Review of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) by Kyler D — 05 Oct 2012

Good: I'm having trouble finding anything good. There are some good gruesome scenes, and the addition to the backstory is also pretty good, a good bit of humor, cameos.

Bad: Awful acting, nonsensical scenes, some bad dialogue at points. Just plain bad.

Just when I thought the series could not get any worse, it managed to do just that. This is one of the worst slashers I've seen. There are few things good about this film. There are a few points that are somewhat gruesome, which you should obviously have in a slasher film. The idea of the movie isn't bad, and I could see how it would have sounded cool on paper, but it just doesn't work on screen. There is a good amount of humor, most of which is unintentional. There were a good amount of cameos in the movie. I freaked out twice. I became excited when I saw a cameo by Johnny Depp, but I flipped out when Alice Cooper was in it.

Now for the bad parts. The acting throughout is atrocious, simply and truly disgraceful. Especially by the first protagonist, I can't believe he got the role, he is awful. What doesn't help the awful acting is the horrible choices of dialogue in some scenes, and it is obvious that it should have been changed. Many of the scenes are just so nonsensical that it is annoying. Yes I am aware that this movie is about a dream-travelling serial killer, but there are scenes that are so unrealistically stupid even for the mystical theme of the movie. None of the deaths are even very memorable. Overall a terrible movie, I was waiting for it to finally end. I would only suggest this for huge fans of the series.