It’s 1999 and thanks to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), Springwood is now a virtual ghost town and down to its last surviving teenager, John Doe (Shon Greenblatt). Freddy sends the amnesiac Doe to a nearby town on a fishing expedition of sorts, hoping he will bring back more victims for Freddy, including his long lost daughter.
John ends up at a half-way house with other teens including Tracy (Lezlie Deane), Carlos (Ricky Dean Logan) and Spencer (Breckin Meyer). Their counsellor is Maggie (Lisa Zane), a woman who is also struggling with gaps in her memory.
Maggie takes John on a field trip back to Springwood, to learn about his past, unaware that the other teens have stowed away in the van for the trip. She is also unaware that she is leading them all into a trap set by Freddy.
Of all the Nightmare on Elm Street films, Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare is the worst, with a campy tone that is heightened to ridiculous levels by the (unnecessary) presence of cameos from Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper.
The film’s special effects are terrible (and look even worse in 3-D) and the climax proves a major disappointment: Apparently, Freddy is actually inhabited by three Ancient Greek Gods called “dream demons” and we get an entirely revisionist explanation for his dream abilities which is contradictory to all the information in the previous franchise entries.
Freddy Krueger
Robert Englund Maggie Burroughs
Lisa Zane John Doe
Shon Greenblatt Tracy
Lezlie Deane Carlos
Ricky Dean Logan Spencer
Breckin Meyer Doc
Yaphet Kotto Childless Man
Tom Arnold Childless Woman
Roseanne Barr Orphanage Woman
Elinor Donahue Guy on TV
Johnny Depp (as Oprah Noodlemantra) Little Maggie/Katherine Krueger
Cassandra Rachel Friel Kelly
David Dunard Mrs Burroughs
Marilyn Rockafellow Loretta Krueger
Lindsey Fields Carlos’ Mother
Angelina Estrada Tracy’s Father
Peter Spellos Teen Freddy
Tobe Sexton Young Freddy
Chason Schirmer Spencer’s Father
Michael McNab Freddy’s Father
Alice Cooper
John ends up at a half-way house with other teens including Tracy (Lezlie Deane), Carlos (Ricky Dean Logan) and Spencer (Breckin Meyer). Their counsellor is Maggie (Lisa Zane), a woman who is also struggling with gaps in her memory.
Carlos
