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After the nightmare of Freddy has completely terminated and no one dreamed of his presence, the filmmakers have decided to set up a film depicting the life of the monster. Nancy with her husband and her son Chase Little Dylan went to the studio but something unexpected happened...
The climactic punch-up fails to match the power of the first film's true ending, but in deconstructing his own bastardised creation, Craven redeems both the series and his own tarnished reputation.
Englund once again is in bravura form as Freddy, playing as much for nasty laughs as unnerving shocks.
March 26, 2009
Georgia Straight
The only really jump-inducing bit is a direct rip-off from the first Nightmare film, when Freddy's slimy tongue pokes out at Langenkamp from a phone receiver.
I haven't been exactly a fan of the Nightmare series, but I found this movie, with its unsettling questions about the effect of horror on those who create it, strangely intriguing.
Craven never gets heavy with a message, focusing instead on breaking new, scary ground and (presumably) making a decisive finish to the franchise he invented.