FREDDY GLOVES AS SEEN IN "A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET" MOVIES AND THEIR REPLICAS

Okay no more chit chat, let's just start with the gloves

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

No Freddy Krueger fans who don't know this famous opening scene of the movie.

A Nightmare on Elm Street original released in....just the right time, just the right corner. I feel like this is a stand alone movie whether or not there are sequels for this movie. But this movie is just really stand out. The idea of the glove was made by Lou Carlucci, along with special mechanical effects Jim Doyle. The idea of this glove is to make silhouette of creepiness and talons.

This glove is being replicated until today to find a perfect match from the original glove. There are several glove makers tried to replicated this glove.










The best glove makers to get the exact replica of  Part 1 glove is Jameson Michael Knapp over darkdreamdesign.com for $250 + shipping.

When the first film arrived on screen there was nothing like the weapon seen here. It was primal and evoked images of talons and claws, but the construction was conceived as using things found in a boiler room or basement, hence the copper pipes and general “Scrap parts” look used in the opening scene of the film. This glove is built using type-M copper pipe used to make the original glove with brazing to affix the blades to the tips rather than solder resulting in authentic red coloring specific to the glove used in the first film and authentically colored and weathered Carolina leather including additional hole patterns 

2. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

The second instalment from the first movie. The glove is pretty much the same, except cleaner.

The best glove maker to get the exact replica of  Part 2 glove is Mark Petrie over knifegloves.com for $250 + shipping.

By the time the sequel film was made, many changes appeared on the hero prop which are faithfully captured here. Many elements only seen on the glove in the first film were changed, such as the removal of most of the weathering, resulting in a lighter colored glove. Gone is much of the backplate coloring and dark tones of the fingers as well as much of the reds on the tips resulting in a more dirty brownish weathering, and new details appeared such as small holes on the ring finger tip for a proposed ring replacement using wire, new larger replacement cap leather rivets on the middle and pinkie fingers used to affix the fingers to the back plate as well for the index finger hinges were used. Additionally, the middle ring and pinkie finger tips were reshaped. The backplate was also reshaped giving it a new bend profile.

After shooting the movie, the glove mysteriously disappear. No one know where it went and stay missing for two and a half decades. Then the glove was found by Mike Becker on an online auction for $650 because it was listed as A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 stunt glove.

There it is....the one and only original Freddy glove has been found.

3. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

The glove in this movie is different but still have the same design.

It's a lot smaller and the blades is shorter with rounded tips. It's also using different style leather glove. The stalls and backplate is more charred than ever.



The best glove maker to get the exact replica of  Part 3 glove is Robbie Atkinson over terrorgloves.com for $175 + shipping.

This glove is replicated as seen worn by Freddy Krueger in Nightmare on Elm St 3 Dream Warriors. The finger stalls are cut and hand shaped from Type M copper pipe. The Back plate is cut and hand shaped from Brass. The blades are 16 gauge laser cut stainless steel so they will never rust or corrode. The leather on this glove has the correct inner seam on the index finger.

4. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Dream Master (1988)

Now this one look from the deepest hell. This glove is very different than the first 3 movie and the backplate is a lot bigger with much shorter finger stalls.










The best glove maker to get the exact replica of  Part 4 glove is Mike Becker, contact his facebook for pricing.

Coming from the burned corpse of a madman buried in consecrated ground in a junk yard comes this charred masterpiece. In the fourth outing the glove changed yet again. No longer resembling it’s original incarnations, this glove features a more battered look with heavily dented fingers as well as the first appearance of the “solder spills” that will dominate the look of the glove for the next two films. Additionally this glove features a heavily charred weathering on the backplate and even more red staining on the tips that continues on the stalls which now feature specific dark staining on the flats and meticulously replicated dark staining resulting in the famous black swirls on the index and middle finger stalls.

5. A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child (1989) 

I'm not sure about this one, this glove was made....not a straight up when you think of Freddy Krueger, even the movie itself but whatever. There it is.

The best glove maker to get the exact replica of  Part 5 glove is Brian Sills over DGW (Demented Glove Works), contact his facebook for pricing.

Continuing on many of the design elements of the Part 5, this glove features similar shaping along with continuing with the solder spills seen in the previous film but with a new backplate shape marking the first appearance of the “six point fold” creases that will continue on into the next film. One of the biggest changes that sets this glove apart is a more “clean look” with minimal weathering to the entire armature and leather as well as shortened tangs on the blades that no longer reach all the way to the stalls.

6. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

Don't even start with this one. The worst Nightmare movie of all time and poorly written script, even poor Freddy's makeup and funky looking glove, but.....there it is.

The best glove maker to get the exact replica of  Part 6 glove is Jameson Michael Knapp over darkdreamdesign.com for $250 + shipping.

While very similar to one of the gloves used in the previous film, this glove features all new finger tips with heavily soldered on blades, this time carved from butter knives that have been shaped with a very unique profile with no two blades being the same. The fingers themselves are some of the most warped and misshaped ever seen in the film series with very specific build characteristics giving the fingers a much longer look ending as much as 3/4 inch past the leather which now is colored to a more faded tan leaning towards gray. Additionally the glove has a more dirty weathering than the previous film, especially on the tips where the heavy solder spills add to the more rough look of the glove.

7. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

This movie is better than Part 5 and Part 6. Much more demonic and yes...created by the man Wes Craven (RIP). The Claw is more than just a glove, it's a flesh claw with bones, steel claws coming out of finger tips also for the thumb.

The best glove maker to get the exact replica of  New Nightmare glove is Anders Eriksen over nightmaregloves, contact his facebook for pricing (about $700 + shipping).

For the last movie Wes Craven made, the glove is menacing and the steel claws is much more ferocious. The hand part is made out of silicone and the resin bones are molded for accuracy. The paint job is just spot on and dead on as we see on screen. Anders goes beasting making a true replica of New Nightmare glove. Once you put it on, you never wanna take it off.

8. Freddy VS Jason (2003)

This movie is not better than New Nightmare and goes out ridiculous but...still cool to see them fight. The glove however...is a beast.

The best glove maker to get the exact replica of  VS glove is Robbie Atkinson over terrorgloves.com for $275 + shipping.

Upon the burned maniac’s return in 2003, a new glove was built hearkening back to some earlier designs but this time, built for war. Made using MUCH thicker 1/8th inch steel blades with hand ground, heavy double beveled edges, mirrored and soldered to an all Type-L Copper pipe construction used for the fingers, backplate and rings which have been aged to a nearly black finish, makes this glove a beast. To top it all off, Versus uses a specific style leather glove with three seams running down the back and featuring a palm hole and cut off finger tips authentic to the make and model production used gloves.

9. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) > Remake

Still better than Part 5 and Part 6 even better than Freddy VS Jason. Even Robert Englund not playing in this movie, this movie still much darker and mysterious. Freddy played by Jackie Earl Haley. Even still not as good as Robert, but decent. The glove man.....killer.

The best glove maker to get the exact replica of  Remake glove is Joe D. Mack over k4fgloves.com. for $450 + shipping.

Joe D Mack DELUXE Remake glove is finally here! Made by the master glove maker of the 2010 Nightmare On Elm Street remake, the DELUXE is Joe's most "accurate" glove to date. No short cuts, no rushing, all the details are here... straight from movie templates, hand and machined parts just like the production gloves. Lathed finger caps, lathed cuff hinges, correct copper thickness, beautifully weathered, deep blade bevels, correct leather and more.... This is as close as you are going to get to owning a production glove PERIOD. Each glove is signed and numbered by Joe on the cuff.  

There are other Freddy gloves out there used for the films such as stunt gloves, secondary hero gloves. But all the gloves i mentioned above are the one that iconic from each movie.

Description for part 1, part 2, part 4, part 5, part 6 and Versus made by Jameson

Description for part 3, made by Robbie

Description for New Nightmare made by me

Description for Remake made by Andy

Enjoy and hope you know that each movie have different gloves. :)