I have heard that Freddy Krueger has been around since the 1930's. I don't know though. He was in Freddy vs. Jason which was the last movie he has made that I have heard about but its been a while since Wes Cravens or Nightmare On Elm Street. Please answer my question because I am a very, very curious person and this is one question that I NEED to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-11-08 13:57:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
You are right. The character of Freddy Kruger has been around for quite awhile. It could have been in the 50's because my mom recalls a similar character. Robert Englund(the actor who plays Freddy),however started his acting career doing the classics like Shakespeare but couldn't make any serious money doing that so he started doing those Nightmare on Elm Street movies in the 80's. He was in the Mangler and in that short lived sci-fi show V .
2006-11-08 14:06:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To clear this up now, the original film Freddy starred in was called A Nightmare on Elm Street, and was made in 1984. This was the first time that the character Freddy Krueger had been featured or mentioned in. Since then there have been 8 sequels (check my sources), all of which starring Freddy.
Wes Craven's idea of Freddy came from a news article he read about children so afraid to go to sleep (because of horrible nightmares) that they resorted to cutting they're eyelids off.
If you are interested there was also a show called Freddy's Nightmares. There are VHS Tapes available on eBay, and 3 episodes on DVD were released in the UK.
2006-11-08 16:04:29 · answer #2 · answered by Knight Poop 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nightmare On Elm Street is the first Freddy movie in 1984. There's no way a 1930's movie would have anything like Freddy.
2006-11-08 14:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by F.J. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe the first Nightmare on Elm Street movie came out in 1984.
2006-11-08 16:15:05 · answer #4 · answered by Ashleigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the first movie of "Nightmare on Elm Street" came out in 1984.
Everyone is saying Friday the 13th....incorrect....
2006-11-08 14:05:32 · answer #5 · answered by jazi 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Freddy Vs Jason really dosent count. There are 7 movies.
2006-11-08 14:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by Cyber Bullying Is Ugly 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think he's only been around since his first appearance in Friday the 13th movie in 1984.
His life span was from 1940-1968 though.
2006-11-08 14:03:15 · answer #7 · answered by faerie queen 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm pretty sure since the 1980's. in the 30's people wern't even running from The Blob yet.
2006-11-08 13:59:24 · answer #8 · answered by smile 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
since friday the 13th
2006-11-08 13:59:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋