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

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Writers (WGA):

Wes Craven (characters)
John Skipp (story) ...

Release Date:

11 August 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

It's A Boy!

Plot:

Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again...

Plot Keywords:

Freddy Krueger | Nightmare | Dream | Murder | Rampage

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Robert Englund	...	Freddy Krueger / Featured Maniac
Lisa Wilcox	...	Alice Johnson
Kelly Jo Minter	...	Yvonne
Danny Hassel	...	Dan Jordan
Erika Anderson	...	Greta Gibson
Nicholas Mele	...	Dennis Johnson (as Nick Mele)
Joe Seely	...	Mark Gray
Valorie Armstrong	...	Mrs. Jordan
Burr DeBenning	...	Mr. Jordan
Clarence Felder	...	Mr. Gray
Michael Ashton	...	Gurney Orderly
Beatrice Boepple	...	Amanda Krueger
Matthew Borlenghi	...	Jock (as Matt Borlenghi)
Noble Craig	...	Merging Freddy
E.R. Davies	...	Delivery Doctor

Also Known As:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (USA) (poster title)
Nightmare on Elm Street 5 (Philippines: English title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Iceland:(Banned) | Mexico:C | Norway:18 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

The bike that attacks Dan is a Yamaha V-Max 1200.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Greta has an argument with her mother during the Dinner party, while the camera goes to her mother for the second time, the black woman on the right puts her glass of wine on the table and it doesn't make any sound. However when the camera faces Greta again the black woman (on the left side of the screen now) has the glass again in her and and puts it down again, however this time the glass does make a sound.

Quotes:

Freddy Krueger: Hey, Danny. Better not dream and drive.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Gorgon Video Magazine (1989) (V)

Soundtrack:

LET'S GO

What happened?!

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child, the fifth installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series and the worst sequel ever in the series, even worse than A Nightmare on Elm Street 2. I was lucky enough to get the Nightmare on Elm Street DVD box set for my birthday and I watched all the sequels. The dream child was the worst without a doubt, I was surprised too since they were doing so well with the last two sequels. But I guess they just lost the charm, the story was just ridicules and I wasn't happy with where it went. Alice just became more annoying, she's not Nancy or Kirsten, so her carrying this film on her own didn't work for me. Freddy is also loosing his scare, this was just getting a bit silly.

Alice is back and she's carrying a child, she couldn't be happier with her life. But Freddy is also back and he's not going to be too light on her since she defeated him so easily in the fourth movie. But anyways, he wants her child and to be born into the world again. Did you ever wonder if Freddy had parents too? Well that's what A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child investigates and Alice soon finds out what Freddy's childhood was like and that maybe that's the one thing that can defeat him.

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child is just all in all a bad movie and an insult to the series. I don't think anyone could be happy with this sequel. Just the story was really silly, I mean it could have possibly worked, but once again, it was just executed the wrong way. I know that if you're looking to see the sequels for the Nightmare on Elm Street series, you should watch it, but I really wouldn't recommend it, it's not worth it, at least in my opinion.

3/10