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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) More at IMDbPro »

• When Alice goes into the theater, there is a poster for Reefer Madness II: The True Story (1985), New Line Cinema's first success, as well as a poster for Hairspray (1988).
  
  
• The two gravestones visible behind Kristen Parker's and Roland Kincaid's are for Donald & Nancy Thompson, characters from A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987).
  
  
• The sandcastle form of the Elm Street House is visible on freeze-frame before it explodes.
  
  
• The name of the diner where Alice works is called the "Crave Inn", a reference to series creator Wes Craven.
  
  
• Also on the background wall of the theatre entrance, there is a poster of Renny Harlin's previous movie Prison (1988).
  
  
• Director Cameo: [Renny Harlin] a student in a classroom.
  
  
• Not only did actor Tuesday Knight co-star in the film, she performed the theme song.
  
  
• The highest-grossing entry in the Elm Street series (not counting Freddy vs. Jason (2003). It earned $49 million in the US.
  
  
• In a brief classroom scene, Alice and fellow students are lectured on the philosophy on dreams. The teacher giving the lecture is played by series producer and New Line Cinema CEO Robert Shaye.
  
  
• When Dan and Kirsten go to the hospital, there is an announcement on the PA requesting a Dr. Shaye, a reference to Robert Shaye, producer of the series and CEO of New Line Cinema.
  
  
• Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner came upon with a concept for this film that involved time travel through dreams. However, producers Robert Shaye and Sara Risher felt that this was too high a concept for a Nightmare On Elm Street sequel and didn't think it fit the formula that Craven created with the first film.
  
  
• Ellie Cornell auditioned for the role of Alice.
  
  
• Tibor Takács was offered to direct, but didn't took the job because the shooting would have started in couple of weeks.
  
  
• A magazine can be seen in Kristen's room that has a picture of Johnny Depp, who starred in the original 'Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984)' film and had a brief cameo in the sixth film of the series, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991).
  
  
• According to Annette Benson, the Casting Director, over 600 actresses auditioned for the role of Alice.
  
  
• 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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