a nightmare on elm street - part 6 : freddy's dead - the final nightmare (1991)

not only is this entry into the franchise so dire that its put me off of watching the rest of the elm street movies, but its actually put me off of watching the other two franchises i intended on taking on next, the "friday the 13th" series and "scream" trilogy.

what offends me the most is the lack of credit it gives its own backstory. i mean, how many times does the fucking character have to die before hes finally boody dead? its just sloppy, lazy and downright immoral filmmaking (immoral in the respect that its purely for financial gain, not in the cartoon violence on show). there is a point where rosanne barr and tom arnold inexplicebly show up too, surely a sign that things have gone too far.

so there we have it, im officially abandoning the project. its just too damn depressing, especially when you consider all of the great cinema out there.

a nightmare on elm street (1984)

as a child i was always fascinated with the concept of fred krueger, the paedophile janitor and former resident of elm street. im not sure why exactly, but in retrospect thats a tad concerning. my upcoming masters in film theory dictates that i need to know the slasher genre thoroughly, and as i have very little knowledge of the genre, aside from a slight childhood obsession amounting to no more than a film poster on my bedroom wall and the overactive imagination of a ten year old, i decided to check out a few of the key titles. with that in mind i picked up the entire 7 film elm street series, with a view to check out the friday the 13th series and the scream series when finished.

having never sat through an entire "a nightmare on elm street" film in its entirety i entered the first film with the following preconception; the first film is genuinely good, while the rest are pretty awful. post-screening, and taking that in mind i am absolutely dreading the remainder of the series. while wes craven's film wasnt particularly bad it was just deathly dull. there was a point around half way through where i suddenly regretted the task of watching all seven films that i had undertaken. alas for the sake of my studies i will endeaver onwards.

despite climaxing with the most ridiculous ending to a film iv seen in a long time, taking the minute budget at hand into account the film really isnt that bad, especially when compared to the rest of the post-"halloween" slasher counterfitting that was going on at the time.