Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger, also known as The Springwood Slasher, is the main antagonist of the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. He was burned to death by the parents of Springwood after being released on a technicality, but three dream demons gave him the power to invade people's dreams. Even if he is killed, he can come back from Hell. To truly kill him one must pull him into the real world, though he can still return if people remember him and are afraid of him.
In the original timeline, he is mainly portrayed by Robert Englund, but has also been portrayed by Michael Bailey Smith as "Super Freddy" and by Tobe Sexton as a child. In the reboot timeline, he is portrayed by Jackie Earle Haley. This version of Freddy Krueger is not to be confused with the 2010 version or The Entity who merely took his form.
Victims[]
Films[]
A Nightmare on Elm Street[]
- 19 Unnamed Children - Killed by Freddy off-screen, mentioned.
- Tina Gray - Slashed by Freddy with his clawed glove. He did this in the dream world, killing her in the real world (Revenge against her parents for killing him). Rod Lane was accused of killing her.
- Rod Lane - Hung by Freddy with the blanket of his bed in his prison cell. He was asleep, thus Freddy killed him in the dream world, making the blanket move in the real world and making it appear as a suicide (Revenge against his parents for killing him).
- Glen Lantz - While asleep, was pulled into his bed by Freddy and shot upward in a fountain of blood (Revenge against his parents for killing him). There was no explanation for this.
- Marge Thompson - Smothered by Freddy with his flaming body (after he was set on fire), and vanished into the bed (Revenge for killing him).
- Total - 23
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge[]
- Two Unnamed Teenage Girls - Killed by Freddy Krueger. (Dream Kill)
- Bird - Killed by the other bird, which was having a Freddy nightmare.
- Bird - Set on fire by Freddy, clearly having a nightmare about him and appearing to burst into flame for no reason.
- Coach Schneider - Slashed in the back a few times by Freddy, who was possessing Jesse.
- Ron Grady - Stabbed by Freddy (possessing Jesse) with his clawed glove.
- Unnamed Male Party Guest - Slashed in the face by Freddy with his clawed glove.
- Two Unnamed Male Party Guests - Fell into the pool, then Freddy made the water boil and set it on fire.
- Unnamed Female Party Guest - Burned to death by Freddy, who set her on fire.
- Rocky - Trampled to death by several other party guests as they tried to escape. (Accident)
- Unnamed Male Party Guest - Stabbed by Freddy with his clawed glove.
- Do-Gooder - Burned to death when Freddy tossed him onto a grill.
- Kerry Hellman - Stabbed by Freddy, though he appeared to be possessing her as he did Jesse, however, the ending may have been to hint that Freddy had returned to nightmares, and hints that he simultaneously invaded the dreams of everyone who survived him in this movie, including Jesse and Lisa, and killed them, though the final fate of Jesse and Lisa is never revealed.
- Jesse Walsh - Killed by Freddy. Debatable.
- Lisa Webber - Killed by Freddy. Debatable.
- Total - 15
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors[]
- Two Unnamed Teenagers - Killed by Freddy Krueger and covered up as a "suicide" off-screen, mentioned.
- Phillip Anderson - In his dream, was controlled by Freddy like a puppet using his veins as strings. This made it look like he was sleepwalking in the real world. Freddy made him walk to the top of Westin Hills and cut the strings so he fell off to his death (Revenge against his parents for killing him). This made it appear as a suicide.
- Jennifer Caulfield - In her dream, Freddy appeared from the TV, reached out of its sides with his arms, and smashed her head against the TV (Revenge against her parents for killing him). This appeared to be another suicide.
- Taryn White - Injected by Freddy with his fingers, which he turned into several syringes of heroin in the dream world, killing her in the real world (Revenge against her parents for killing him).
- Will Stanton - Stabbed by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing him in the real world (Revenge against his parents for killing him).
- Donald Thompson - Impaled on the tail fin of a car by Freddy, who was possessing his bones that Donald and Neil were about to bury on holy ground (Revenge for killing him).
- Nancy Thompson - Stabbed by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing her in the real world. (Revenge against her parents for killing him).
- Total - 8
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master[]
- Nine Unnamed Teenagers - Killed by Freddy Krueger. Souls seen in his stomach.
- Unnamed Teenage Girl - Killed by Freddy Krueger. Soul seen in his stomach.
- Roland Kincaid - Stabbed by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing him in the real world (Revenge against his parents for killing him).
- Joey Krusel - Pulled into his waterbed and stabbed by Freddy, drowning him. His body was discovered in the waterbed with no explanation as to how he got in there (Revenge against his parents for killing him).
- Kristen Parker - Thrown into a furnace by Freddy in the dream world, setting her on fire in the real world (Revenge against her parents for killing him).
- Sheila Kopecky - Kissed by Freddy in the dream world, sucking the life out of her. This made it appear as an asthma attack.
- Rick Johnson - Stabbed by Freddy with his clawed glove, which was the only visible part of him and apparently the only physical part of him in Rick's dream.
- Debbie Stevens - Turned into a cockroach by Freddy in her dream, then crushed in a roach motel. Her body in the real world is never seen (presumably crushed like in the dream).
- Total - 16
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child[]
- Dan Jordan - Fused with a motorcycle by Freddy in the dream world, which caused him to crash in the real world. This appeared to be a regular driving accident, and some even suspected drunk driving despite the fact that Dan didn't drink.
- Greta Gibson - In the dream world, Freddy stuffed food into her mouth and threw her into the fridge, making her suffocate in the real world.
- Mark Gray - Sucked into a comic book by Freddy in the dream world, then turned to paper and sliced to bits with Freddy's clawed glove. In the real world, his body was presumably hacked into pieces, and a psychopathic murderer was suspected to physically be in the building.
- Total - 3
Wes Craven's New Nightmare[]
- Chuck Wilson - Stabbed in the throat by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing him in the real world.
- Terry Feinstein - Stabbed in the chest by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing him in the real world.
- Chase Porter - Slashed across the chest by Freddy with his clawed glove while driving a car in the dream world, which caused him to crash in the real world.
- Julie McKenna - Neck snapped by Freddy in the dream world, killing her in the real world.
- Total - 4
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare[]
- Carlos Rodriguez - In the dream world, his hearing was magnified by Freddy, who scratched a chalkboard with his clawed glove until Carlos's head exploded.
- Spencer Lewis - Sucked into a video game by Freddy in the dream world, then knocked into a hole. In the real world, a hole physically appeared which Spencer fell into.
- Hamster - Killed by Freddy with a hammer shown in a flashback.
- Mr. Underwood - Stabbed in the eye by Freddy with a switchblade (Revenge for abusing him) shown in a flashback.
- Loretta Krueger - Strangled by Freddy shown in a flashback.
- John Doe - While on a parachute in the dream world, Freddy cut the lines of the parachute, causing John to fall. Freddy placed spikes below him so he fell onto the spikes.
- Total - 6
Freddy vs. Jason[]
- Little Girl - Eyes gouged out by Freddy with his clawed glove.
- Bobby Davis - Slit his wrists in the bathtub, as he was having nightmares about Freddy. (Freddy Dream)
- Mrs. Campbell - Stabbed by Freddy with his clawed glove. (Freddy Dream)
- Mark Davis - Set on fire by Freddy, and then face slashed with his clawed glove. (Freddy Dream)
- Total - 4
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Remake)[]
- Dean Russell - Throat cut by Freddy in the dream world, which appeared to be a suicide in the real world (Revenge against him for ratting him out and against his parents for killing him).
- Rufus (Dog) - Killed by Freddy. Debatable, as it is unknown whether he was dreaming or if he was just in the dream.
- Kris Fowles - Slashed by Freddy with his clawed glove. He did this in the dream world, killing her in the real world (Revenge against her for ratting him out and against her parents for killing him). Jesse Braun was accused of killing her.
- Jesse Braun - Impaled by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing him in the real world (Revenge against him for ratting him out and against his parents for killing him).
- Marcus Yeon - Head smashed into a computer screen by Freddy in the dream world, which appeared to be a suicide in the real world (Revenge against him for ratting him out and against his parents for killing him).
- Gwen Holbrook - Stabbed through the back of the head and eyes by Freddy with his clawed glove, then pulled into a mirror. (Revenge for killing him).
- Total - 6
Comics[]
Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash[]
- Dave - Bludgeoned to death with dodgeballs thrown by Freddy.
- Total - 1
Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors[]
- Doctor Maggie Burroughs - possessed by Freddy.
- Director Gordon Russell - Chest stabbed by Maggie with a bladed glove who betrayed him while struggling after Freddy possessed her.
- Rennie Wickham - Disemboweled by Maggie with a bladed glove after Freddy possessed her.
- Two Unnamed Helicopter Pilots - Died in the each helicopter crash after the cloudy manifestation of Freddy breathed fire on the helicopters.
- Alice Johnson - Allowed herself to be impaled in the stomach by Freddy with bladed glove. She then gave her powers to her son Jacob while dying.
- Total - 6
Kill Count[]
- Total - 92
- Original Timeline - 79
- Remake Timeline - 6
- Comics - 7
Characters Killed by Freddy Krueger[]
- Tina Gray - Slashed by Freddy with his clawed glove. He did this in the dream world, killing her in the real world (Revenge against her parents for killing him). Rod Lane was accused of killing her.
- Rod Lane - Hung by Freddy with the blanket of his bed in his prison cell. He was asleep, thus Freddy killed him in the dream world, making the blanket move in the real world and making it appear as a suicide (Revenge against his parents for killing him).
- Glen Lantz - While asleep, was pulled into his bed by Freddy and shot upward in a fountain of blood (Revenge against his parents for killing him). There was no explanation for this.
- Marge Thompson - Smothered by Freddy with his flaming body (after he was set on fire), and vanished into the bed (Revenge for killing him)
- Coach Schneider - Slashed in the back a few times by Freddy, who was possessing Jesse.
- Ron Grady - Stabbed by Freddy (possessing Jesse) with his clawed glove.
- Rocky - Trampled to death by several other party guests as they tried to escape. (Accident)
- Kerry Hellman - Stabbed by Freddy, though he appeared to be possessing her as he did Jesse, however, the ending may have been to hint that Freddy had returned to nightmares, and hints that he simultaneously invaded the dreams of everyone who survived him in this movie, including Jesse and Lisa, and killed them, though the final fate of Jesse and Lisa is never revealed.
- Jesse Walsh - Killed by Freddy. Debatable.
- Lisa Webber - Killed by Freddy. Debatable.
- Phillip Anderson - In his dream, was controlled by Freddy like a puppet using his veins as strings. This made it look like he was sleepwalking in the real world. Freddy made him walk to the top of Westin Hills and cut the strings so he fell off to his death (Revenge against his parents for killing him). This made it appear as a suicide.
- Jennifer Caulfield - In her dream, Freddy appeared from the TV, reached out of its sides with his arms, and smashed her head against the TV (Revenge against her parents for killing him). This appeared to be another suicide.
- Taryn White - Injected by Freddy with his fingers, which he turned into several syringes of heroin in the dream world, killing her in the real world (Revenge against her parents for killing him).
- Will Stanton - Stabbed by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing him in the real world (Revenge against his parents for killing him).
- Donald Thompson - Impaled on the tail fin of a car by Freddy, who was possessing his bones that Donald and Neil were about to bury on holy ground (Revenge for killing him).
- Nancy Thompson - Stabbed by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing her in the real world. (Revenge against her parents for killing him).
- Roland Kincaid - Stabbed by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing him in the real world (Revenge against his parents for killing him).
- Joey Krusel - Pulled into his waterbed and stabbed by Freddy, drowning him. His body was discovered in the waterbed with no explanation as to how he got in there (Revenge against his parents for killing him).
- Kristen Parker - Thrown into a furnace by Freddy in the dream world, setting her on fire in the real world (Revenge against her parents for killing him).
- Sheila Kopecky - Kissed by Freddy in the dream world, sucking the life out of her. This made it appear as an asthma attack.
- Rick Johnson - Stabbed by Freddy with his clawed glove, which was the only visible part of him and apparently the only physical part of him in Rick's dream.
- Debbie Stevens - Turned into a cockroach by Freddy in her dream, then crushed in a roach motel. Her body in the real world is never seen (presumably crushed like in the dream).
- Dan Jordan - Fused with a motorcycle by Freddy in the dream world, which caused him to crash in the real world. This appeared to be a regular driving accident, and some even suspected drunk driving despite the fact that Dan didn't drink.
- Greta Gibson - In the dream world, Freddy stuffed food into her mouth and threw her into the fridge, making her suffocate in the real world.
- Mark Gray - Sucked into a comic book by Freddy in the dream world, then turned to paper and sliced to bits with Freddy's clawed glove. In the real world, his body was presumably hacked into pieces, and a psychopathic murderer was suspected to physically be in the building.
- Chuck Wilson - Stabbed in the throat by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing him in the real world.
- Terry Feinstein - Stabbed in the chest by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing him in the real world.
- Chase Porter - Slashed across the chest by Freddy with his clawed glove while driving a car in the dream world, which caused him to crash in the real world.
- Julie McKenna - Neck snapped by Freddy in the dream world, killing her in the real world.
- Carlos Rodriguez - In the dream world, his hearing was magnified by Freddy, who scratched a chalkboard with his clawed glove until Carlos's head exploded.
- Spencer Lewis - Sucked into a video game by Freddy in the dream world, then knocked into a hole. In the real world, a hole physically appeared which Spencer fell into.
- Mr. Underwood - Stabbed in the eye by Freddy with a switchblade (Revenge for abusing him) shown in a flashback.
- Loretta Krueger - Strangled by Freddy shown in a flashback.
- John Doe - While on a parachute in the dream world, Freddy cut the lines of the parachute, causing John to fall. Freddy placed spikes below him so he fell onto the spikes.
- Bobby Davis - Slit his wrists in the bathtub, as he was having nightmares about Freddy. (Freddy Dream)
- Mrs. Campbell - Stabbed by Freddy with his clawed glove. (Freddy Dream)
- Mark Davis - Set on fire by Freddy, and then face slashed with his clawed glove. (Freddy Dream)
- Dean Russell - Throat cut by Freddy in the dream world, which appeared to be a suicide in the real world (Revenge against him for ratting him out and against his parents for killing him).
- Rufus (Dog) - Killed by Freddy. Debatable, as it is unknown whether he was dreaming or if he was just in the dream.
- Kris Fowles - Slashed by Freddy with his clawed glove. He did this in the dream world, killing her in the real world (Revenge against her for ratting him out and against her parents for killing him). Jesse Braun was accused of killing her.
- Jesse Braun - Impaled by Freddy with his clawed glove in the dream world, killing him in the real world (Revenge against him for ratting him out and against his parents for killing him).
- Marcus Yeon - Head smashed into a computer screen by Freddy in the dream world, which appeared to be a suicide in the real world (Revenge against him for ratting him out and against his parents for killing him).
- Gwen Holbrook - Stabbed through the back of the head and eyes by Freddy with his clawed glove, then pulled into a mirror. (Revenge for killing him).
- Dave - Bludgeoned to death with dodgeballs thrown by Freddy.
- Doctor Maggie Burroughs - Possessed by Freddy.
- Director Gordon Russell - Chest stabbed by Maggie with a bladed glove who betrayed him while struggling after Freddy possessed her.
- Rennie Wickham - Disemboweled by Maggie with a bladed glove after Freddy possessed her.
- Alice Johnson - Allowed herself to be impaled in the stomach by Freddy with bladed glove. She then gave her powers to her son Jacob while dying.
Deaths[]
Canon[]
- In A Nightmare on Elm Street, his power was taken away when Nancy turned her back on him, and he was destroyed. Depending on how the ending is interpreted, he was able to trap her in a dream universe before she woke up, and later went about killing his victims a different way in the sequel when he possessed Jesse in order to return.
- In A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, was possessing Jesse, but his girlfriend Lisa was able to get through to him, weakening Freddy, and Jesse used Freddy's power to start a fire that burned Freddy to death. He returned in the sequel, and went back to invading people's dreams.
- In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, was destroyed when Neil Gordon buried his bones on holy ground (in the grave, he threw holy water and a cross onto the bones). Resurrected himself in the next movie
- In A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, was destroyed when Alice held a shard of stained glass window in front of him, fulfilling the prophecy "Evil will see itself and it will die!" He was torn apart by the souls of his victims, who are now free of him forever, but he does return in the next movie.
- In A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, was shot by Jacob with his special power, turning him into an infant, where Amanda absorbed him and walked into a light as he tried to claw his way out. Returned again in the sequel.
- In Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, was stabbed by Maggie with his clawed glove and then with a pipe bomb, blowing him to bits. Took place in real world. Returned in Freddy vs. Jason
- In Freddy vs. Jason, his arm was torn off by Jason, who then stabbed him with it. Lori decapitated Freddy with Jason's machete. He does appear to still be living as a head in the end (as he winks to the audience), and does return in the comic book series, but the scene where Jason carried Freddy's head might have just been an ordinary dream.
Non Canon[]
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare - Was locked in a lit furnace by Heather and Dylan and burned to death. (This is a film that takes place "in the real world", with Freddy now outside the movies)
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