Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

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Josh H @LazyZombie25 1d Obnoxious, "hip", and lacking a total understanding of the franchise's appeal. Gets a negative half star for delivering the worst entry in the designated final spot. See more John B. @rjcartoonist69 Nov 12 In what was promised as “They Saved The Best For Last” this proposed finale goes out with a whimper rather than a bang & all of what made Freddy scary back in ‘84 has transitioned into a goofball of a ghoul… See more Obi-wan K @Gordon_Freeman Oct 26 Thank god its over. See more Rafael S Oct 2 The second worst film in this franchise, it could be a thousand times better, but it's not trash. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Sep 29 Success in 1.5 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $34,000,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more DanTheMan 2 Sep 18 They saved the worst for last. Almost playing like an ill-advised and completely half-assed parody of its own franchise, Freddy's Dead is a chaotic headscratcher, reducing the once-terrifying Dream Demon into a blandly annoying and goofy Looney Tunes caricature. A kinetic, jumpy, tonally confused, starry-eyed mess of a film that proves to be a hysterical fever dream of bad choices. Nothing about it makes any sense; not the title, nor the baffling attempt to make Freddy Krueger a sympathetic figure, nor the frantic pace and incompetent editing. The sheer audacity of Rachel Talalay directing this and then later going on to helm one of the most critically acclaimed episodes of Modern Doctor Who is outrageous. So much of the film is shot in an exceedingly flat, murky, and downright unimaginative manner; gone is the surrealist edge, arthouse aesthetics and wacky creativity; it feels like a poorly plotted joke delivered with all the comedic timing of a slowly sinking ship. It all leans so hard into Freddy's pop-culture status that it's easy to forget that once upon a time, he was terrifying. Gone is the sinister, burn-scarred child-murderer who haunts our nightmares. Instead, we get Freddy in full-on prankster mode, almost like the franchise decided that if Freddy's fame as a pop icon couldn't be topped, it might as well lean all the way into it. At least Robert Englund is still having fun despite the horrendously groan-inducing dialogue he's been given; he's the only one who is, while the rest of the cast stand around wide-eyed or, in Breckin Meyer's case, sporting an actual war crime of a haircut. Ultimately standing as a curious relic of a franchise that had long since traded scares for laughs, Freddy's Dead proves that even the most fearsome villains can be defanged by their own fame, an explosive attempt to throw everything at the walls without a care in the world, landing with more of a yawn than a scream. See more Read all reviews

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