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

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

11 August 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | 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:

Dream | Nightmare | Freddy Krueger | Nun | Returning Character Killed Off

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:

When Alice and Mark look through the pile of newspapers, for a moment, the camera is set on an article regarding Amanda Krueger’s death. In this article, Robert Shaye (Producer) is quoted as he says: "She was a victim of the evil within us all. I hope she will know peace in the life hereafter".

Goofs:

Continuity: After Mark is pulled into the comic book, and the whole place collapses a drip of blood falls on his head. In reality blood isn't that thick, and after Mark checks what it is the amount of blood on his cheek changes from the closeup to the wide shot.

Quotes:

Delivery Nurse: Sister, this is one of God's creatures. Take solace in that.
Amanda Krueger: That is no creature of God!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Family Guy: Chitty Chitty Death Bang (#1.3)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

HEAVEN IN THE BACK SEAT

Creepy and Underrated Sequel

On the day of her graduation in Springwood High School and after having sex with her boyfriend Dan Jordan (Danny Hassle), Alice Johnson (Lisa Wilcox) has a dreadful nightmare with Amanda Krueger (Beatrice Boepple) on the night that she was mistakenly locked up in the asylum with one hundred maniacs and then with Freddy Krueger's rebirth. During the night, while Dan is in the graduation party in a swimming pool with their common friends Yvonne (Kelly Jo Minter), Mark Grey (Joe Seely) and Greta Gibson (Erika Anderson), Alice calls him and Dan leaves the party and drives his truck to meet Alice at her job. However he is attacked by Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) and crashes against a large truck instantaneously dying. The shocked Alice goes to the hospital and finds that she is pregnant of Dan's son. When Greta is killed by Freddy during a dinner party, Alice becomes intrigued since she was not sleeping in both occasions; therefore Freddy could not have used her dreams to reach Dan and Greta. Sooner Alice concludes that Freddy is using her baby's dreams to kill her friends, and she decides to seek out Amanda to learn how she could defeat and destroy Freddy Krueger.

"A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child" is the fifth part of this classic movie and is a creepy and underrated sequel. This is the movie of the franchise that uses the greatest number of impressive gruesome special effects. The deaths are very creative, like the one in the comic book or the attack of the motorcycle and one of the scariest scenes is when Alice is dressed like Amanda and surrounded by the crazy guys in the saloon of the mental institution. The beauty of Lisa Wilcox gives a great contrast with the ugliness of the beast Freddy Krueger. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "A Hora do Pesadelo 5: O Maior Horror de Freddy" ("The Hour of the Nightmare 5: The Greatest Horror of Freddy")