Kruegeresque

adj

Kruegeresque

adj

Etymology From Krueger + -esque.

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

  • 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...1997, Walter de Gruyter & Co, Humor, volume 10:
  • Helen even utters a Freddy Kruegeresque one-liner...2000, Alain Silver, James Ursini, The horror film reader:
2 more examples
  • 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...2001, Frederick S Clarke, Cinefantastique, volumes 33-34:
  • 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.2004, Jim Harper, Legacy of blood: a comprehensive guide to slasher movies:

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