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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. After the lackluster box office gross of A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, New Line Cinema decided to wrap things up with a bang with Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. Another group of troubled kids venture to Springwood City to learn oodles of backstory on Freddy Krueger himself. There will be demonic worm demons, a terrible fake Nintendo video game sequence, and a metric ton of cameos.
Amping up the comedic aspects, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare attempts to wrap things up but ends up overdoing things. Part of what makes great villains interesting is that they are mysterious; think of Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back or Ivan Drago from Rocky IV. Inserting somewhat sympathetic angles into Freddy's past undermines him as a character, and the way he goes out in this motion picture is totally lame.
Mat enjoyed watching two long-form depressing documentary series on Netflix: Making a Murderer and The Staircase. Season 2 of Making a Murderer spins its wheels as the final case is not yet complete. The Staircase has a far superior conclusion.
Thrasher liked aspects of The Brain, a Canadian horror film from the 1980s.
The next few movie series we'll be covering are:
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
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