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Name: Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Released: 1989-8-11
Cast: Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Danny Hassel, Whitby Hertford, Kelly Jo Minter

Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

R
1h 29m
1989

30%

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The kids on Elm Street have. For five years, a walking nightmare named Freddy Krueger has haunted their sleep--seeking revenge for the horribly disfiguring death he suffered at the hands of the children's parents. Now, through the dreams of an unborn child, Freddy has resurrected himself ... and he's looking for new victims in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

30%

Critics Consensus: A Nightmare on Elm Street feels exhausted by this cheesy fifth entry, bogged down by a convoluted mythology while showing none of the chilling technique that kicked off the franchise.

Reviews

Film Frenzy

Matt Brunson

The Freddy Muppet Baby is laughable, but give this some credit: It might be the only movie in history to contain references to both M.C. Escher and a-ha.

What "The Dream Child" most successfully carries to term is an empathetic, emotional engagement of teenage trauma and pregnancy. It reflects a decade-ending boiling point in the tension between Hollywood button-pushers and political pencil-pushers.

Dream Child is a series low-point. Any terror or menace from Freddy Krueger is now gone in favor of a failing stand-up comedian. Lisa Wilcox tries her best to carry a lackluster cast of characters whose deaths (almost) all lean into the silly and stupid.

Even though the transitioning into nightmares is still admittedly amusing, the specific scary visions, based on individual fears, are rarely terrifying.

Don't wait for this one to come out on video-see it in the theatre and sit close to the screen. Roller coasters are always better at the front.

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