Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Review

Review of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) by screenqueeen: 👍 3/5

I really enjoyed the cartoony, ridiculous shit that Freddy did in this. It made its statement from the beginning with Freddy, the Wicked Witch of the West, all the way through to Breckin Meyer's video game nightmare that begins with a quick-kill cameo from Depp that was somewhat reminiscent of Zsa Zsa and Dick Cavett from DREAM WARRIORS.

FREDDY'S DEAD gets over-serious after about the halfway point, essentially using the same device that Nancy did in the first Nightmare (pulling Freddy out of the dream as you're waking up), but with sleep-monitoring technology, ultimately doubling down on this method as the only feasible way to kill Krueger. It works, but if you're touting your installment of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET to be the last of the franchise, bringing everything to an end, it just doesn't offer anything more than what we've seen before.