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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1991. Directed by Rachel Talalay, written by Wes Craven and Rachel Talalay and Michael De Luca.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    10 women characters. 1 of them speak.
  2. No 2. Who talk to each other
    Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
  3. No 3. About something besides a man
    Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.

Poster for Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

The film

In part six of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, dream monster Freddy Krueger has finally killed all the children of his hometown, and seeks to escape its confines to hunt fresh prey. To this end, he seeks his child. However, someone discovers the demonic origin of Krueger's powers and meets him head-on in a final showdown.

Released
13 Sep 1991
Genres
Fantasy, Horror
Rated
R
IMDb
4.7 / 10
Metascore
39 / 100
Awards
1 win & 5 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Jacob 232 lines, man
  2. Karen 147 lines, woman
  3. Scott 85 lines, man
  4. Freddy 75 lines, man
  5. David 31 lines, man
  6. Blade Cop 24 lines, man
  7. Sound Cop 20 lines, man
  8. Power Cop 16 lines, man
  9. Wesley 16 lines, man
  10. Gina 14 lines
Full cast, 32 people
  • Lisa Zane as Maggie Burroughs
  • Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger
  • Shon Greenblatt as John Doe
  • Lezlie Deane as Tracy
  • Yaphet Kotto as Doc
  • Breckin Meyer as Spencer
  • Ricky Dean Logan as Carlos
  • Cassandra Rachel Friel as Little Girl
  • Lindsey Fields as Loretta Krueger
  • Tobe Sexton as Teenage Freddy Krueger
  • Johnny Depp as Teen on TV
  • Tom Arnold as Childless Man
  • Roseanne Barr as Ethel
  • Alice Cooper as Mr. Underwood
  • Elinor Donahue as Orphanage Woman
  • David Dunard as Kelly
  • Marilyn Rockafellow as Mrs. Burroughs
  • Virginia Peters as Woman in Plane
  • Stella Hall as Stewardess
  • Angelina Estrada as Carlos' Mother
  • Peter Spellos as Tracy's Father
  • Chason Schirmer as Young Freddy
  • Michael McNab as Spencer's Father
  • Matthew Faison as Springwood Teacher
  • Vic Watterson as Officer #1
  • Carlease Burke as Officer #2
  • Robert Shaye as Ticket Seller
  • Warren Harrington as Cop in Shelter
  • Mel Scott-Thomas as Security Guard
  • Jonathan Mazer as Angry Boy
  • Frank Catalano as Various (uncredited)
  • Joshua Weisel as Freddy (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 91

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 2310
3 to 401
5 to 636
7 to 8013
9 to 10316
11 to 121425
13 to 141118
15 to 16616
17 to 18011
19 to 20725
21 to 22810
23 to 2412
25 to 2617
27 to 2800
29 to 30052
31 to 32015
33 to 34211
35 to 36424
37 to 381212
39 to 401110
41 to 4210
43 to 4457
45 to 4655
47 to 48520
49 to 501010
51 to 52014
53 to 5407
55 to 56019
57 to 5812
59 to 60310
61 to 6239
63 to 6478
65 to 66312
67 to 68010
69 to 70621
71 to 7202
73 to 7400
75 to 76226
77 to 7806
79 to 8002
81 to 82126
83 to 8400
85 to 8600
87 to 881735
89 to 9001
91 to 9150

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 23 are women's.

160 lines from women, 536 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

10 women and 17 men in the cast. 1 women and 7 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 6 of 757. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 98 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 24% of the words (1,392), men 76% (4,293). Women have 23% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

Exhibit D: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Exhibit E: behind the camera

4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Rachel Talalay (woman)
Written by
Michael De Luca (man)
Story by
Rachel Talalay (woman)
Produced by
Robert Shaye (man), Aron Warner (man)
Shot by
Declan Quinn (man)
Edited by
Janice Hampton (woman)
Music by
Brian May (man)
Production design by
C.J. Strawn (gender not listed)
Costumes by
Nanrose Buchman (gender not listed)
Cast by
Roger Mussenden (man), Janet Hirshenson (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Sound

    0 women, 4 men, 5 not listed

  • Production

    2 women, 4 men

  • Art

    0 women, 1 men, 4 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    0 women, 0 men, 3 not listed

  • Other crew

    1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed

  • Writing

    1 women, 2 men

  • Camera

    0 women, 2 men

  • Directing

    1 women, 1 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Women: 29 on average. Men: 30 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Lezlie Deane 27, Lisa Zane 30

Men

Breckin Meyer 17, Tobe Sexton 22, Shon Greenblatt 24, Ricky Dean Logan 24, Robert Englund 44, Yaphet Kotto 51

Exhibit G: the money

It made 3.5 times what it cost.

Budget
$10 million
Box office
$34.9 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 91 scenes and 757 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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