Meaning of Kruegeresque | Babel Free

Definitions

Reminiscent of Freddy Krueger, fictional killer in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), who wears a razor glove.

rare

Examples

“Most of the work of these comics — even when they are screaming or sneering in Kruegeresque tones — is only analogous to the explicit violence of the killing joke...”

“Helen even utters a Freddy Kruegeresque one-liner...”

“To be sure, SPRIGGAN, like AKIRA, is filled with slick blood and gore (the cackling Little Boy, with his Freddy Kruegeresque wire-cutter claw attachments...”

“The driller killer's attempts at Kruegeresque one-liners fall pretty flat, although the cast are fairly funny as they run around desperately trying to look scared.”

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