A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

New Line Cinema | Release Date: August 11, 1989

5.4	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 54 Ratings

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PanchogulOct 4, 2018

La que menos me gusta de toda la saga, pero he de admitir que las escenas de muertes son de las mejores.

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robertoiglesiasOct 19, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After the first 4 Nightmare on Elm Street films were fantastic, this one sucks imo. The transitions and setting changes are horribly done, it makes the story confusing.
For example, when Alice leaves the park (real world), she goes up some stairs to a gothic castle that’s an abandoned asylum. She goes down a hall and finds a gross stroller, and is then strapped to a bed and is being wheeled down the hallway (dream world). She becomes a nurse and the woman in the bed is Amanda Krueger (Freddy’s mom) who is giving birth to Freddy (btw this is a history lesson in the dream world). Freddy becomes himself again, gives now horrible jokes, and Alice finds herself in the diner she works at IN THE REAL WORLD!! HOW CONFUSING AND STUPID THIS IS!!! Also Freddy is annoying, has mediocre makeup fx, the deaths are a bit confusing, and the dream child story gets lost with a cloud- no A STORM OF PLOT HOLES AND DUMB PRODUCTION CHOICES! Alice must have fallen asleep off screen! HOW CRYPTIC IS THAT TO YOUR AUDIENCE!
In the first 4 movies, there was 1 or 2 scenes in each movie that were a bit confusing, so I just said, it’s a guy from your dreams named Freddy affecting the real world. This film has like 20 choices that make no sense. What’s good in this film are Alice, the other characters, the kills, and some parts make sense. But when compared to the previous installments, this one is not good.… Expand

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JPKJul 4, 2019

Another Miss
In a franchise where it’s sequels are either hits (3) or miss (2), This goes in the “Miss” category.

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spencerkidJul 10, 2019

its goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood ok?

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FilipeNetoApr 30, 2021

I have seen the several films in the franchise "A Nightmare on Elm Street", and found that I have enjoyed more than most slasher films of the same time ("Halloween", "Friday the 13th" etc.). However, the quality of the franchise has visiblyI have seen the several films in the franchise "A Nightmare on Elm Street", and found that I have enjoyed more than most slasher films of the same time ("Halloween", "Friday the 13th" etc.). However, the quality of the franchise has visibly declined with the time and the films that have been released.

The script of this film follows the story of its predecessor, but the way the story was developed lacks tension, suspense and even logic, with the characters acting randomly and thoughtlessly. The film does not have a developed or appealing content and this is reflected in our interest: I feel that I lost interest in the story in the first half hour, and I simply watched the rest without feeling involved or interested in what I was seeing.

The cast counts, of course, with Robert Englund in his usual role, and that he knew how to play wonderfully. It is not by chance that he was never replaced in the role of Krueger. However, I felt that the actor was too good for the film and the dialogues did not do him justice. Younger actors do what they can, but they can't match him, and they have very simple and uninteresting characters. Lisa Wilcox, who has already made the previous film, is the most capable actress but is limited to doing an average job.

The director, Stephen Hopkins, offers us a boring and uninspired job, where his main bet is on creating a visual style that makes the film more attractive. The problem is that there is no content to justify it. I liked the imaginative sets, and some scenes seem to be inspired by German expressionism, but the cinematography, full of contrast and intense colors, did not help and detracted from the unorthodox look of these scenes. The editing also seemed amateurish, to say the least. The soundtrack escapes these problems a little: not being particularly memorable, it works satisfactorily.… Expand