Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

Director:

Rachel Talalay

Writers (WGA):

Wes Craven (characters)
Rachel Talalay (story)

Release Date:

13 September 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

You Think You Know About Dreams... You Know Nothing!

Plot:

Freddy Krueger returns once again to haunt both the dreams of his daughter and Springwood's last surviving teenager.

Plot Keywords:

Freddy Krueger | Dream | Nightmare | Teenager | Disfigurement

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Robert Englund	...	Freddy Krueger
Lisa Zane	...	Maggie Burroughs
Shon Greenblatt	...	John Doe
Lezlie Deane	...	Tracy
Ricky Dean Logan	...	Carlos
Breckin Meyer	...	Spencer
Yaphet Kotto	...	Doc
Tom Arnold	...	Childless Man (as Mr. Tom Arnold)
Roseanne	...	Childless Woman (as Mrs. Tom Arnold)
Elinor Donahue	...	Orphanage Woman
Johnny Depp	...	Guy on TV (as Oprah Noodlemantra)
Cassandra Rachel Friel	...	Little Maggie / Katherine Krueger
David Dunard	...	Kelly
Marilyn Rockafellow	...	Mrs. Burroughs
Virginia Peters	...	Woman in Plane

Also Known As:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 6: Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare (Australia) (DVD box title)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 6: The Dream Lover (USA) (alternative title)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 666: Freddy's Dead (USA) (working title)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 6: Freddy's Dead (USA) (working title)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 6: The Final Nightmare (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, and for language and drug content.

Runtime:

89 min | USA:105 min (original release) | USA:93 min (TV version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Mexico:C | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Canada:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Bailey Canyon Wilderness Park, Sierra Madre, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

During the scene at Springwood High School, several newspaper clippings and other references to Freddy victims appear. Also, written on the chalkboard is "1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki attempts fail".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Freddy appears to Tracey as her father and he turns his glove into a buzz saw, the wires for the fake Freddy arm are visible. Also you can see Robert Englund's right arm sticking down, in front.

Quotes:

Freddy Krueger: Kung fu THIS, bitch.
Tracy: This is my dream, and I do what I want.
Freddy Krueger: Might be your dream, but it's my RULES!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Give Me A Beat

Best for last?

I have to give Rachel Talalay credit for this was a decent vehicle for her to make her directorial debut since she'd been affiliated with this series for years before making this movie, but the story couldn't have been weaker. Except for using the character of Freddy, Nightmare 6 bears no major consistency with it's predecessors. We never find out what happened to Alice and her baby. Freddy is starting with a new group of teenagers who aren't relevant to the previous five movies in any way which make them as victims and characters (and, in some cases, as actors) even more forgettable than this movie. Perhaps the only thing that makes this movie watchable is that eeriness that makes Freddy fearsome. The only good thing that can be said about the sequels to this movie is that the eerie element is present in all of them, but is negligible due to overly high body counts, weak stories, and comedy. They shouldn't have used the tagline: "They save the best for last," since I didn't think Freddy's death scene in this movie was a far cry from his previous five.