FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE

US, 1991, 96 minutes, Colour.
Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Breckin Meyer, Roseanne, Yaphet Kotto, Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper.
Directed by Rachel Talalay.

Freddy's Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street 6, makes Freddy Kruger one of the most popular horror characters of the '80s and '90s. The plot of this film is much the same, plenty of waking nightmares and tormented teenagers. However, finally Freddy's daughter confronts the father to destroy him - using his own claws. While the plot is not new and the acting is less than startling, the use of 3D glasses for the final reel is, giving the finale at least some surface depth. This film is the end of a horror era.

1.The popularity of the series? The culmination of the series? Cult status, character, horror?

2.The horror and the nightmares, the adolescents and their dreams, the confrontation with evil, shadow characters?

3.Suburbia, Elm Street - and the future? The institution, its ordinariness, the sinister aspects? The climax in 3D? Musical score?

4.Freddy Kruger as a character, his origins, malice, entering into people's dreams, appearance, his fingers? The theme of his daughter and the past? Maggie and her confrontation of Freddy Kruger?

5.The initial nightmare, the girl, the echoes of the Wizard of Oz and Freddy Kruger on the broomstick? John Doe as the dreamer? The links with Maggie?

6.Maggie and her work, the kids and their traumas, therapy, John's dream? Doc and his support? The Springwood fair, no children, wandering the town, its ominous appearance, the teacher with the memories and the story of Freddy Kruger?

7.The youngsters and their trauma, Carlos and his deafness and the explosion, Spencer and his drugs and his father beating him in the video game, the girl and her abusive father? John and Maggie's dreams?

8.Maggie, entering the dreams, the discovery of the mother, the adoption? Seeing the wife, finding her own identity, the confrontation with Freddy Kruger and his death?

9.Doc, his advice, therapy?

10.The 3D dream, Freddy's life, Maggie in the dream, bringing him out of the dream into reality, Maggie attacking him with his own glove?

11.The overall effect of the experience of the nightmares? For teenage audiences? Sharing the experiences, the shadow side and fears?