Can someone explain the ending for me?
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michaeluk26 — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 08:51 PM)
It makes no sense. The ending came about because of a few reasons. Wes Craven wanted Nancy to wake up and the whole movie was a dream. Robert Shaye wanted a last minute scare so he wanted Freddy driving the car. They compromised and had Nancy thinks its a dream only to find out it wasn't. But no theory makes sense trust me. In the final scene we see Nancy drive off to school with her friends even though it goes by itself with Freddys colors on the roof. But the events of part 1 did happen because it part 3 Nancy says all her friends were killed and she barely made it. Its a masterpiece till the end.
Here is one. Nancy took away all of Freddys power and he disappears. She walks through the other door in different clothes so its still a dream. She gets in the car with her friends who were already dead. SO Freddy is tricking her because he cant harm her anymore. However just like every theory, how was Marge killed in Nancys dream?
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NESPlayer — 9 years ago(November 10, 2016 03:58 PM)
However just like every theory, how was Marge killed in Nancys dream?
She wasn't. Marge was killed some minutes earlier when Freddy attacked her in her bed while burning.
The Marge we see in Nancy's last dream is obviously a dream image, just like the friends. Her whole behavior is strange: She suddenly "doesn't feel" like drinking anymore. And she happily waves goodbye, even when Nancy is shouting for help. She's obviously not real.
The only stupid thing is that Freddy pulls her through the door in the end. That was pretty pointless since she was just his creation anyway and Nancy doesn't even see this anymore. It should have ended with Marge continuing to smile while Nancy cries for help. -
lrdcharlton — 9 years ago(January 07, 2017 06:13 PM)
I always wondered why they did that with dream Margie. As you say, it made sense that she happily wave to them as Nancy is screaming. But anything after that is no longer a concern to Nancy as she cannot see him pull her mother through the door. Perhaps if they had him pull her through the door while still nonchalantly waving and smiling IN FRONT of Nancy to let her know that it is not her mother a because she isn't affraid of Freddie.having her scream seems to imply that she had some autonomy, but she was an image not an actual aware person.
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NESPlayer — 9 years ago(November 10, 2016 03:52 PM)
Have a look at my essay. It provides an explanation:
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PinkPancreas — 9 years ago(December 08, 2016 07:40 PM)
I interpret the ending this way: Nancy brings Freddy out of her dreams long enough for him to murder her mother. He goes back into the dream world once she turns her back on him and "takes away all his power" or whatever she says when she says "I take back all the power I've given you" etc etc. But her nightmares don't end bc she has the nightmare where all her friends ride off in the Freddy car. She obviously wakes up from this nightmare bc she is in part 3. It is in that movie we learn that she started taking a drug to keep her from dreaming so that is how she has managed to escape Freddy. Unfortunately her mom and friends are all still dead. That was all "real" meaning they died in their own nightmares and her mom died bc Nancy brought Freddy out of hers long enough for him to claim her life.
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kuatorises — 5 months ago(October 13, 2025 10:04 PM)
I think back when it came out, it probably made sense. Freddy won. He got Nancy in on of her dreams. But since most of us saw it well after there were many sequels, it makese no sense, especially since it's never mentioned ever again (and Nancy comes back).
I just chalk it up to Nancy having a bad dream.