Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

"Every town has an Elm Street!"

- Freddy Krueger

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare is an American feature film blending elements of supernatural thriller, slasher horror and comedy. It is the sixth installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series and the final canonical film that relates strictly to the original series. It was written and directed by Rachel Talalay and co-written by Michael De Luca. It was produced by New Line Cinema and released theatrically in the United States on September 13th, 1991.

Allusions

 * The film opens with a quotation, "Welcome to Prime Time, bitch!" This was spoken by Freddy Krueger to Jennifer Caulfield in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.


 * In one scene, Freddy is seen flying on a broomstick intoning the lines, "I'll get you, my pretty! And your little soul, too!" This is a reference to Margaret Hamilton's character, the Wicked Witch of the West from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.