For the first time, Freddy is challenged on his own turf. But he adapts. He kills most of them. In the end, Nancy sacrifices herself, dragging Freddy into the waking world, where her father (a cop who helped burn Freddy) smashes him with dynamite. Freddy explodes. For the first time, Freddy is challenged on his own turf
The parents of Springwood did not wait for justice. They hunted him down at the Badham power plant, doused him in gasoline, and burned him alive as he laughed. "Whatever you do, don't fall asleep." In the end, Nancy sacrifices herself, dragging Freddy
But his bones scatter. His spirit whispers: "I'm back." "Now I'm playing for keeps."
In , Nancy Thompson, a teenager whose friend Tina was just murdered in her sleep, discovers the truth: Freddy is real, and he kills you inside your nightmare. If you die in the dream, you die for real. With help from her boyfriend Glen (played by a young Johnny Depp, who dies spectacularly), Nancy learns to pull Freddy into the waking world. There, he is vulnerable. She turns her back on him, depriving him of fear, and he seemingly disintegrates.
At the climax, Alice traps Freddy inside a mirror of his own vanity. She shatters it, and he is torn apart by the souls of his victims. For the first time, Freddy is truly defeated — his soul scattered into pieces.