What kind of demon is Freddy Krueger? Why does Freddy only have one glove?

Freddy Krueger is a dream demon. Freddy only has one glove becavse it allows him to use  the other hand to grab things or people or perform any necessary one-handed tasks.

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.

In its storyline, Freddy Krueger murders his victims in their dreams causing their deaths in the real world as well. However, Freddy is pulled back into the real world with normal human vulnerabilities and can be destroyed.

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.

Wizard magazine rated Freddy Krueger the 14th-greatest villain of all time while the British television channel Sky2 listed him 8th. The American Film Institute ranked Freddy Krueger 40th on its “AFI’s 100 Years…100 Heroes & Villains” list.