Thursday, July 16, 2009

100 Greatest Movie Characters: 95

"Welcome to Wonderland, Alice!"

ahahahaha are you posing for your fucking high school photo, freddy?
95. Freddy Krueger
A Nightmare on Elm Street


When you talk about Freddy Krueger, you have to consider two different Freddys. On the one hand, you have the monster who haunts children's dreams. Bedecked in a fedora and a fucking ugly cardigan sweater, Freddy, backed with a nursery rhyme by scary children, rips teens open with his claw-covered glove and shape-shifting powers. Freddy is seriously one scary motherfucker and is able to attack you when you are most vulnerable.

On the other hand, however, there is the pun-loving vaudevillain (PORTMANTEAUS) whose claws are as sharp as his wit (okay, maybe not). Obviously, the actual monster Freddy is more frightening, but c'mon, jokey Freddy is pretty great too, you guys. And he can still kill you in your dreams.

Defining moment: Dragging an increasingly bloody Tina up a wall and onto the ceiling. And the only thing she can do is scream.

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