Ranking Freddy Krueger's Deaths Worst To Best

By the time 1989 rolled around, Freddy had appeared on the big screen four times in five years and was a complete pop culture phenomenon. The comedic elements and crazy dream visuals introduced in the previous two instalments in the series were ramped up another level by the time The Dream Child rolled around.

In fact, the convoluted plot revolving around Freddy's origin in a Gothic insane asylum and his plan to feed souls to an unborn child he plans to raise into a fellow dream killer makes for a really wild ride, making this arguably the worst structured film in the franchise.

The tone really struggles to find a balance throughout the film, with scenes such as the Psycho-eque reveal of Freddy's mother, Amanda Krueger, quickly switching to scenes such as Freddy whizzing around on a skateboard accompanied by some cheesy '80s tunes being a great example.

In the film's final standoff Krueger and final girl Alice battle each-other as Freddy is released from within her, Freddy's supposed son, encouraged by Amanda Krueger, ends up using his own powers against him and causes the three souls that Krueger has claimed throughout the movie to revolt against him. They sprout out of his body, eventually causing him to explode, before Amanda promises to seal away his remains.

Whilst all of the kills in the film are pretty solid, serious points are deducted for the hasty finale, the lack of any real build up or explanation as to why or how Freddy's own supposed offspring could be turned against him so easily, and just how exactly Alice is all good after having a dream murderer climb straight out of her.