Though he's seen as a bit more of a goofy, lighthearted, kind of villain, his backstory is 🧾 intense. And what he does, is terrifying. Freddy is somewhat of a dream demon, and he terrorizes teens while they 🧾 sleep. When he kills them in their dreams, they of course end up also being killed in real life.

Fred "Freddy" Krueger is a character from the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. Freddy is a dream-demon who 🧾 attacks his victims from within their dreams.