him to uncontrollably inflate and detonate within the dream world, though it is implied in the ending this resulted in him being restored to life in reality, albeit significantly less threatening. In 1992, Freddy Krueger made an unlicensed appearance in appearance in

6048-539: The boy throughout the cultural center, threatening to kill him. Eventually backed into a corner by Freddy, Keshka recites the "законы пионеров советского союза" or the "Laws of the Pioneers of the Soviet Union" , like a psalm, while performing a pioneer salute in lieu of a cross. De-powered, Krueger falls limp, as Keshka takes a pair of pliers and snaps off each of his glove's blades, before filing each one down to

6160-567: The chapter are set immediately following Nancy Holbrook's escape from Krueger, after which he targets Quentin Smith as revenge for aiding her. Invading Smith's dreams, he forces him to go to the Badham Preschool, where the two are unwittingly taken to the universe of Dead by Daylight by an unseen force. The character returned to television in an episode of The Goldbergs titled "Mister Knifey-Hands" with Englund reprising his role in

6272-459: The character moves in dance steps, foot over foot, very elegant, it's Fosse moves. Remove his glove and add a top hat and cane and he is no longer Fred Krueger, he's Fred Astaire ." Craig compares Jason's body language to that of a shark , "turning his head and the body follows, keeping in a straight line until something better comes along". He says that once he began to understand the characters' mannerisms, he started to see them come to life on

6384-459: The city wall with them. Searing or cutting the flesh from the body was sometimes used as part of the public execution of traitors in medieval Europe. A similar mode of execution was used as late as the early 18th century in France; one such episode is graphically recounted in the opening chapter of Michel Foucault 's Discipline and Punish (1979). In 1303, the treasury of Westminster Abbey

6496-491: The comic book medium. He says, "I basically knew most of the larger strokes of what I'd want to do to cap the Vs. "trilogy", so to speak. In many ways, it's very simply been about - "What would I most want to see as a fan?" And as a fan of these franchises, what I appreciate more than anything is a sense of continuity." Katz claims that these horror franchises were always best when they carried characters over from film to film, and that

6608-423: The demonic power corrupted him. Thankfully, Ash doesn't believe him and mercilessly blasts Freddy into the vortex with his shotgun, citing his own lack of a 'storybook ending'; it is likely, upon Krueger's return to the Deadite dimension, that he dies at the hands of the Deadites. At the same time, Nancy leaves Neil to rejoin the other spirits. Around the same time, Jason's mask is shown (which Tommy split in half with

6720-450: The door and kills Steven. As Ash arms himself, the man in the hummer drives through the wall of the house and rams into Jason. Everyone escapes, and their savior introduces himself as Tommy Jarvis , Jason's oldest enemy. Government agents show up at Maggie and Neil's house and take Jason down with bullets and missiles. Meanwhile, the survivors take refuge at a motel and Maggie suggests they visit her (adoptive?) father, Gordon Russell, to use

6832-500: The doors to realising these ideas." Krueger went on to become playable in the mobile edition of the game's sequel , Mortal Kombat X , alongside Jason from Friday the 13th . In October 2017, the Jackie Earle Haley incarnation of Krueger was released as a downloadable playable character in the seventh chapter of the asymmetric survival horror game Dead by Daylight , alongside Quentin Smith . The events of

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6944-581: The drawings as "kick ass", since it resembles the films without looking photocopied. However, he noted that Craig's Ash seems based on Bruce Campbell in Bubba Ho-tep , which "disrupts the characterization of Ash a little bit". Total Sci-Fi Online's James Skipp believed that #1 struggles to balance its three main characters, with the Freddy story coming across as "a little intrusive and confusing". He also criticized Ash's characterization, believing that he

7056-841: The ending, was played by Hodder. At Six Flags St. Louis ' Fright Fest event (then known as Fright Nights), Krueger was the main character for the event's first year in 1988. He reappeared in his own haunted house, Freddy's Nightmare: The Haunted House on Elm Street, for the following two years. Freddy Krueger appeared alongside Jason Voorhees and Leatherface as minor icons during Halloween Horror Nights 17 and again with Jason during Halloween Horror Nights 25 at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood . In 2016, Freddy Krueger returned to Halloween Horror Nights, along with Jason, in Hollywood. Freddy Krueger made different appearances in Robot Chicken voiced by Seth Green . In

7168-537: The entity and apparently destroys him; however, Krueger's creator reveals that it is again imprisoned in the fictitious world, indicated by the character's later appearances in films and other medias. In 2003, Freddy battled fellow horror icon Jason Voorhees ( Ken Kirzinger ) from the Friday the 13th film series in the theatrical release Freddy vs. Jason , a film which officially resurrected both characters from their respective deaths and subsequently sent them to Hell. As

7280-600: The episode "That Hurts Me", Freddy appears as a housemate of "Horror Movie Big Brother ", alongside other famous slasher movie killers such as Michael Myers , Jason Voorhees , Leatherface , Pinhead and Ghostface . In the Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror VI segment "A Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", Groundskeeper Willie played the Freddy Krueger role, with his backstory being toned down to him accidentally setting himself on fire thanks to Homer turning up

7392-447: The episodes, but he did show up occasionally to influence the plot of particular episodes. Further, a consistent theme in each episode was characters having disturbing dreams. The series ran for 44 episodes over two seasons, ending on March 10, 1990. Although a bulk of the episodes did not feature Freddy taking a major role in the plot, the pilot episode, "No More, Mr. Nice Guy", depicts the events of his trial, and his subsequent death at

7504-520: The fight, Freddy flays Stephanie alive and escapes with Jacob. Still in the dreamscape, Tina and Alice put Stephanie's skin back on and she wakes up physically unharmed. At the White House , Tommy and Jacob are held hostage by Freddy, Jason, and Maggie. Disguised as the President , Freddy addresses the nation, describing his new policy "no kid left alive" and the carnage he plans to cause all over

7616-464: The film begins, Krueger is frustrated at his current inability to kill as knowledge of him has been hidden in Springwood, prompting him to manipulate Jason into killing in his place in the hope that the resulting fear will remind others of him so that he can resume his own murder spree. However, Freddy's plan proves too effective when Jason starts killing people before Freddy can do it, culminating in

7728-480: The film series since the third film, Dream Warriors . New Nightmare coincides with the approaching anniversary of the release of the first film. Robert Englund, who portrayed Krueger throughout the film series and its television spin-off, also took the role as a fictional version of himself in New Nightmare ; it is implied that Englund was stalked by his character, who is an ancient demonic entity that took on

7840-435: The film series, although small changes were made in subsequent films. He wears a striped red-and-green sweater (solid red sleeves in the original film), a dark brown fedora , his bladed glove , loose black trousers (brown in the original film), and worn work boots , in keeping with his blue collar background. The choice to have Freddy wear a fedora was reportedly Craven's idea. In a 2018 interview, Englund stated: The fedora

7952-486: The form of Wes Craven's creation and has come to life from the film franchise's fictitious world. Having been in various manifestations throughout the ages as the entity can be captured through storytelling, it is hinted that it was once in the form of the old witch from Brothers Grimm 's fairy tale Hansel and Gretel when it was held prisoner in this allegory based on actions. Englund describes to his former co-star and friend Heather Langenkamp that this embodiment of Freddy

8064-475: The game, "Over the years, we've certainly had a number of conversations about guest characters. At one point, we had a conversation about having a group—imagine Freddy, Jason , Michael Myers , Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . We never got a grip on how we would do it, whether they'd be DLC characters or what. We also wanted to introduce a character who was unexpected. This DLC thing opens

8176-487: The globe. Having seen Freddy's broadcast, Ash and the girls break into a nearby pawn shop for weaponry and head to the White House. As it literally rains blood in Washington, Ash, Alice, Tina, and Stephanie plan their way into the White House. Upset by Ash and Alice's bickering, the traumatized Stephanie wanders off alone. The group are provided the distraction they need to get in when an army of soldiers arrive to rescue

8288-570: The gore was "toned down maybe just a tad to compromise more with the Army of Darkness franchise". He explains that the Evil Dead / Army of Darkness movies "have an obvious humor in the gore" which makes it easier to swallow than that of the Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th kills, which are "grounded more in reality". His artistic aim was to "show the brutality without showing some of

8400-478: The government, who wish to turn his regenerative abilities into a weapon. Craig says, "This is a story that gets out of camp grounds, or cabins in the woods, and takes place at our nation's capital". The Nightmare Warriors was originally designed as a 12-issue maxi-series, and it was up to Kuhoric to condense it to six issues. Katz was pleased with the result, claiming "All the major beats are there everyone gets their time to shine. [Kuhoric]'s terrific at retaining

8512-400: The hands of the parents of Elm Street after his acquittal . In "No More, Mr. Nice Guy", though Freddy's case seems open and shut, a mistrial is declared based on the arresting officer, Lt. Tim Blocker (Ian Patrick Williams), not reading Krueger his Miranda rights , which is different from the original Nightmare , which stated he was released because someone forgot to sign the search warrant in

8624-453: The intense gore yet still leave you with that feeling that you saw something horrible". Describing #1 as "predictable and a fair bit cheesy", IGN 's Jesse Schedeen claimed there is a lot to dislike about Nightmare Warriors , "but only if you approach it from the wrong mindset". Provided readers expect no more than a "camp romp", he admitted that the issue is fun and humorous. Schedeen also praised Craig's "snazzy pencils", stating "as long as

8736-434: The level of gore in the story, Kurhoric says, "Jason Craig is scary when it comes to the amount of detail he puts into his death scenes. [...] He lives for gore and tries to one up each panel in intensity." He describes The Nightmare Warriors as "a blood bath of epic proportions", and says that the creative team took the "big screen sequel approach" of increasing the action and violence. Katz elaborates, "Like any good sequel,

8848-414: The malevolent spirit of a child killer who had been burned to death by his victims' parents after evading prison. Krueger goes on to murder his victims in their dreams, causing their deaths in the real world as well. In the dream world, he is a powerful force and seemingly invulnerable. However, whenever Freddy is pulled back into the real world, he has normal human vulnerabilities and can be destroyed. He

8960-496: The mantra is bigger and better. We're looking to up the ante and top ourselves. This premise is inherently larger scale and more epic in nature, so that lends itself to blowing open the artwork." Using the MPAA rating system as an analogy, Katz labels Nightmare Warriors a hard-R in terms of gore", saying "we're hardly scrimping on the red stuff. It's just presented on a much larger canvas this time". In contrast, Craig claims that

9072-473: The middle of watching the movie, Keshka wakes up in the cultural center alone, being haunted by strange images and sounds from all over. Wandering around the cultural center, Keshka arrives in the basement of the cultural center, where he meets Freddy Krueger when he cuts his way through a film poster to approach the boy. Asking him if he speaks English, Keshka can not answer Freddy correctly, onto which Freddy replies that he will "teach him English", before chasing

9184-568: The one true Chosen One, Ash Williams". Katz says, "Exploring the dynamic between all of these characters has been a lot of fun and it's something I think the fans will hugely enjoy", while Craig reveals "One of the things we tried to do was connect all the dots and bring all three storylines together in one linear history". Jason Craig describes the story as " X-Files meets horror", due to the government's involvement. He points out how this vaguely foreshadows Jason X , set chronologically after Nightmare Warriors , in which Jason has been captured by

9296-656: The only person they dislike more than each other is Ash." While Jason wants personal revenge on Ash, Freddy's goals are "a bit larger or ambitious in scope". Katz says, "[Freddy]'s looking to clear the board of any threat or nuisance before he launches his final gambit. I can promise relationships will evolve in some very interesting ways in this one." He compares Ash's story in the series to Lieutenant Frank Drebin ( Leslie Nielsen ) in Naked Gun 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 : The Final Insult ; "he's trying to embrace domestic life but often can't get out of his own way. The trusty old chainsaw

9408-443: The overall story arc". He explains, "See, there is something special about people who managed to survive encounters with Freddy and Jason. They have an inner strength that makes their souls much more powerful to our maniac killers. And it's that same inner strength that makes them a threat, especially the ultimate F13 survivor, Tommy Jarvis." According to Kuhoric, the characters of The Nightmare Warriors are all "chosen ones", "led by

9520-480: The page. Craig tried to maintain consistency with his work on the original Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash comic, but says that he was "not really experimenting as much as just having fun and trying things I would want to see". He based the characters' looks on the Freddy vs. Jason movie, but also cites Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood as an inspiration for Jason's appearance. According to him, "Freddy's never had

9632-450: The point that he sees future events related to Krueger's actions and then writes them down as a movie script. Krueger sees Langenkamp as his primary foe because her character Nancy Thompson was the first to defeat him. Krueger's attempts to cross over to reality cause a series of earthquakes throughout Los Angeles County , including the 1994 Northridge earthquake . Langenkamp, with help from her son Dylan ( Miko Hughes ), succeeds in defeating

9744-399: The real world. The injured Krueger arms himself with two razor claws to continue to battle Kahn. Upon defeating him, Krueger is sent back to the Dream Realm by Nightwolf , where he continues to haunt the dreams of his human prey. In an interview with PlayStation.Blog , Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon cited the character's violent nature and iconic status as reasoning for the inclusion in

9856-482: The remains of the film's villain Chucky , the chainsaw of Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , and the masks of Michael Myers from Halloween and Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th . At the end of the film Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday , the mask of the title character, Jason Voorhees, played by Kane Hodder , is dragged under the earth by Freddy's gloved hand. Freddy's gloved hand, in

9968-437: The right place. The episode also reveals that Krueger used an ice cream van to lure children close enough so that he could kidnap and kill them. After the town's parents burn Freddy to death he returns to haunt Blocker in his dreams. Freddy gets his revenge when Blocker is put under anesthesia at the dentist's office, and Freddy shows up and kills him. The episode "Sister's Keeper" was a "sequel" to this episode, even though it

10080-402: The room with the criminals over a holiday weekend. They managed to keep her hidden for days, raping her repeatedly. When she was finally discovered, she was barely alive and pregnant, with the result that Krueger was regarded as "the bastard son of a hundred maniacs" due to it being impossible to determine which of the rapists was his biological father. In Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare , it

10192-402: The shadows and under lower light much longer than he does in the later pictures. In the second film, there are some scenes where Freddy is shown without his bladed glove, and instead with the blades protruding from the tips of his fingers. As the films began to emphasize the comedic, wise-cracking aspect of the character, he began to don various costumes and take on other forms, such as dressing as

10304-443: The skin is used, again for deterrence, esoteric/ritualistic purposes, etc. (e.g., scalping ). Dermatologist Ernst G. Jung notes that the typical causes of death due to flaying are shock , critical loss of blood or other body fluids , hypothermia , or infections , and that the actual death is estimated to occur from a few hours up to a few days after the flaying. Hypothermia is possible, as skin provides natural insulation and

10416-499: The spate of highly publicized child molestation cases in California around the time A Nightmare on Elm Street went into production. Craven's inspirations for the character included a bully from his school during his youth, a disfigured homeless man who had frightened him when he was 12, and the 1970s pop song " Dream Weaver " by Gary Wright . In an interview, Craven said of the disfigured stranger: When I looked down there

10528-421: The story is going the goofball route, there's no reason the art can't follow suit". Mike Fish of Fangoria felt that #1 signaled an improvement over the "mediocre" first series, as the writers dropped the "cut and paste a movie" formula and replaced with a "refreshing start to an intriguing matchup". Fish praised the initial focus on Jason and Ash and the more "mature" writing from Katz and Kuhoric. He described

10640-503: The streets of Washington as he and the Deadites cut a swath of destruction across the city. While opening fire on his nemesis, Tommy is attacked by winged Deadites, who take him to Freddy. Back at the motel, Jacob and Stephanie fall asleep, and Freddy possesses the latter. Stephanie/Freddy seduces and attacks Jacob, forcing him to call out to his mother. Alice hears her son's cries and uses her Dream Master powers to transport herself, Ash, and Tina into Jacob's nightmare. Immobilizing Ash during

10752-484: The stump. Craig claims it was difficult to keep track of these injuries panel-to-panel, but was especially proud of the "half mask" look, a design he would like to see incorporated into the Friday the 13th films one day. He says, "It's a way to show Jason's emotions under the mask while still keeping him mysterious, and it's also a way to give him this Grim Reaper look especially when you see him in shadow. Discussing

10864-478: The tone of these characters, which isn't easy to do when you're juggling so many voices. Katz summarizes The Nightmare Warriors as a "labor of love", and a "love letter to these characters as well as the survivors we've come to know and love over the years". He asks readers to think of the series as being "for fans, by fans". Craig labels it a "fan boy's wet dream ", saying "This is the DC Crisis of horror. This

10976-574: The town's memories and fear of him and empowered by a trio of 'dream demons' to be their willing instrument of evil. He is apparently destroyed at the end of the film by protagonist Nancy Thompson ( Heather Langenkamp ), but the last scene reveals that he has survived. He goes on to antagonize the teenage protagonists of the film's sequels, including Jesse Walsh ( Mark Patton ), Kristen Parker ( Patricia Arquette ), Alice Johnson ( Lisa Wilcox ), and Lori Campbell ( Monica Keena ). In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors , more of Freddy's backstory

11088-462: The two find themselves working together side by side". Kuhoric believes Tommy is a "Chosen One" like Ash, albeit with "a different approach to his supernatural calling". He compares Jason's relationship to Tommy to that between Captain Ahab and Moby Dick ; "it is Tommy who has escaped from Jason's clutches time and time again". Kuhoric describes the returning survivors from the films as "a huge part of

11200-559: Was Sam Raimi 's response to Wes Craven showing footage of The Evil Dead in A Nightmare on Elm Street , which was a response to Raimi putting a poster of Craven's 1977 film The Hills Have Eyes in The Evil Dead . This, in turn, was a response to a ripped-up Jaws poster in The Hills Have Eyes . The glove also appears in the 1998 horror-comedy Bride of Chucky in an evidence locker room that also contains

11312-600: Was "more of a straightforward hero here [...] than the self-deprecating fellow of the Evil Dead movies", but admitted it was hard to capture the character's "idiosyncratic charm" without Bruce Campbell. Skipp summarized that the issue was adequate for its concept. Freddy Krueger Freddy Krueger ( / ˈ k r uː ɡ ər / ) is a fictional character and the antagonist of the A Nightmare on Elm Street horror film franchise. Created by Wes Craven , he made his debut in Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) as

11424-422: Was Wes's idea. But he'd been talked into maybe trying some other hats. And they had this box of hats, and we're sitting on the floor—kind of uncomfortably, both of these grown men on this futon—and [they're] telling me to put on all of these different hats. I'm sitting there in makeup going, "Guys, please, the fedora is right." And they kept putting on like, paperboy hats , and baseball hats, and God, one looked like

11536-486: Was a man very much like Freddy walking along the sidewalk. He must have sensed that someone was looking at him and stopped and looked right into my face. He scared the living daylights out of me, so I jumped back into the shadows. I waited and waited to hear him walk away. Finally I thought he must have gone, so I stepped back to the window. The guy was not only still looking at me but he thrust his head forward as if to say, 'Yes, I'm still looking at you.' The man walked towards

11648-420: Was an objective goal to make the character memorable, since it seems that every character that has been successful has had some kind of unique weapon, whether it be a chain saw or a machete , etc. I was also looking for a primal fear which is embedded in the subconscious of people of all cultures. One of those is the fear of teeth being broken, which I used in my first film. Another is the claw of an animal, like

11760-546: Was consistently portrayed by Robert Englund in the original film series as well as in the television spin-off Freddy's Nightmares . The reboot portrays him as an undead groundskeeper accused of molesting the students. The character quickly became a pop culture icon going on to appear in toy lines, comic books , books, sneakers, costumes, and video games since his debut. In 2003, Krueger appeared alongside fellow horror icon Jason Voorhees in Freddy vs. Jason . In 2010,

11872-608: Was crucial; he feels the success of the first Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash came from their accurate characterization. However, artist Jason Craig feels that "it's a tightrope to walk"; he enjoys Freddy's wisecracks but prefers the character to be darker, stating "People forget he was a child killer. He was a very sadistic man." Discussing the relationship between Freddy and Ash, Craig says that "it's almost like watching two stand up comedians try to kill each other". Katz points out that, after two previous confrontations, "Freddy and Jason are extremely familiar with each other at this point. Maybe

11984-408: Was found attached to an old door, though evidence seems elusive. In Chinese history, Sun Hao , Fu Sheng and Gao Heng were known for removing skin from people's faces. The Hongwu Emperor flayed many servants, officials and rebels. Hai Rui suggested that his emperor flay corrupt officials. The Zhengde Emperor flayed six rebels, and Zhang Xianzhong also flayed many people. Lu Xun said

12096-480: Was killed by Tommy. Meanwhile, the group (minus Stephanie and Jacob, who remain at the motel) also arrive at the Capitol and are locked up, with the exception of Maggie, Neil, and Rennie, who Russell takes to visit Freddy. Freddy transforms back into his burned, demonic form, and reveals that he has bonded with the Necronomicon and possesses all of its powers. Russell attacks Freddy with his own glove, but Maggie turns

12208-485: Was married to a woman named Loretta (Lindsey Fields), whom he also murdered after she discovers his secret. He also had a daughter, Katherine/Maggie ( Lisa Zane ), who seeks to end her father's horrific legacy once and for all, killing him at the end of the movie. After a hiatus following the release of The Final Nightmare , Krueger was brought back in Wes Craven's New Nightmare by Wes Craven , who had not worked on

12320-443: Was named after Freddy. The name emphasizes the similar features of the insect and the fictional character—long claws and arolium . Flaying Flaying is a method of slow and painful torture and/or execution in which skin is removed from the body . Generally, an attempt is made to keep the removed portion of skin intact. A dead animal may be flayed when preparing it to be used as human food, or for its hide or fur . This

12432-520: Was robbed while holding a large sum of money belonging to King Edward I . After the arrest and interrogation of 48 monks, three of them, including the subprior and sacrist , were found guilty of the robbery and flayed. Their skin was attached to three doors as a warning against robbers of church and state. At St Michael & All Angels' Church in Copford in Essex, England, it is claimed that human skin

12544-421: Was the seventh episode of the series. The episode follows Krueger as he terrorizes Blocker's identical twin daughters and frames one sister for the other's murder. Season two's "It's My Party And You'll Die If I Want You To" featured Freddy attacking a high school prom date who stood him up 20 years earlier. He gets his revenge with his desire being fulfilled in the process. Wes Craven said his inspiration for

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