Beatrice Boepple, Erika Anderson, Joe Seely

In his final appearance, Freddy returns stronger than ever and once again ready to terrorize the teens of Elm Street. He decides to target his old nemesis, Alice, in hopes of entering her unborn child...( read more  read more... )'s soul and being "born again" when the child enters the world. Alice must stop Freddy by freeing his dead mother's spirit so she can rise up and defeat Freddy for good.

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R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: Stephen Hopkins

Release Date: August 11, 1989

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DVD Release Date: September 12, 2000

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  • September 15, 2009
    Its like they scooped up all the good ideas from the other Freddy movies and stuck them all together. It didn't work though, this one sucked! I quite liked the Direction though and the use of animation.
  • April 4, 2008
    More of the same, just going through the motions watching these now, just to complete the set.
  • November 7, 2007
    The much praised motorcycle scene is one of the lamest NOES kills, in my opinion. I'm not too crazy about Freddy turning into machinery - it just doesn't work for me. Also, why was baby Freddy deformed? He seems fine to me when he's an adult (physically, I mean).
  • November 4, 2007
    Had a cool "Tetsuo the Iron Man" style death. The "comic book ending" was funny. But it's a bit more forgettable than it's predecessors.
  • October 11, 2007
    This one I think was okay, they all run together.
  • November 18, 2009
    Not too bad. Some of the better death scenes in the series. Freddy also got a bigger role, which is never a bad thing. I think that the series tended to get a little bland after part 2, but still fun.
  • November 12, 2009
    grate flick but they never toped the first.....
  • October 30, 2009
    Freddy, no! That's just wrong. You can't enter that poor unborn child's soul just to get some sweet, sweet revengeance.
  • October 29, 2009
    Now I have a cure to Naucholepsy.. Freddy Krueger!!!
  • October 28, 2009
    Comercial or Stupid! :|

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