Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. After the lackluster box office gross of A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, New Line Cinema decided to wrap things up with a bang with Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. Another group of troubled kids venture to Springwood City to learn oodles of backstory on Freddy Krueger himself. There will be demonic worm demons, a terrible fake Nintendo video game sequence, and a metric ton of cameos. Amping up the comedic aspects, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare attempts to wrap things up but ends up overdoing things. Part of what makes great villains interesting is that they are mysterious; think of Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back or Ivan Drago from Rocky IV. Inserting somewhat sympathetic angles into Freddy's past undermines him as a character, and the way he goes out in this motion picture is totally lame. Mat enjoyed watching two long-form depressing documentary series on Netflix: Making a Murderer and The Staircase. Season 2 of Making a Murderer spins its wheels as the final case is not yet complete. The Staircase has a far superior conclusion. Thrasher liked aspects of The Brain, a Canadian horror film from the 1980s. The next few movie series we'll be covering are: Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Like our Sequelcast 2 Facebook Page The theme song to the Sequelcast is written and performed by Marc with a C. Sequelcast 2 is delighted to be a member of The Batman Podcast Network. Hear more great podcasts here! Watch Thrasher's tabletop RPG YouTube show d-infinity Live!. Listen to Marc with a C's music podcast Discography. Buy One Starry Night, a Cthulhu Live scenario Thrasher contributed to, from DriveThruRPG!