Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare - Movie Review

Rating: 1 out of 5

The only Nightmare on Elm Street movie to begin with a Friedrich Nietzsche quote and give us Freddy riding a broomstick, aping The Wizard of Oz -- all in the first 10 minutes -- not to mention appearances from a young Breckin Meyer to Yaphet Kotto. Cameos are legion: From a returning Johnny Depp (credited as Oprah Noodlemantra) to then-hot Tom Arnold and Roseanne. Too bad it's all for naught. Longtime Nightmare collaborator Rachel Talalay (a production manager on the first installment and later a screenwriter) got behind the camera on this outing, turning in the absolute worst entry of the series. (Freddy as video game character murderer? Pass.)

Facts and Figures

Year: 1991

Run time: 89 mins

In Theaters: Friday 13th September 1991

Box Office Worldwide: $34.9M

Budget: $11M

Distributed by: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Production compaines: New Line Cinema

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 1 / 5

Rotten Tomatoes: 20%
Fresh: 6 Rotten: 24

IMDB: 4.9 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Rachel Talalay

Producer: Robert Shaye, Aron Warner

Screenwriter: Michael De Luca

Starring: Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, Lisa Zane as Maggie Burroughs, Shon Greenblatt as John Doe, Lezlie Deane as Tracy, Ricky Dean Logan as Carlos, Breckin Meyer as Spencer, Yaphet Kotto as Doc, Tom Arnold as Childless Man, Roseanne Barr as Childless Woman, Elinor Donahue as Orphanage Woman, Johnny Depp as Guy on TV (as Oprah Noodlemantra), Cassandra Rachel Friel as Little Maggie / Katherine Krueger, David Dunard as Kelly, Marilyn Rockafellow as Mrs. Burroughs, Virginia Peters as Woman in Plane, Stella Hall as Stewardess, Lindsey Fields as Loretta Krueger, Angelina Estrada as Carlos' Mother, Peter Spellos as Tracy's Father, Tobe Sexton as Teen Freddy, Chason Schirmer as Young Freddy, Michael McNab as Spencer's Father, Matthew Faison as Springwood Teacher, Vic Watterson as Officer #1, Carlease Burke as Officer #2, Robert Shaye as Ticket Seller (as L.E. Moko), Warren Barrington as Cop in Shelter, Mel Scott-Thomas as Security Guard, Jonathan Mazer as Angry Boy, Frank Catalano as Various (uncredited), Alice Cooper as Freddy's Father (uncredited), Joshua Weisel as Freddy (uncredited)

Also starring: Aron Warner, Michael De Luca