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A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

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5.4/10 • 1.3K

1989-08-111h 30m

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Freddy delivers.

Alice finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child.

Directors
Stephen Hopkins
Characters
Wes Craven
Editors
Chuck Weiss

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Robert Englund

    Robert Englund

    Freddy Krueger

  2. Lisa Wilcox

    Lisa Wilcox

    Alice Johnson

  3. Erika Anderson

    Erika Anderson

    Greta Gibson

  4. Valorie Armstrong

    Valorie Armstrong

    Mrs. Jordan

  5. Michael Ashton

    Michael Ashton

    Gurney Orderly

  6. Kelly Jo Minter

    Kelly Jo Minter

    Yvonne

  7. Danny Hassel

    Danny Hassel

    Dan Jordan

  8. Nicholas Mele

    Nicholas Mele

    Dennis Johnson

  9. Joe Seely

    Joe Seely

    Mark Gray

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John Chard

Oct 12, 2015

5/10

Kids... always a disappointment. This review contains an implied spoiler in last paragraph By the time A Nightmare on Elm Street had rolled around to this, part five, Freddy Krueger had long stopped being a scary bogeyman. He was now a figure of fun, a purveyor of one line quips, while the makers were desperately trying to come up with new ideas in which to have the pizza faced Krueger still exist, and thus have more films for him to be in... Here we are sold the idea that a foetus can dream, so not only do we get a horror staple of sex being bad for you, but it lets Freddy (Robert Englund) back in the fold - in this another garbled screenplay. Cue friends of the pregnant Alice Johnson (Lisa Wilcox) being stalked and offed by the old stinky green and red jumper killer. It's all very frenetic and cartoonish, with gore replacing scares. There's a little ingenuity with some of the kills, such as a comic book section that has a good thought process, but once the laughable finale arrives - cuz - like - love conquers all - then you may be digging out parts 1 & 3 to remind yourself how good this series used to be. 5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8,000,000.00
Revenue
$22,168,359.00
Keywords
dreamsbabymonsternightmarenunsadismpsychopathasylumpregnancysupernaturalresurrectionohiosequelmurdervisionslashertorturebirthdisfigurementnightmare becomes realityfetuswombsupernatural horror