Freddy Krueger, a fictional character from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film series, was disfigured by a group of vengeful parents in his town. They set fire to the building where he was hiding, resulting in his disfigurement and subsequent transformation into the iconic horror villain.

For A Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger, students hypothesized he represented Nightmare Disorder (ND), which is defined through repeated awakenings with [the] recollection of terrifying dreams usually involving threats to survival such as being hunted by a child murderer,  according to a Psychology Today blog.