The Summer of Freddy vs Jason won't work without Freddy, obviously.. so let's jump right into A Nightmare on Elm Street and introduce the guy! Freddy Kruger is notable as while he had a mundane origin similar to Jason before going supernatural, our introduction to (blog post) the guy is (blog post) very much post supernatural transformation. He's a snarky serial killer who torments children in their dreams, toying with them while performing vertical unanesthetized street surgery. Of course like Jason, it took a couple movies to really hammer him down...
Source: (blog) A Nightmare on Elm Street Movie Review - Decker Shado