Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRachel Talalay
Screenplay byMichael De Luca
Story byRachel Talalay
Based onCharacters
by Wes Craven
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDeclan Quinn
Edited byJanice Hampton
Music byBrian May
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • September 13, 1991 (1991-09-13) (United States)
Running time
89 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9–11 million[2][3]
Box office$34.9 million (US)[3]

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street 6: The Final Nightmare) is a 1991 American slasher film[4] and the sixth film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. It is a sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and was originally intended to be the final installment of the series; Wes Craven's New Nightmare was released three years later but takes place outside the series canon. A canonical crossover/sequel, Freddy vs. Jason, was released in 2003. This was New Line Cinema's first 3D film release.

Directed by Rachel Talalay (in her feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Michael De Luca, the film stars Lisa Zane, Yaphet Kotto, Breckin Meyer, Shon Greenblatt, Ricky Dean Logan, Lezlie Deane, Tobe Sexton, and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. Additionally, several well-known actors make cameo appearances, including: Johnny Depp (whose screen debut was in the original film), Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, and Alice Cooper. Iggy Pop sings the title song, which plays during the end credits over a montage of scenes from the previous films in the series.

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare was released on September 13, 1991, and grossed $34.9 million in the US on a budget of $9–11 million, surpassing its predecessor's gross.[5] It was panned by critics upon release.

  1. ^ Janet Maslin (September 14, 1991). "Review/Film; Ending With Class, if an End It Is". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Chris (August 10, 1992). "Shrewd marketing fuels Freddy promotion". Variety. p. 36.
  3. ^ a b "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)". Allmovie. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Bob Pool (September 13, 1991). "Sharp Edge : Mayor Proclaims 'Freddy Krueger Day' but Not Everyone Is Celebrating". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015.