Speaking of which, you know how people often say the even numbered Star Trek films are the best? I think this franchise might be the opposite, and this 6th entry is, fittingly, real bad. The acting is atrocious, Freddy spends too much time just fighting like a normal person, and all the terror has essentially given way to offensively lame comedy. Even some of the cool visuals (inside Freddy's brain, flashbacks) are ruined by the cynical employment of 3D.

Today is Ms Rachel Talalay's Birthday (August 16th). In honor of her, I watched the sixth episode in the Elm Street franchise which is the only chapter directed by a Woman. I do not understand why this sequel has received negative reviews from the critics. Well, it's their job, they always like to criticize good films like this. As far as I'm concerned, I love this chapter and the entire franchise except the remake which is truly rubbish. It's not even considered an Elm Street film. It's more like a copycat Freddy in a parody. Robert Englund will always be Freddy Krueger to us horror fans.This movie isn't bad at all, watched it more than God only knows how many times. I have watched it since I was 10 years old. A mysterious tale of Freddy's kid and it has elements of Krueger's past before he was a dream demon. You've got two gorgeous ladies, Lisa Zane and Lezlie Deane, laying and kicking some chopsuey action with Shon Greenblatt, Breckin Meyer, Ricky Dean Logan and Yaphet Kotto against the Springwood Slasher himself - plus a cameo appearance by major stars.Every Elm Street film has its own creativity with its nightmares. This chapter has nightmare sequences that are frightening and fun, scary and silly at the same time with innovative deaths, and more. What can I say? It's just packed with awesomeness!!! This is what I call a movie not only for horror fans but also everyone. I would love to see Rachel return to do more feature films with her kind of style, her signature in films like Freddy's Dead and Tank Girl, which was another great film. I don't see movies like these being made anymore nowadays. We need more of it!!!

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.

Freddy's reign of terror comes to an end fortunately before it goes from big theater productions to straight to video.Freddy has finally taken in enough souls to become a God like being and take the city by storm. With all the kids dead, leaving the parents in a trance like state, he sends out the last teenager alive to gather more victims.The finale nightmare tries to be like an episode of twin peaks with strange characters, mysterious bells and time loops. Yet I would rather watch that TV series then this movie again.The whole film feels like a horror cartoon with out any menace or suspense. The characters are so annoying you want to pull your hair out and kill em yourself.Usually you expect to have imaginative dream scapes and death sequences in this series. I felt they didn't even try. It shows only the town square repeatedly and has a character become stuck in a video game while a big bully swats him with a tennis racket.The others felt timeless and like it could happen at anytime or place. This feels dated by video game references, music and edge they were going for.It didn't try to answer who is this kid, was he chosen for a reason or are we suppose believe he's Jacob Johnson?While I liked the flash backs to Freddy's youth, it could make up for a lacking script.You skip over this and not miss a thing.