From the haunting children's rhyme to the iron claws, with a striped sweater, fedora, the raw-meat of his skin, this dream-stalking murderer really brought the nightmare. Reality bent to accommodate his desires, and he preyed upon people when they couldn't defend themselves. Worse yet, he preyed upon young people, isolating them from the elders who should be protecting them.
Freddy was at his best when pitted against an appropriate opponent -- Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson. He menaces her in the bath, making her an image of passive vulnerability.
This is how Freddy perceives Nancy, in the beginning: just a girl, defenseless, asleep. He doesn't realize who he's facing. Because Nancy Thompson will kick his motherfucking ass.
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Freddy is caught off-guard when she studies weapons, explosives, military strategy, and turns the predator into her prey. (Afterwards, in a sequel, she does something even more awesome: she comes back, to mentor and protect others.)
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Freddy is caught off-guard when she studies weapons, explosives, military strategy, and turns the predator into her prey. (Afterwards, in a sequel, she does something even more awesome: she comes back, to mentor and protect others.)