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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
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19 August 1988 (USA)
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You shouldn't have buried me, I'm not dead more
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Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may know the way to defeat him for good. full summary | add synopsis
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2 wins
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"You Shouldn't Have Buried Me...I'm Not Dead."
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Iceland:16 |
West Germany:16 (original rating) (cut) |
Germany:18 (re-rating) (uncut) |
Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1989) |
Finland:K-18 (cut) (1988) |
Singapore:M18 |
Netherlands:16 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Canada:18A |
France:-12 |
Mexico:C |
Norway:18 (video premiere) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 (re-rating) (2001, video) |
UK:18 (original rating) |
USA:R |
Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Patricia Arquette, Kristen in the third part of the series, could not reprise her role in this fourth part because she was pregnant at the moment of filming.
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Continuity: When Kristen is talking to the real nurse after bumping her head, her hand is on her head in the wide shot but not in the close-up.
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Love Kills
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Freddy is resurrected - by flaming dog urine, believe it or not - and in short order manages to kill the three remaining Elm Street children. He then turns his attention to a new group of teenaged bozos, but faces opposition from a girl (Lisa Wilcox) who turns out to be a formidable opponent.
It was with this entry in the series that things changed, not necessarily for the better: Freddy Krueger, and the actor playing him (Robert Englund) became the full-fledged star instead of a supporting player. He became a lot less scary after being given too many lines (including some groan-inducing one-liners) and too many scenes (including some well-lit ones).
Reasonably entertaining; not the least of the Elm Street movies but missing the element of fear needed to make it truly succeed. It really is a lot more amusing than frightening.
Saved from being just average by excellent special effects - including a creative death scene for one poor girl (Brooke Theiss) as well as Freddy's "death" scene.
The short-lived "Nightmare" TV series debuted somewhere around this time.
6/10