Day 7

 My children, we have arrived at day 7. November 6th, 2023.

Kids and teenagers!

So, at the film's start, we see Freddy adding photos of children to a scrapbook. Nothing is wrong with that, but how did he get the pictures?

Did he break into the houses of his victims and steal photos? Ask the kids to meet him in the park with family photos.

It is also heavily implied that Freddy kills or has killed kids. Even judging by the scrapbook and no-eye girl, you see, we only see him kill teenagers.

No, we don't need to see Freddy kill kids but lose the emphasis that he has killed kids. He only kills teens.

The second pitch is to bring Freddy Back. Grounded in reality.

Dying is okay for Freddy, but he wants to be remembered the most.

That is an excellent idea for the reboot, but it works better as a sequel. It's not a legacy sequel that retcons everything.

Given how we glorify past killers with shows, movies, and documentaries, that would be the perfect way to bring Freddy back in a trilogy.

Steal the containment concept from this movie and bring it to a sequel.

Someone investigates the Springwood murders for a Netflix show, trying to justify what the parents did. The backstory is exposed, he did kill kids, botched a search warrant, and his parents used vigilante justice to get rid of him. It would also speak of the mysterious deaths over the years in connection with those who killed Fred Krueger. Obviously, his name gets out, and by the end of the first movie, he kills, bringing him back to some strength, but he is still weak after 20 years of being contained.

The second movie would focus on a string of mysterious murders in a different town. A bullied high school student would use the legend of Freddy/ work with Freddy to get revenge on those who have mocked them and abused them during their life. This would bring Freddy to full strength with an empire-like ending. The bullied student becomes the unlikely hero near the end but is killed by Freddy in the end. The students would admit that they were just like those who hurt them and make the ultimate sacrifice, thinking it would have killed Freddy.

The third movie would explore the dream demon mythology while the remaining survivors try to find a way to put an end to Freddy. There is so much setup on bringing Freddy back only to "die." Sounds unsatisfying, so he needs to survive. Here is how.

Based on the information given in the rules Freddy explains at the beginning of FVJ, I interpret it as you cannot kill Freddy; you could try to contain him, but they establish that they contained Freddy by wiping his existence away. Human curiosity shows that it is a flawed concept. The information is out there if you want to find out something about anyone.

How does Freddy keep living?

If you forget about him, it makes him weak, and he has to use a vessel to gain strength.

People fear Freddy. He lives forever. He can "die" but be regenerated by new fear or dog piss.

In theory, Freddy never dies.

Mark was his vessel in Freddy vs Jason.

Freddy uses the weak-minded to gain his power.

The cornfield rave was a dumb scene. I've seen better dancing in pornos than in that scene. Did you spot the water sign?

How does one contain someone who lurks in nightmares?

According to the Springwood PD, they have the answer. I mentioned that on day six, but it makes no damn sense. A roadblock, a curfew, will prevent the man who can kill me in my dreams from killing me.

Contain Freddy by adding hypnocil to the water supply. I call this The Joker Method. 

Mark could have been saved!

The score provides Mark a false sense of hope when he gets the wake aid, and it all goes down the drain.

Why don't you bust down the front door to save your friend from dying? Instead, you just look through the bars in the windows as he dies. That's a terrible friend.

Lack of grief.

Then again, they are all terrible friends. Zero grief outside of Trey and Blake dying. Gibb dies. They just scream oh no, Gibb and run off. Mark dies, and they look on. Deputy Stubbs dies, and Linderman screams and runs. Freeberg dies saving them, might I add, and they don't care. The. The comic relief comes in, and baby Linderman tries to look all big and sour with a gun, standing up to a tranquilized Jason. Linderman dies, and they attempt to make him a hero. Kia dies, and they run off while she is stalling Freddy. I'm sure people enjoyed her dying due to being in Destiny's Child and because of that damn line.

Dumbest line: "Freddy died by fire, Jason by water. How can we use it." (Freddy Vs. Jason, 2003)

It also foreshadows what's to come.

Fifteen Minutes… I think you need a better watch.

I timed the timer they set for Lori, and it would have made the movie better if she was out cold for the fifteen.

One minute and eleven seconds into being out in real-time, Kia says she was out for five minutes.

Lori's timer goes off at 3:37 seconds in real-time. Still nowhere close to 15 minutes.

Total time spent in the dream world: six minutes and fifty-five seconds.

The last 15 minutes.

I noticed they spend too much time being fixated on the machete being stuck on the table.

The sad score when Linderman dies was pointless and did not make me feel bad that he died. He wasn't a hero.

How sweet:

Can't get away with that line now… Surprised the internet hasn't shamed the writers and called for their cancellation for writing the line and for Robert Englund's cancellation for delivering the line.

The same goes for Kelly Rowland for the sweater line.

Double standards.

Don't be stupid and ruin their lives just because you didn't like a line of dialog they performed in a movie. Judge the person on how they have grown since then.

Due to double standards being in play. Nobody won today, not even me.

Freddy 3-4

Jason 3-4

Quist 0-1