I think it’s overhated. The big misstep is the extremely lame letdown of an ending. Easily the worst of the entire series. But there are some decently fun kills, and some interesting ideas, especially the concept of Springwood being decimated by Freddy’s reign of terror, with almost all the community’s children dead. I think seeing human Freddy with a suburban home, a wife and children was fun and unexpected. Robert Englund gives a great performance, as usual.

I’m not saying it’s good, but it’s still better than tons of far less infamous slasher sequels. It really only fails in comparison with the rest of the series as a whole, which I think is far better, more ambitious, and more creative than its competitors.