Freddy Krueger Freddy Krueger Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger () is a character from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film series. He first appeared in Wes Craven's "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) as a burnt serial killer who uses a gloved hand with razors to kill his victims in their dreams, causing their deaths in the real world as well. In the dream world, he is a powerful force and almost completely invulnerable. However, whenever Freddy is pulled into the real world, he has normal human vulnerabilities. The character was created by Wes Craven and was consistently portrayed by Robert Englund
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors it 1.5/4 stars, calling it "slick" but claiming that it "never generates enough sympathy for its characters." Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" wrote, "The film's dream sequences are ingenious, and they feature some remarkable nightmare images and special effects." Although criticizing Langenkamp's acting, Kim Newman wrote in "Empire" that "the film delivers amazing scenes in spades, bringing to life the sort of bizarre images which used to be found only on comic book covers". A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 American slasher film directed by