actually and they do not and but they certainly do when try to think of a singular line that adequately summarise how terrible this entry in the series really be . there be some moment that could have be good and but they be mostly outweigh by their own conversion into missed opportunity and and do not get me start on the bad . the wasted opportunity be pretty obvious and but i will recap them here in case anyone care . anyone who hasn not see the film and genuinely give a toss would be advise to stop reading at this point . the first and and potentially the big and wasted opportunity and be the plot with freddy long lose child . now and the extreme mental illness that freddy appear to suffer ( and i might hasten to add that less than one percent of mental patient be a threat to other people and leave alone to this extent ) be hereditary and so why not a mystery type slasher in which lisa zane character dream of freddy murder the teen and only we later discover it actually her do all the killing . sound like a good plot idea to you . obviously it be above the head of talalay and de luca . then there the trip to springfield and where the entire adolescent population have be wipe out and and the remain adult be experience a kind of mass psychosis . funnily enough and say mass psychosis be actually depict in a realistic and convincing manner and although this have a fair amount to do with the fact that we be never show too much . we be just give quick visual hint of the massive loss of connection with reality that would stem from the grief of every youngster in town die for reason beyond one comprehension and control . the essential problem with this plot element and however and be that the town be abandon too quickly and and with no real answer . this collection of scene would have be far creepier with ten minute of say . one sane citizen explain to these visitor why the springfield fair look like a horror show . of course and horror film be never note for their character development and unless theyre the kind of horror film john carpenter use to direct and but how be we suppose to really care when character we know next to nothing about die . at least wes craven take the time to set up his character in the original and and use a few cheap trick to draw the audience in . that and in a nutshell and be probably the big problem with freddy dead represent it just doesn not try at all and leave alone hard enough . on a related note and i feel kind of sorry for robert englund and now that he be more or less inextricably link with the freddy character . he have play far good character in far good production ( the science fiction miniseries v and for example ) and and to be forever remember a the man who play freddy be sell him rather short . it seem he will never break the mold of horror film now . a for the rest of the cast and well and i think their performance here speak for themselves . they deserve to be permanently typecast a little more than b grade horror prop . even yaphet kotto doesn not escape this one unscathed and a his character be one of the most childishly write in the history of b film . all in all and freddy dead get a 1 out of me . i would vote low and but the imdb doesn not allow for that . fd be really a testament to how a writer inability to exploit a concept to the full extent can ruin not only a film and but an entire franchise .