Freddy Krueger was named the top horror villain by the readers of SFX magazine.

Jam! Showbiz writes: "Wes Craven's disfigured child killer Freddy Krueger has been named the ultimate horror villain in a new poll. The A Nightmare On Elm Street bad guy, who terrorized Johnny Depp in the original 1984 picture, has topped a survey by SFX magazine, ahead of Pinhead from the Hellraiser movie series and murderous Michael Myers in Halloween."

A close-up photo of Jackie Earle Haley's makeup from A Nightmare on Elm Street has been proven a fake by the website IconsofFright. The picture that popped up yesterday, is just a photoshopped still of Haley from the film The Children. Check out the before and after below.

Freddy Krueger is the bastard son of one hundred maniacs. His mother, Amanda Krueger (aka Sister Mary Helena) was accidentally locked inside a wing of Westin Hills for the criminally insane. She was raped repeatedly before she was found. Nine months later, she gave birth to Fredrick Charles Krueger. Raised by an abusive stepfather and constantly ridiculed by his peers, Krueger began using pain as a release. Eventually, he murdered his stepfather with a straight razor and began a new life in Springwood with his wife Loretta. They would have one daughter, Katherine.

There is no arguing that Freddy Krueger is one of the biggest horror icons in history, but in my opinion you're still not crap until you earn the title of Official Traumatizer from one of the best horror websites on the Internet, Kindertrauma.com.

Check out Freddy's official induction as an Official Traumatizer here, then do yourself a favor and check out the rest of Kindertrauma. You will NOT be disappointed.