Stephen (Predator 2, Lost In Space) Hopkins takes on this installment and adds some well needed creepiness after part 4's action-and-comedy-but-where's-the-horror turn.
Shame he doesn't add a decent plot to go with it.
As with part 4, there is none of the real blood and gore of the originals and Freddy plays for laughs rather than for scares. The film makes also the mistake of starting to tamper with the mythology set out in 1 and 3 and although the baby 'dreamstate' idea has potential it is wasted.
Fortunately, unlike Star Trek's so called "odd-number-curse", it seems Nightmare suffers from the dreaded "even-number-curse" as the worst is yet to come...
Shame he doesn't add a decent plot to go with it.
As with part 4, there is none of the real blood and gore of the originals and Freddy plays for laughs rather than for scares. The film makes also the mistake of starting to tamper with the mythology set out in 1 and 3 and although the baby 'dreamstate' idea has potential it is wasted.
Fortunately, unlike Star Trek's so called "odd-number-curse", it seems Nightmare suffers from the dreaded "even-number-curse" as the worst is yet to come...