Why is Freddy Krueger killing? What did Freddy Krueger did to the kids?

In reference to the original film, Freddy Krueger begins killing the teens of Springwood, Ohio in their nightmares as a form of revenge since they descended from the parents who burned him alive when he avoided prison.

Freddy would usually take kids to a power plant boiler room where he worked and kill them. He killed twenty children in Springwood before his wife discovered it.

Freddy Krueger is a fictional character best recognized as the primary antagonist in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series.

Freddy Krueger’s character was created by Wes Craven. The character first appeared in Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street where it was portrayed as the evil spirit of a child killer who had been burned to death by his victims’ parents.

Freddy Krueger is often recognized by his burned and disfigured face dirty. He wears a red-and-green-striped sweater and brown fedora and has a trademark metal-clawed, brown leather, right-hand glove.