Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

gwnightscream This 1991 horror sequel stars Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblatt, Yaphet Kotto, Lezlie Deane, Breckin Meyer and Ricky Dean Logan. In this entry, Freddy Krueger (Englund) has wiped out the all the children in Springwood, Ohio and hunts the last remaining teen, John (Greenblatt). Freddy uses him to find his offspring and tries to spread global nightmares. Zane plays Maggie, a child-psychologist who turns out to be Freddy's daughter, Kathryn, Kotto (Live and Let Die) plays Doc, her colleague, Deane plays tough girl, Tracy, Meyer (Rat Race) plays video-game fanatic, Spencer and Logan (Back to the Future III) plays hearing-impaired teen, Carlos. Like "Freddy's Revenge," This film gets a bad rap and is underrated. Freddy is intentionally, cartoonish in it, but I've always liked it and Englund is great as usual. Give this one a chance guys.

NateWatchesCoolMovies I'm not sure what they were going for with Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, but the summation of what they produced is simply... bizarre. Of course it's not the final round, they never can resist churning out meta reworking, crossovers and remakes, rendering the 'final' titles hilariously redundant (the 'final' Friday The 13th chapter is only the fourth entry in a franchise that soared into double digits). It's silly more than anything else, like the New Line Cinema boardroom passed around the laughing gas and spit-balled out this cartoonish, random, cameo stuffed looney bin of a flick. Actually, writing credit goes to director Rachel Talalay, who also helped the equally silly rumpus cult classic Tank Girl, which is lovable in it's own right. Speaking of silly, Robert Englund's Freddy Krueger has never been more buffoonish than here, the culmination of every one line and quip throughout the franchise. He's back, hunting down the last remaining Springwood teenager, as well as a woman (Lisa Zane) whose connection to his past could be dicy for him. There's also a weird backstory angle involving dream demons that look like sentient tadpoles who apparently are responsible for Freddy's initial resurrection and powers. Hmm. The cameos seem like they just made a celebrity collage on a dartboard, blindfolded each other and flung them all over. Alice Cooper shows up in flashbacks as Freddy's sadistic stepfather, Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold are around, plus Breckin Meyer and Yaphet Kotto. The rule of randoms is excepting Johnny Depp of course, an Elm Street veteran who has a quick bit as a TV advertisement dude. The dream sequences are wild and wacky, but never really frightening or as atmospheric as they used to be, the one springing to mind being a video game themed thing where pixelated Freddy chases a victim Super Mario style, not exactly the most bone chilling setting, but oh well. This does mark the last of the initial franchise before they moved on to deluxe entries like the super meta New Nightmare and the gong show that was Freddy Vs. Jason. If you're looking for the weirdest Elm Street flick, you've found it, and if you're looking for a scary, coherent one then you'll have to backtrack earlier in the franchise, or skip ahead to Wes Craven's excellent next one.

MaximumMadness Released in 1991, "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" was one of the last big franchise slasher-flicks to be released in the first half of the 90's, and it definitely was a sign of things to come for the following years- being one of those movies that signaled the downfall of the once prosperous sub-genre of horror. Despite slasher films gaining an immense and thriving popularity throughout the 1980's, by the time the decade ended box office numbers had started to drop drastically, and movie-goers became increasingly apathetic towards seeing teens and 20-somethings being butchered on screen. And despite the "Nightmare on Elm Street" saga beginning with a trio of genuinely well-made films that had a lot of imagination and style, the series was quickly losing steam. By the time part five was released in 1989, it was becoming clear the franchise didn't have much time left, and it was decided that the the sixth film was going to be the "final chapter"...Directed by franchise co-producer Rachel Talalay, "Freddy's Dead" is an odd and occasionally intriguing bit of madness that tries its hardest to tie the entire series together and wrap it up with a nice, clean bow... but it's so tonally confused and so immensely bizarre in its execution that comes across more as a messy bit of self-parody than the climax of a long-running franchise. It's a film of trendy gimmicks and in-your-face visuals geared at the "Mtv generation", and feels at odds against the rest of the series. More focused on misplaced gags, bizarrely kinetic camera-work and a messy 3D climax than delivering a satisfying conclusion to the story of Freddy Krueger, "Freddy's Dead" is a contrived cartoon of a climax that fails to satisfying.In the far-off "future" of 1999, Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) has succeeded in killing almost every single child in the town Springwood, Ohio- save for his final victim, a young man who manages to escape his grasp but suffers a head injury and the accustomed accompanying amnesia films like this like to throw in. Whisked away to a clinic for troubled and abandoned teens, "John Doe" (Shon Greenblatt) joins a ragtag group of troublemakers under the care of Dr. Maggie Burroughs (Lisa Zane), whom decides to help him cure his amnesia by bringing him home... Upon arrival, all begin to be plagued by twisted nightmares of the burnt madman, and it becomes clear he has an endgame in play... and that "John Doe" might not have been his actual target after all...Director Talalay and writer Michael DeLuca relish in piling on the strange and the weird in "Freddy's Dead", and indeed it does have the occasional flash of brilliance thanks to series-star Robert Englund's fearless portrayal of Freddy Krueger. But it goes too far too often to leave the audience with any feeling outside of complete apathy. This is a movie with a key sequence that is built entirely around a protracted and woefully unfunny cameo by Roseanna Barr and Tom Arnold, and a major set-piece with a head-scratching and incredibly dated "Super Mario Brothers" parody... let that sink in. Gone are the subtle nuances and disturbing visuals of previous installments, here replaced with broad gags and convoluted pop- culture references. The film does try at times to inject some new ideas into the mythology of Krueger and his curse upon Springwood in its rare serious moment, but much like the rest of the film, it feels misguided and messily inserted, giving the viewer a sense of storyline-whiplash. Though I will not spoil it, the film promised an "explanation" for Krueger and his powers... and it's just pathetically delivered.Though perhaps the most perturbing and tragic thing about this film is that this wasn't merely another "Nightmare on Elm Street" film that turned out poorly... this is indeed to date the last canonical entry in the entire original saga if one does not include the crossover spin- off "Freddy vs Jason." This was for a long time the final impression that fans were left with for that story- the final chapter. And that makes it all the more a letdown. The Freddy timeline doesn't go out with a bang, but with the most dreadful of whimpers. A mish-mash mess of screwball comedy, messy references and only the faintest hints of horror or terror.To give the film some minor credit, there are a few good aspects peppered in. Englund knocks it out of the park as always and does seem to be having a good time with the role. Co-star Lisa Zane is appropriately sexy and does what she can with her wonky dialog and characterization. And the movie does manage to muster up on singular dream sequence that felt like classic "Nightmare on Elm Street" magic... this time delving into the head of a man whose hearing aid is amped up to eleven by Freddy. But these are just moments... just small pieces of a puzzle that never quite comes together and ultimately leaves you feeling unsatisfied. "Freddy's Dead" barely musters by with a very poor 3 out of 10.

Rainey Dawn I like this one better than the 4th and 5th installments. This one gets back to the original town. Has a better story, better music and gets funny. It's a comedy and Krueger's twisted humor gets to shine. Yes it gets dumb but I like dumb comedies sometimes.What's it about? Freddy's back in Springwood he's after the last surviving kid and the woman who is strangely connected to him. He kills some more kids. The End.Not one of the sequels can top the original film. The follow-up films get ridiculous, awful stories but Freddy is still, well, lovable.6/10