Gary Chalk (Sheriff Williams), Jesse Hutch (Trey), David Kopp (Blake), Brent Chapman (Blake's Father), Alistari Abell (Officer Goodman), Robert Shaye (Principal Shaye), Chris Gauthier (Shack), Colby Johannson (Teammate), Kimberley Warnat (Beer Line Girl), Kevin Hansen (Beer Line Girl), Alex Green (Glowing Raver), Odessa Munroe (Heather), Jamie Mayo, Blake Mawson (Dead Couple on Tree), Vib Leacock (Male Nurse), Tony Willett (Asylum Guard), Claire Riley (TV Reporter), Sharon Peters (Lori's Mother), Sarah-Anne Hepher (Skipping Girl), Eileen Pedde (School Nurse), Laura Boddington (Female Counselor), Colton Shock (Cruel Child), Anysha Berthot (Cruel Child).
WRITERS: David S. Goyer, Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, and based on the characters created by Wes Craven and Victor Miller.
PRODUCER: Sean S. Cunningham.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Stokely Chaffin, Robert Shaye and Renee Witt.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Douglas Curtis.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Graeme Revell.
DISTRBUTOR: New Line Cinema.
Freddy: Why won't you die?!
DVD RELEASE DATE: January 13th, 2004 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $36.4 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $82.5 million (USA)
BUDGET: $25 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: September 2002 -- December 2002
- Veteran Friday the 13th actor Kane Hodder wanted to reprise his role as Jason Voorhees in this film, but was denied the role because the filmmakers wanted Jason to have "sympathic eyes" and wanted him to be a closer physical match to Freddy. Ken Kirzinger, who won the role of Jason, played a New York CIty cook and was also the stunt coordinator in Friday the 13th, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989).
- Katharine Isabelle was originally cast as a no longer existing character named Jenny, while Lauren Lee Smith was cast as Gibb. But when the character of Jenny was erased from further re-writes, Isabelle took over the part of Gibb, and Smith was no longer in the film.
- This film marks the 8th "Nightmare" movie and the 11th "Friday" movie. Both franchises have had two "final" chapters.
- Brad Renfro and Jason Bateman were at separate times cast as Will, but eventually were replaced by Jason Ritter.
- During test and advance screenings, the ending was not added to the film. Instead, a black screen came up saying. "See the conclusion of who wins on August 15th, the release of the film theatrically."
- The call letters of the news station shown on the TV in the hospital are KRGR, obviously a reference to Freddy Krueger. It is also the name of the radio station that Glenn (Johnny Depp) is listening to right before he dies in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).
- Westin Hills is Freddy's birthplace and was featured in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987).
