Apparently the last (and like all horror sequels with "final" in the title a complete lie) of the series this sixth entry in the series plays okay but feels like it could have been so much more.

Shon Greenblatt is the last teenager in Springwood. This disappoints Freddy who for some reason is now bound to the town unless a teenager leaves (thus opening the door to new victims). Well after a mediocre opening sequence (where a stuntman really enjoys pushing himself into a roll down a steep hill), Freddy gets his wish as Greenblatt, psychologist Lisa Zane and a bunch of juvenile delinquent teens come to Freddy's stomping grounds and are quickly picked-off by the claw-handed baddie.

Like part four this entries biggest problem is the fact the characters in it are nothing more than cookie-cutter cut-outs; there's nary a glimpse of personallity among these people (though Yaphett Kotto as a spiritual social worker does try) but this is a follow-up the suffers from being too concerned with a cheesy "gimmick" (the finale was shot in 3-D; giving patrons who didn't suffer through it in the early 80's a chance to experience it), having a bunch of lame cameos (Roseanne and Tom Arnold pointlessly show-up; Johnny Depp does however give us a chuckle in his) and sports a finale that's a huge disappointment because (remember) this was supposed to be Freddy's final send-off.

Robert Englund hams it up big-time here, the nightmare sequences are lengthy and mostly okay (the hearing-aid one is inventively cool) and at it does attempt to flesh-out Freddy's backstory a bit more making it below average as a "final" entry but not too bad as just another sequel.

Followed by Wes Craven's New Nightmare.

Directed By: Rachel Talalay.
Written By: Michael De Luca.

Starring: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblatt, Lezlie Deane.