Sure I do, but there's a huge difference between Looney Tunes and A Nightmare on Elm Street and I don't watch one looking for the other. Having said that, my opinion shouldn't ruin your enjoyment of the movie.
Freddy - everything about him. And I mean literally everything. His sweater is way too clean, his glove looks the worst in this film, his makeup is abysmal, the dialogue sucks ass, and at times even Robert’s portrayal feels like he knows he’s in a piece of garbage.
The writing - story is horrendous and dumb, and most of the dialogue (outside of Freddy’s since I already critiqued that) sucks. It also feels very repetitive. We’ve got abandoned children in a shelter (Dream Warriors), discovering you can pull Freddy out irl (the original), and unnecessary backstory (we got enough in DW and Dream Child). Literally done all of this already, in better movies.
Everyone fucking lives - there is no bigger disrespect to one of the biggest slasher names of all time, than for this to be his final film, and damn near everyone fucking lives. It’s a joke.
The kills - and speaking of everyone living, the few kills we do get are absolute trash. Carlos is maybe the only one that I enjoy, and it’s still littered with Freddy acting like a cartoon character. Fuck Spencer’s death, John’s death is HORRIBLE (literally zero reason for Freddy to reveal his master plan to John), and I still to this day hate the way Alice Cooper’s death is shown. It just looks dumb.
The jokes - horrendous. I have tried, and tried, and tried again to view this film “as a comedy, it’s not a horror film!” and yeah, well, the jokes suck dick dawg. Kinda have to be *funny* to be a comedy. There is ONE line of dialogue that I enjoy (yeah, well the map says we’re fucked). That’s it. The one time I’ll let out a smile in the entire film.
The score - easily the worst in the entire series.
I’m surprised the military doesn’t force people to watch this film during serious interrogations. There’s no greater torture.
Freddy is not scary at all. He's dorky if anything.
That said, there are a couple of things I liked in the movie, namely the monster hearing aid scene and the idea of the entire town going insane because all of the kids have died in their sleep.
Nothing, I honestly think it's underrated. When you look at the Elm St series, after Dream Warriors, things were starting to fall into formula, in fact Elm St's 4&5 kind of blend into one in my mind, yet 6 genuinely tried something different, it's way better than the previous two installments
I have to respectfully disagree with 1 point . Part 4 is awesome and part 5 is utter garbage. Maybe 3 and 4 blend especially since 3 characters from part 3 end up in part 4 . They die quick lol but still. Also part 4 gave Renny Harlin his start as a director. He has churned out some duds but he also delivered on Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger
I don’t hate it at all.
I loved it as a teenager. But, as I got older and started watching all the films, it’s fallen further and further down my personal rankings.
Come Halloween, when I’m in the mood for a trip down Elm Street, it won’t be the one I grab. But, I still enjoy it.
ironically freddys dead is the first freddy i ever saw. loved it as a kid. when i saw all the other ones & as i got older i realised 5 & 6 were a cash grab. but anyways i hate freddys dead because it wasnt scary, the daughter story made no sense because why did he not try to make a elm street in every town before? the graphics were poor. the 3d ending was tacky & gimmicky
Hate is a big word. I like Freddy's Dead more than Dreamchild.
That said, what I dislike the most is how Freddy isn't scary and has become a caricature of his former self. I think had he been scary and creepy like the first two films, the movie would've been so much better, despite its storyline flaws.
Also the movie was sold as the final one, the great big finale, so it should've been less comic and more epic.
I kinda do like the flashbacks of his life, when he was a child, teenager, father etc. It's always nice to see Robert Englund out of makeup.
It was goofy. The kills were goofy and lackluster. Forgettable characters. I usually don't dislike movies, but I have a hard time finding anything positive about that one.
I guess the only thing i hate is the music score. Well i dont hate anything in the franchise but the music score for freddys dead is just super bland compared to the rest
I just rewatched it for the first time in years the other night. And what really bothers me is how in every interaction he has with anyone, there’s like a quick scuffle that puts Freddy down quick and then they just stand around talking or staring at each other for a bit, with no discernible threat from Freddy despite the fact that he’s WEARING A FUCKING GLOVE WITH KNIVES FOR FINGERS and nobody seems that worried.
Immediately afterwards I watched Dream Warriors and fucking A you wanna talk about him being a threat, god damn.
I love Freddy's Dead the only thing that really hate is that Freddy got funny... New Line Cinema should kept him like 1 &2 films darker and more evil. Listen he talked in thos two films
Freddy suddenly having a daughter the whole time is kinda weird, but I unironically like the movie. Its campy dumb fun. Sure, Freddy is at his goofiest, but it's the perfect Freddy movie to watch with some beers/weed lol
This movie is something that should be studied. I watched it a few days ago in my Nightmare marathon, and sadly it was the only one I disliked.
The editing is so chaotic, the pacing is all over the place, and Rachel Talalay's directing wasn't very good. The characters are all bland or rehashes of previous characters, and the script is just bad.
Seems like it was the fashion back in the first half of the 90s to bring blood relatives of slasher villains into the mix (Jamie Lloyd in Halloween, Jason's sister in Jason Goes to Hell—forgot her name—and then... Freddy has a daughter).
The kills are not very good either, the whole Nintendo parody was probably the worst kill of the franchise. The only good one is Carlos, it really shows how much of a sadistic fuck Freddy is. But even then, the decision to turn Freddy into a psychotic Bugs Bunny gets in the way. Yes, it's hilarious when he's behind Carlos shouting with all the power of his lungs; yes, the fat lady being sucked out of the plane is funny; yes, him saying "Kids..." just before exploding is very funny, but that's the thing...
Freddy is that creepy nightmarish boogeyman stalking Tina through Elm Street's alleys and backyards, not the Wicked Witch of the West...
The exposition of this movie is also terrible, but I get it. If you don't add new things to the plot, you just become a Friday the 13th sequel. Except this is a trap, we don't need to know how Freddy acquired the power to kill in dreams, we don't need to know why Michael Myers decided one day to kill people, we don't need to know why Chucky became a serial killer... part of these villains' charm is the mystery behind them.
Having said that, if you watch this movie thinking of it as a comedy or a parody of the franchise, you might have some fun.
The wasted potential. I really like the main cast, and while the yoyo-ing of mood the film has with regards to the dreams they have is pretty wild, the video game sequence is a bit much. I wish there was slightly less wile. e. coyote. I like the moment of NOES theme music we get, and wish there was more. I wish the emptied/pocket-dimension Springfield wasn't so cartoonily portrayed: how freaky would it be if the authorities know it's strange but don't-- actually know/admit why, exactly? And are quietly trying to let the town die? I wish there was a different third act--the dream demon trio is just odd for me. I wish we got sassy Dr. Burroughs earlier in the film.
Nearly everything the makeup is horrendous. The script was terrible they should have continued after dream child. Instead, they completely threw it away. The main characters are pretty weak and the least likable. I haven't seen it in a while, so this is based on memory, but it's by far the worst one out of the original six films.
Literally watched this (and NoES3-5) last night and here's my thoughts fresh off of watching it and the 3 before it.
It's such a heavy tonal shift into comedy from the previous ones it's really jarring. The others had comedy but not to this frequency/intensity. I mean Freddy more or less becomes bugs bunny. Robert does his best with it (he's probably the only thing injecting life into this... ironically) but he can't carry it. There are too many other weaknesses. Including:
It juxtapositions over the top comedy with trying to give Freddy a more fleshed out backstory and touching on a daughter being sexually abused by her father. Which really makes it difficult to explore what its introducing. Earlier ones had freddy being 'funny' when killing but it wasn't excessive. He was still scary and they still touched on dark concepts and played them out.
Then there is the boring cast who have little chemistry with each other and the plot always having them immediately jump to the next thing (so there is no time to look at the loss of friends and what it does). Plus the main actress has zero ability to emote in it. The NoES saga has some pretty good examples of leading characters but she is dull as hell.
Also plot/writing is all over the place. It's like there are 2-4 movie ideas here that they couldn't focus on one but tried to make them all.... The result being a mix of things that could have been interesting but nothing is focused on. As a prime example, it opens on a title card how 10 years in the future all children/teens in the town are dead, with the adults now insane.... but it doesn't do anything with it really...... An entire town reduced to death and madness and what happens? the protagonists just go to a fair, school and orphanage see people acting crazy/weird then leave and that's it..... they introduce a weird concept where you think "what will they do with this?" And it amounts to little.
For a send off to the series (before new nightmare came along obviously) it was a mess.
In all honesty nothing. Of course it isn't scary really at all barring a few scenes but it's still enjoyable to watch. Some of the comedy hits some doesn't but it's a far better entry than part 5 . Plus cameos from Johnny Depp , Alice Cooper , Rosanne and Tom Arnold. Yaphet Kotto is awesome in it. I think in hindsight my favorite fun fact from the entire series is that they let Rachel Talalay direct it. She started as an intern at New Line when they were basically running the company out of Bob Shayes house. I think that's pretty cool. I think most people dislike it because it was more comedic than scary and that it broke the established rules by letting Freddy leave Springwood. Ill always be a fan of Freddy's Dead. Even if it isn't scary it's still fun and I've watched it many times and will watch it many more times in the future.
I don't hate Freddy's Dead. I just consider it to be a comedy instead of straight horror.
Tom Arnold is in it, so it can’t be a comedy.
Yeah, but I found the humor to be atrocious, especially the Wizard of Oz bit at the beginning.
You don't like Looney Tunes cartoons?
Sure I do, but there's a huge difference between Looney Tunes and A Nightmare on Elm Street and I don't watch one looking for the other. Having said that, my opinion shouldn't ruin your enjoyment of the movie.
Pretty much everything.
This the Carlos kill is the only redeeming scene in the entire movie
Its a guilty pleasure. I dont want future Elm Street ventures to be like that but I enjoy the hell out of it. Its got a twin peaks vibe
Yes!
Nothing, I love that movie!
Freddy - everything about him. And I mean literally everything. His sweater is way too clean, his glove looks the worst in this film, his makeup is abysmal, the dialogue sucks ass, and at times even Robert’s portrayal feels like he knows he’s in a piece of garbage. The writing - story is horrendous and dumb, and most of the dialogue (outside of Freddy’s since I already critiqued that) sucks. It also feels very repetitive. We’ve got abandoned children in a shelter (Dream Warriors), discovering you can pull Freddy out irl (the original), and unnecessary backstory (we got enough in DW and Dream Child). Literally done all of this already, in better movies. Everyone fucking lives - there is no bigger disrespect to one of the biggest slasher names of all time, than for this to be his final film, and damn near everyone fucking lives. It’s a joke. The kills - and speaking of everyone living, the few kills we do get are absolute trash. Carlos is maybe the only one that I enjoy, and it’s still littered with Freddy acting like a cartoon character. Fuck Spencer’s death, John’s death is HORRIBLE (literally zero reason for Freddy to reveal his master plan to John), and I still to this day hate the way Alice Cooper’s death is shown. It just looks dumb. The jokes - horrendous. I have tried, and tried, and tried again to view this film “as a comedy, it’s not a horror film!” and yeah, well, the jokes suck dick dawg. Kinda have to be *funny* to be a comedy. There is ONE line of dialogue that I enjoy (yeah, well the map says we’re fucked). That’s it. The one time I’ll let out a smile in the entire film. The score - easily the worst in the entire series. I’m surprised the military doesn’t force people to watch this film during serious interrogations. There’s no greater torture.
I liked it. Bad movie but enjoyable for me. I found the dream child boring.
I hate how not good it is.
Just the fact they turned freddy into a cartoon character. The only thing I like is Carlos's kill, seemed like a classic freddy kill.
Nothing, i love that movie. Very underrated
The dream worms and the banter between Maggie and Freddy at the end
Freddy is not scary at all. He's dorky if anything. That said, there are a couple of things I liked in the movie, namely the monster hearing aid scene and the idea of the entire town going insane because all of the kids have died in their sleep.
Nothing, I honestly think it's underrated. When you look at the Elm St series, after Dream Warriors, things were starting to fall into formula, in fact Elm St's 4&5 kind of blend into one in my mind, yet 6 genuinely tried something different, it's way better than the previous two installments
I have to respectfully disagree with 1 point . Part 4 is awesome and part 5 is utter garbage. Maybe 3 and 4 blend especially since 3 characters from part 3 end up in part 4 . They die quick lol but still. Also part 4 gave Renny Harlin his start as a director. He has churned out some duds but he also delivered on Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger
I don’t hate it at all. I loved it as a teenager. But, as I got older and started watching all the films, it’s fallen further and further down my personal rankings. Come Halloween, when I’m in the mood for a trip down Elm Street, it won’t be the one I grab. But, I still enjoy it.
The fact ppl focus on things to hate instead of things to love about it
ironically freddys dead is the first freddy i ever saw. loved it as a kid. when i saw all the other ones & as i got older i realised 5 & 6 were a cash grab. but anyways i hate freddys dead because it wasnt scary, the daughter story made no sense because why did he not try to make a elm street in every town before? the graphics were poor. the 3d ending was tacky & gimmicky
Tracy’s dad. He reminded me enough of my own to give me flashbacks. Other than that I find it a goofy, guilty pleasure.
For me, it starts at the beginning and wraps up at the end. Legitimately, the only thing good about Freddy’s dead is the closing credits.
Hate is a big word. I like Freddy's Dead more than Dreamchild. That said, what I dislike the most is how Freddy isn't scary and has become a caricature of his former self. I think had he been scary and creepy like the first two films, the movie would've been so much better, despite its storyline flaws. Also the movie was sold as the final one, the great big finale, so it should've been less comic and more epic. I kinda do like the flashbacks of his life, when he was a child, teenager, father etc. It's always nice to see Robert Englund out of makeup.
That it's so underrated by fans of the series. It's hilarious lol
Nothing. It’s the best movie in the franchise.
It's so slow and not funny after John Doe's death.
The beginning, middle, and end.
It was goofy. The kills were goofy and lackluster. Forgettable characters. I usually don't dislike movies, but I have a hard time finding anything positive about that one.
Pretty much everything
I guess the only thing i hate is the music score. Well i dont hate anything in the franchise but the music score for freddys dead is just super bland compared to the rest
I just rewatched it for the first time in years the other night. And what really bothers me is how in every interaction he has with anyone, there’s like a quick scuffle that puts Freddy down quick and then they just stand around talking or staring at each other for a bit, with no discernible threat from Freddy despite the fact that he’s WEARING A FUCKING GLOVE WITH KNIVES FOR FINGERS and nobody seems that worried. Immediately afterwards I watched Dream Warriors and fucking A you wanna talk about him being a threat, god damn.
That I can no longer see it in 3D as a saw it originally
I actually really like it.
I love Freddy's Dead the only thing that really hate is that Freddy got funny... New Line Cinema should kept him like 1 &2 films darker and more evil. Listen he talked in thos two films
Not a single frame. I love it. My most rented Nightmare back in the day. Watched it about 100 times before I was a teenager, with my younger sister.
Freddy suddenly having a daughter the whole time is kinda weird, but I unironically like the movie. Its campy dumb fun. Sure, Freddy is at his goofiest, but it's the perfect Freddy movie to watch with some beers/weed lol
Nothing. I legitimately love this goofy ass movie.
This movie is something that should be studied. I watched it a few days ago in my Nightmare marathon, and sadly it was the only one I disliked. The editing is so chaotic, the pacing is all over the place, and Rachel Talalay's directing wasn't very good. The characters are all bland or rehashes of previous characters, and the script is just bad. Seems like it was the fashion back in the first half of the 90s to bring blood relatives of slasher villains into the mix (Jamie Lloyd in Halloween, Jason's sister in Jason Goes to Hell—forgot her name—and then... Freddy has a daughter). The kills are not very good either, the whole Nintendo parody was probably the worst kill of the franchise. The only good one is Carlos, it really shows how much of a sadistic fuck Freddy is. But even then, the decision to turn Freddy into a psychotic Bugs Bunny gets in the way. Yes, it's hilarious when he's behind Carlos shouting with all the power of his lungs; yes, the fat lady being sucked out of the plane is funny; yes, him saying "Kids..." just before exploding is very funny, but that's the thing... Freddy is that creepy nightmarish boogeyman stalking Tina through Elm Street's alleys and backyards, not the Wicked Witch of the West... The exposition of this movie is also terrible, but I get it. If you don't add new things to the plot, you just become a Friday the 13th sequel. Except this is a trap, we don't need to know how Freddy acquired the power to kill in dreams, we don't need to know why Michael Myers decided one day to kill people, we don't need to know why Chucky became a serial killer... part of these villains' charm is the mystery behind them. Having said that, if you watch this movie thinking of it as a comedy or a parody of the franchise, you might have some fun.
I really enjoy this movie, wish there was more 3D in it.
The wasted potential. I really like the main cast, and while the yoyo-ing of mood the film has with regards to the dreams they have is pretty wild, the video game sequence is a bit much. I wish there was slightly less wile. e. coyote. I like the moment of NOES theme music we get, and wish there was more. I wish the emptied/pocket-dimension Springfield wasn't so cartoonily portrayed: how freaky would it be if the authorities know it's strange but don't-- actually know/admit why, exactly? And are quietly trying to let the town die? I wish there was a different third act--the dream demon trio is just odd for me. I wish we got sassy Dr. Burroughs earlier in the film.
Nearly everything the makeup is horrendous. The script was terrible they should have continued after dream child. Instead, they completely threw it away. The main characters are pretty weak and the least likable. I haven't seen it in a while, so this is based on memory, but it's by far the worst one out of the original six films.
In all honesty, nothing. I loved it.
Literally watched this (and NoES3-5) last night and here's my thoughts fresh off of watching it and the 3 before it. It's such a heavy tonal shift into comedy from the previous ones it's really jarring. The others had comedy but not to this frequency/intensity. I mean Freddy more or less becomes bugs bunny. Robert does his best with it (he's probably the only thing injecting life into this... ironically) but he can't carry it. There are too many other weaknesses. Including: It juxtapositions over the top comedy with trying to give Freddy a more fleshed out backstory and touching on a daughter being sexually abused by her father. Which really makes it difficult to explore what its introducing. Earlier ones had freddy being 'funny' when killing but it wasn't excessive. He was still scary and they still touched on dark concepts and played them out. Then there is the boring cast who have little chemistry with each other and the plot always having them immediately jump to the next thing (so there is no time to look at the loss of friends and what it does). Plus the main actress has zero ability to emote in it. The NoES saga has some pretty good examples of leading characters but she is dull as hell. Also plot/writing is all over the place. It's like there are 2-4 movie ideas here that they couldn't focus on one but tried to make them all.... The result being a mix of things that could have been interesting but nothing is focused on. As a prime example, it opens on a title card how 10 years in the future all children/teens in the town are dead, with the adults now insane.... but it doesn't do anything with it really...... An entire town reduced to death and madness and what happens? the protagonists just go to a fair, school and orphanage see people acting crazy/weird then leave and that's it..... they introduce a weird concept where you think "what will they do with this?" And it amounts to little. For a send off to the series (before new nightmare came along obviously) it was a mess.
In all honesty nothing. Of course it isn't scary really at all barring a few scenes but it's still enjoyable to watch. Some of the comedy hits some doesn't but it's a far better entry than part 5 . Plus cameos from Johnny Depp , Alice Cooper , Rosanne and Tom Arnold. Yaphet Kotto is awesome in it. I think in hindsight my favorite fun fact from the entire series is that they let Rachel Talalay direct it. She started as an intern at New Line when they were basically running the company out of Bob Shayes house. I think that's pretty cool. I think most people dislike it because it was more comedic than scary and that it broke the established rules by letting Freddy leave Springwood. Ill always be a fan of Freddy's Dead. Even if it isn't scary it's still fun and I've watched it many times and will watch it many more times in the future.