A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child: Remember how Freddy’s dad is one of 100 maniacs? Freddy somehow was able to figure out which one it was, apparently. Not that it mattered much. He was still just being his trash self in the entire movie.
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare: Here we get some new and also wild revelations because that is what happens when you have to write the sixth movie in a franchise featuring one sole slasher guy. We learn that Alice Cooper (called Mr. Underwood) was Freddy’s adoptive and alcoholic father who also abused him until teenage Freddy killed him. He somehow gets off for that crime, too — seriously, the justice system is as much of an antagonist in this bonkers franchise as Krueger — and marries an actual human woman while murdering the children of parents who bullied him when they were all kids. Of course, he eventually murders his wife, too, because trash will be trash.
In Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, Freddy goes all meta, and in Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy goes all crossover. In the final film of the franchise to date — A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) — the worst story is told: That Krueger was a groundskeeper at a Preschool who didn’t kill his child victims. Instead, he sexually abused them. It was a choice that instantly made Freddy way more disturbing, and took away the comedy part of the comedy horror.
Sure, there has always been a repulsive underlying feeling about the dream monster who can't seem to keep his tongue in his mouth. Craven said that he originally scripted Krueger as a child molester because it was the worst thing he could think of. To have it outright stated, however, makes Krueger one of the hardest pieces of trash to stomach in slasher history.
No wonder many fans have chosen not to include the remake movie’s backstory as part of his official canon. Why would he need a glove if he didn't initially kill the kids, anyway? Although we guess it must be said: Murdering children is still super gross, you guys.