Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare1991
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
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Critic Consensus: Reducing the once-terrifying Dream Reaper into a goofy caricature, this joyless climax will leave audiences hoping Freddy stays dead.
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Movie Info
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Cast
as Freddy Kreuger
as Maggie
as John
as Tracy
as Carlos
as Carlos
as Spencer
as Doc
as Orphanage Woman
as Childless Woman--Ethel
as Childless Man
as Teen on TV
as Little Maggie
as Kelly
as Maggie's Mother
as Woman on Plane
as Stewardess
as Loretta Krueger
as Carlos's Mother
as Tracy's Father
as Teen Freddy
as Young Freddy
as Spencer's Father
as Springwood Teacher
as 1st Officer
as 2nd Officer
as Ticket Seller
as Cop in Shelter
as Security Guard
as Angry Boy
as Freddy's Father
as News Announcer
as Bus Ticket Booth Man (uncredited)
Critic Reviews for Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
All Critics (32) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (25) | DVD (3)
The joke is on the filmmakers: By taking the finality out of death, they've already robbed the horror genre of its giddy sting.
The one interesting idea -- what would a town be like if all the teenagers in it had been slaughtered in five movies? -- is thrown away with a few cheap jokes.
Sixth and final edition in the Nightmare on Elm Street feature series delivers enough violence, black humor and even a final reel in 3-D to hit paydirt with horror-starved audiences.
Even the much-heralded 3-D finale is murky and unimaginative.
The Elm Street films have always been a cut above the competition, so to speak, with their playfully malevolent dream sequences and their mocking, ever-resourceful villain.
Hardly a fitting capstone to one of the genre's more original notions, but after six tries, what should we expect? Something better than this tripe, surely.
Audience Reviews for Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Yeah, this one is exceptionally bad. Lol. I bought the box set of first 7 movies, so slowly working my way through. Liked the series, but some are definitely better than others. This one barely has a story to it. Apparently was in 3d, which isn't how I watched it. Maybe that would have improved it. Well, it's watchable, but nothing great.
Super Reviewer
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare may not be one of the best in the series, but you have to admit it's hilarious. This is Krueger at his funniest. NOT scariest, NOT meanest, just funniest. And I don't mean the characters are so funny (although sometimes they are), but Freddy steals the show with his demented sense of humor. This movie is damn funny. It's the most slapstick-ish one in the series. It plays off like a violent cartoon for adults. It's like a movie that knows it's bad but has a good time making fun of itself. That works! There are no scares, no gore, no tension...it's just joke, after joke, after joke. Maybe not all 600 jokes are funny, but I'm sure you'll find about 300 that are. And is that bad? Is a movie that makes you giggle a sucky movie? Why would it be? I like laughing, and Freddy's Dead made me laugh. It's like one big joke, almost a spoof. So for it's worth, this joke rocked. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare is purely fun entertainment. Recommended.
Super Reviewer
This is the weakest film in the series, yet. Just when you thought Freddy's Revenge was the worst sequel, this one tops it. At first, I used to love it, but now, I always notice something wrong with the film. The acting sucks, the kills are are cartoonish,Freddy looks like he's made of rubber and the overall film fails to deliver on anything that was great in the previous films. The "end" of Freddy is so lame, it's silly. The film is more comedic than anything and really isn't that great to begin with. The film does have great moments, such as a cameo by Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, and Tom Arnold, not even that can redeem this film. The idea was great, but execution was poorly done, and thus Freddy's dead ends being the weakest sequel in the series.
Super Reviewer
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Quotes
| Freddy Krueger: | Kids... (EXPLOSION) |
| Freddy Krueger: | Kids... [EXPLOSION] |
| Freddy Krueger: | I'll get you my pretty, and your little soul too! |
| Freddy Krueger: | I'll get you my pretty, and your little soul too! |
| Freddy Krueger: | I'll get you my pretty, and your little soul too! |