Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

The sixth of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET franchise and one of the silliest yet. Once again, Freddy is reborn to go after a new group of teenagers, and yet the whole thing plays out as a black comedy rather than a proper horror film. Krueger is a weak imitation of his once frightening self, with the scriptwriter once again resorting to weak wisecracks to bring him to life.

The plot involves Freddy's child but it ends up being all over the place and completely immature. Homages are made to the likes of THE WIZARD OF OZ for no apparent reason other than to spoof and you have to wonder who greenlit this production in the first place. Yes, it's watchable and has a fairly decent pacing, but it consistently disappoints the viewer's already low expectations. The much-lauded 3D sequence is pointless and ruined by cheesy graphics.

The kill scenes are particularly ridiculous, with the video game death having to be the nadir of the series so far. There's absolutely zero character development, and Yaphet Kotto is the only familiar face in the cast, albeit in a wasted role. You feel sorry for Robert Englund but I guess it all helped to pay the bills. Otherwise this is the kind of instantly forgettable fluff that clogged up cinemas during the 1990s.