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A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

   
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins

Written by: Lisa Bohem

Story by: John Skipp, Craig Spector & Leslie Bohem

Starring:

Robert Englund .... Freddy Krueger
Lisa Wilcox .... Alice Johnson
Kelly Jo Minter .... Yvonne
Joe Seely .... Mark Gray
Danny Hassel .... Daniel Jordan
Erika Anderson .... Greta Gibson
Beatrice Boepple .... Amanda Krueger
Nick Meele .... Mr. Johnson
Valorie Armstrong .... Mrs. Jordan

Cameos:

Michael Bailey Smith .... Super Fre4ddy
Marnette Patterson .... Little Girl

Release Dates: Theatrical: August 11, 1989; Fantasporto Film Festival: Fantasporto Film Festival: February, 1990

*Images courtesy at: www.anightmareonelmstreet.net

Rating:

 

Alice (Lisa Wilcox) thought she could relax and not worry about Freddy anymore. However she is dreaming of Freddy being reborn and then he quickly grows into an adult.
She thinks shecan stop him again with her boyfriend Dan (Danny Hassel) but things get terrifying. Dan tries to race to see Alice as there is an emergency but somehow Freddy forced him to go to sleep and he dies when he crashes his truck into a semi.
Alice finds out that she is pregnant as her child will be a boy. She tries to tell everyone that Krueger is back but people thinks that she is going through too much drama and thinks that they're accidental deaths whever someone is killed.
She also tries to free the spirit of Freddy's mother Amanda (Beatrice Boapple) to put a stop to him at a local church which she dreamt of Freddy being reincarnated while Freddy is
striking through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. Can she free Amanda?
Freddy is already convincing Alice's unborn child that she doesn't love him and tries to turn him evil. Also, her friends starts to drop like flies as she must free Amanda before she's next along with her unborn child.

 

Not as exciting as the previous sequels but still a good one.
Dazzling effects and great settings along with an energetic cast sparks up this film.
This film was the last Elm Street series. Of course Freddy's Dead and Freddy Vs. Jason were stories on their own.
The ending almost teases you wondering if another one will follow this one.

Lisa Wilcox reprises her role and still struts her stuff well. She performs with dynamic energy
Kelly Jo Minter stands out well as her wise and intelligent friend
Joe Seely is believeable as a goofy teenage comic book artist in the film and really knew his chracter inside out.
Erika Anderson stands out beautifully and is stunning.
Nick Meele returns as well and does a good job playing someone sobered up.
Beatrice Boapple probably is the best one in the film putting alot of emotion to her role as Freddy's mother.
Supporting actress Pat Sturges is hilarious as a stern mother trying to watch her daughter's weight which was played by Anderson.
Robert Englund doesn't seem to stand out too welkl as Freddy this time round. He didn't do much for me. Sorry dude.

Lisa Wilcox is fully naked behind a glass door taking a shower.

Freddy Krueger rips his arm off with acid and later on some inmates do the same thing
Wires and other deadly stuff is stabbed in Dan's body while driving a motorbike as his flesh gets burned off too.
Gretta has her face overly stuffed with food and her face is close to exploding as well as having chunks taken out of her.

Stephen Hopkins shows a nice opening with two bodies clashing towards one another in the dark.
He also shows a nice nightmare scene involving Lisa Wilcox while she's taking a shower and then it leads to an asylum with inmates. There's a good side shot of Robert Englund as an inmate peeking at her.
Of course when her character wakes up you really jump as Englund is in the room with her dressed up as an inmate.
He directs Wilcox nicely walking in a park and then she suddenly encounters children jump roping doing the Freddy Krueger chant. Then we see her walking in a dark forest to an asylum watching Freddy being reborn again. All of this was at a descent pace and nice timing too for a sequel to be born.
We see a nice brief dialogue between Beatrice Boepple and Englund as a mother defending anyone from her dangerous son.
There's a nice setting with cast playing teenagers at their own grad party near a swimming pool.
We spot a real intense but energetic moment with Danny Hassel trying to drive in a car or a motorbike but Englund as Krueger tortures him with wires and all sorts of deadly devices as Hopkins makes the setting look real painful.
There's a good shot of a truck exploding and caught on fire.
Hopkins really made Wilcox cry on set very well when she spits out the words that Krueger killed her boyfriend.
She says her lines very well towards the cast who played her friends on who Krueger is and really is great at her aggressive attitude when they don't take her seriously.
We see a real disturbing nightmare moment with a dialogue between Pat Sturges and Erika Anderson with a dispute towards one another at a dinner table and Sturges shows a real wicked expression on her face. But what was really disturing was when Englund pops along as Krueger and stuffs Anderson's face with food as she really gets into it by being tortured by all of this.
He also brought energy to actor Joe Seely when in his dream he plays a superhero battling Krueger (Englund) which showed nice comic book actinon and effects. There's a great shot on Michael Bailey Smith as Super Freddy too.
We have a suspenseful camera shot on Kelly Jo Minter and it shows alot of terror on her being sucked into Freddy's domain.
Wilcox shows plenty of action when she tries to find Krueger by hunting him down in her dream.

Jay Ferguson is quite bland with his music for the film and doesn't bring it out like the other films have. Oh well.

There's a soundtrack of artists performing musicbgy the likes of Bruce Dickinson, Samantha Fox, Doctor Ice and W.A.S.P. for the film but it's hardly remembered.


Mr. Gray: Hey, Mark! Picture time. Come get immortalized, parents and brats.
[laughs]
Racine Gibson: [excitedly] Greta! Photo opportunity, dear.
Greta Gibson: Damn it! They caught me. I have to gnash my teeth for the paparazzi.

Alice Johnson: How was the meeting?
Mr. Johnson: Sobering.
Alice Johnson: Very funny.

Little Girl: [singing] ... seven, eight, better stay awake. Nine, ten, he's back again.

Freddy Krueger: It's a boy-oy.

Amanda Krueger: Your birth was a curse on the whole of humanity.
[Freddy hisses]
Amanda Krueger: I will not allow it to happen again. You brought me back to give you life, but now I must take yours.
Freddy Krueger: We'll see, bitch. We'll just see.

Freddy Krueger: Hey, Danny. Better not dream and drive.

Freddy Krueger: Yeeeeeeeeehaw! This boy feels the need for speed!

Freddy: Put your pedal to the metal, Dan!
[laughs]

Freddy Krueger: [Possessing Dan's dead body after the wreck] Hey Alice, wanna make babies?

Alice Johnson: What's wrong with me?
Yvonne: Nothing... You're just a little pregnant.

Jacob: I like you. I wanna stay with you. How come you don't like me?
Alice Johnson: Who said I didn't like you?
Jacob: My friend with the funny hand.

Greta Gibson: One of my friends died yesterday, Mother. Do you mind if I take a few hours off to remember him?
Racine Gibson: But we're having a party, dear.

Freddy Krueger: [In French accent] Madam, if I may.
[locks Greta in seat]
Freddy Krueger: Bon appÈtit...
[accent dies]
Freddy Krueger: ... bitch.

Freddy Krueger: You are what you eat!!!!

Freddy Krueger: Poor baby....

Mark Gray: [Interrupts Yvonne and Alice's argument and shows them the files under his arm] He found a lot more people before he found us.
Yvonne: You too?
Mark Gray: [Holds up his scarred palm to her] He invited me to his house last night.

Mark Gray: [as The Phantom Prowler] Time to die, you scar-faced limp-dick.
[fires a bunch of times until Freddy changes]
Super Freddy: Faster than a bastard maniac. More powerful than a loco-madman. It's... Super Freddy.
[changes back to normal]
Freddy Krueger: Told you comic books was bad for ya.

Freddy Krueger: Where are you goin' piglet? The party's just started!
Alice Johnson: I know EXACTLY what you're up to.
Freddy Krueger: I thought I was up to uhhhhh... Yvoooooone!
[Lifts Yvonne from water]
Yvonne: [Screams]

[disguised as Dan Jordan]
Freddy Krueger: Kids... always a disappointment.

Amanda Krueger: Jacob... Jacob! Alice will not triumph. Only you can save her now. Unleash the power he has given you.
Jacob: [Looking like Freddy] Hey Freddy! She's no fun anymore. I want to play with you. Kick me?
[Grunts]
Jacob: [Looking back at Freddy after he sees that he has fallen into Amanda's trap] School's out, Krueger!