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

The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Writers:

Wes Craven (characters), John Skipp (story)

Stars:

Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Kelly Jo Minter

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Englund	...	Freddy Krueger
Lisa Wilcox	...	Alice
Kelly Jo Minter	...	Yvonne
Danny Hassel	...	Dan
Erika Anderson	...	Greta
Nicholas Mele	...	Dennis Johnson (as Nick Mele)
Joe Seely	...	Mark
Valorie Armstrong	...	Mrs. Jordan
Burr DeBenning	...	Mr. Jordan
Clarence Felder	...	Mr. Gray
Michael Ashton	...	Gurney Orderly
Beatrice Boepple	...	Amanda Krueger
Matt Borlenghi	...	Jock
Noble Craig	...	Merging Freddy
E.R. Davies	...	Delivery Doctor

Storyline

Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. His intention is to be "born again" into the real world. The only one who can stop Freddy is his dead mother, but can Alice free her spirit in time to save her own son?

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Plot Keywords:

comic book | serial teen murder | freddy krueger character | sadistic murderer | child murderer | 

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Taglines:

Now Freddy's A Daddy, He's Killing For Two.

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to director Stephen Hopkins, they "got lots of tarantulas, hand-painted them green and red, and on the floor of the stage placed a little wall up in the shape of an arm and had trainers come in and around the tarantulas." The plan was to simply drop the wall and film the resulting scattering of the spiders. However, after they got the shot they were left with a studio full of around 200 angry tarantulas. Hopkins figures, "We probably carried on shooting on another set, I'm sure. I don't think anyone ever found them again." As far as the director knows, those spiders roamed freely through the studio and escaped into the free world, or maybe it was just somebody's else job to ensure the tarantulas were all accounted for.

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Goofs

(at around 29 mins) Alice screams "Dan" in the diner, but her mouth doesn't move.

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Quotes

[seconds after fuel pump stabs into Dan's leg]
Freddy Krueger: Fuel injection!

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Crazy Credits

In the home video release of the film, Robert Englund is listed in the credits as "Freddy Krueger" and "Freddy Father" this was changed in the DVD release to just Freddy Krueger.

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Alternate Versions

Although the UK cinema and video versions were fully uncut the DVD release features the R-rated U.S print which is missing around 15 secs of gore. The fusion scene between Dan and the bike is shortened and the scene where Freddy forces Greta's innards into her mouth is cut (his voice can be heard saying "You are what you eat").

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Connections

Referenced in Rewind This! (2013)

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Soundtracks

LIVIN' IN THE JUNGLE
Performed by Schooly-D
Written, Produced and Arranged by Schooly-D
1988 Zomba Recording Corporation
An Original Sound Recording Made By Zomba Recording Corp.

User Reviews

"Its Super Freddy"

This movie isn't the best the series has to offer but it isn't as bad as critics made it out to be while the series moved away from the blood and gore horror aspect of the first three films and more towards dark humour and less gory kills mainly to lower the age rating so more people could see it Robert England is still terrifying as Freddy even when he's making funny one liners he still instills fear into you.

The movie has an interesting storyline that focuses on Lisa Willcox character being pregnant and Freddy using the unborn childs dreams to use Alices powers of bringing people into dreams which does change the rules of the series a little but not drastically just a few loop holes to bring Freddy back for another nightmare inducing killing spree of Alices new friends.

Some interesting camera angles used and the usual creepy music found in an Elm Street movie like the jump rope children singing there's also a stop motion scene in the movie that really hasn't aged well at all and is just hilariously bad.

I recommend watching this if your a Freddy fan or just a fan of slasher movies and dark humour and while not very scary is very entertaining to watch.

Details

Official Sites:

Nightmare On Elm Street

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 August 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

Filming Locations:

Café Laurent - 4243 Overland Avenue, Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,115,176, 13 August 1989

Gross USA:

$22,168,359

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$22,168,359

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Heron Communications, Smart Egg Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor) Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1