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:

Fantasy | 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:

Severed Face | Teenager | Impalement | Cult Favorite | Dismemberment

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Robert Englund	...	Freddy Krueger / Featured Maniac
Lisa Wilcox	...	Alice Johnson
Erika Anderson	...	Greta Gibson
Valorie Armstrong	...	Mrs. Jordan
Michael Ashton	...	Gurney Orderly
Beatrice Boepple	...	Amanda Kreuger
Matthew Borlenghi	...	Jock (as Matt Borlenghi)
Noble Craig	...	Merging Freddy
E.R. Davies	...	Delivery Doctor
Burr DeBenning	...	Mr. Jordan
Beth DePatie	...	Anne
Will Egan	...	Semi-Truck Driver
Stacey Elliott	...	Girl in Locker (as Stacy Elliott)
Clarence Felder	...	Mr. Gray
Steven Grives	...	Dr. Moore (as Stephen Grives)

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 graduation sequence was cut down significantly to speed up the pacing of the film. As a result, there are several continuity errors. Among the cut footage was Dan's graduation speech, dialogue between Greta and Racine, a rap between Yvonne, Alice, and Greta, additional dialogue about parents and future plans, and a scene in which Alice's father gives her a camera she had been saving up for as a graduation present before she went to Paris (if you watch closely, you can see Alice hand her father a camera before they go to take the group picture).

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The motorcycle has a California tag, when the setting is in Ohio.

Quotes:

Little Girl: [singing] ... seven, eight, better stay awake. Nine, ten, he's back again.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Singles Ward (2002)

Soundtrack:

LIVIN' IN THE JUNGLE

More of A Soap Opera Than Horror.

Not saying this is a bad movie like most people say, but if you look at it real closely; you will see this installment has the most drama than the others. Besides PART 7. Director Stephen Hopkins and (female) writer Leslie Bohem provide a great dramatic story with perfect comic timing by FREDDY KRUGER(Robert Englund).

Alice(Lisa Wilcox) and Dan(Danny Hassell) have been living like king and queen since the battle with FREDDY. All of that is about to change, because FREDDY is using their unborn baby, Jacob(Whitby Hertford), dreams to kill those close to her. The only person who can help her is the rest of her remaining friends and FREDDY's mother, who body has been missing since the birth of FREDDY.

Now the plot sounds like an average horror movie, but it's not. What most people complain about is how slow moving it is and not few people are killed like the other installment. This movie not about that at all, it's more on the human side than horror. Of course, you have those excellent one liners from FREDDY. So watch if your in for a horror/drama.