Taglines: Born November 2nd 1984… Dies September 1991.
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare movie storyline. In 1999, Freddy Krueger has returned and killed nearly every child and teenager in the town of Springwood, Ohio, excluding Alice Johnson and her son Jacob, who are revealed to have moved away. The only surviving teenager, known only as “John Doe”, finds himself confronted by Freddy in a dream and wakes up just outside the Springwood City limits and does not remember who he is or why he is outside of Springwood.
At a shelter for troubled youth, Spencer, Carlos, and Tracy plot to run away from the shelter. Carlos was physically abused by his parents, resulting in a hearing disability; Tracy was raped by her father; and Spencer was a stoner. John, after being picked up by the police, becomes a resident of the shelter and a patient of Dr. Maggie Burroughs. Maggie notices a newspaper clipping in John’s pocket from Springwood. To cure John’s amnesia, she plans a road trip to Springwood. Tracy, Carlos, and Spencer stow away in the van to escape the shelter, but they are discovered when John has a hallucination and almost wrecks the van just outside Springwood.
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare is a 1991 American 3D slasher film and the sixth film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. As the title suggests, it was intended to be the last film in the series; however, the success of the film prevented the series from ending (much like Friday the 13th parts four and nine). It is the sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and is followed by Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, which takes place outside the series’ canon. This was New Line Cinema’s first film released in 3-D. Upon its release, the film received a poor critical reception.
Robert Englund reprises his role as Freddy Krueger; Lisa Zane, Yaphet Kotto, Breckin Meyer, Shon Greenblatt, Ricky Dean Logan, Lezlie Deane and Tobe Sexton also star. Additionally, several well-known actors make cameo appearances in the film, including Johnny Depp (whose screen debut was in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street), Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, and Alice Cooper. Iggy Pop sings the title song, which plays over a montage of scenes from the previous Nightmare films during the end credits.
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Directed by: Rachel Talalay
Starring: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblatt, Lezlie Deane, Yaphet Kotto, Breckin Meyer, Yaphet Kotto, Tom Arnold, Roseanne Barr, Elinor Donahue
Screenplay by: Michael DeLuca
Production Design by: C.J. Strawn
Cinematography by: Declan Quinn
Film Editing by: Janice Hampton
Costume Design by: Nanrose Buchman
Set Decoration by: Rebecca Carriaga
Art Direction by: James R. Barrows
Music by: Brian May
MPAA Rating: R for horror violence, and for language and drug content.
Distributed by: New Line Cinema
Release Date: September 13, 1991
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