Freddy
Krueger is
the primary fictional character within the A
Nightmare on Elm Street series
of horror films. Created
by Wes
Craven and portrayed by actor Robert
Englund in all the movie series, he is an undead
serial killer, who can attack his victims from within their
own dreams. In the original script, Freddy Krueger was to
be a child molester, which Craven said was the worst thing
he could think of. The decision was made to instead make
Krueger a child murderer in order to avoid being accused
of exploiting a spate of highly publicized child molestation
cases in California around the time A Nightmare on Elm
Street went into
production. However, A
Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child suggests
Krueger may indeed have been a pedophile,
and he consistently makes sadistic and perverted jokes when indulging
in killing. Freddy
vs. Jason(not Kelly) also portrays the character with implications
that he may have molested his female victims, or at least achieves
sexual climax through killing them. Freddy
is commonly identified by his burned, disfigured face, red and
dark green striped sweater, brown fedora
hat, and trademark metal-clawed brown leather glove. A variation
on the Krueger character (Jimmy Blubbs) appears in Jason Kelly's Townsville
Vice and its sequel Beyond Vice.