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Few horror sequels get dragged quite like "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare." Often dismissed as too campy and too humorous for the deeply unsettling terror found at the center of the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise , behind the goofy one-liners and cartoon violence is a bold, bizarre, and genuinely thoughtful (at the time) send-off to one of horror's greatest villains. Released in 1991, "Freddy's Dead" was made with the intention to be the end of the franchise after "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" disappointed at the box office.

New Line Cinema was ready to pull the plug, so Rachel Talalay, who had been involved with the franchise from the very beginning, fought for the director's chair. Bringing fresh id

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