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A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

1h 30m | PG-13

⭐ 5.4 / 10

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.

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Studio: New Line Cinema

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Video: 720p

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Cast

Robert Englund

Robert Englund

as Freddy Krueger

Lisa Wilcox

Lisa Wilcox

as Alice Johnson

Erika Anderson

Erika Anderson

as Greta Gibson

Valorie Armstrong

Valorie Armstrong

as Mrs. Jordan

Michael Ashton

Michael Ashton

as Gurney Orderly

Kelly Jo Minter

Kelly Jo Minter

as Yvonne

Reviews

By John Chard

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

By Andre Gonzales

This one was just ok. For some reason the kid in this movie just bothered me. Yea he looked scary but he was a bad actor. The movie itself would have been better with a different actor or just cut him out altogether.