A Nightmare On Elm Street 5 - The Dream Child DVD

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Production Year: 1989 - Horror - Director: Stephen Hopkins - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over more

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Freddy is back to slash through a few Elm street teens once again. The meaning of horror is reborn when he invades the dreams of his nemesis' unborn child.





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Author's product rating:   A Nightmare On Elm Street 5 - The Dream Child DVD - rated by Kelvan

Did you enjoy it? Disliked it 
Story Very weak 
Characters / Performances Weak 
Special Effects Standard 
How does it compare to similar films? Unmemorable 

Advantages: Hmmm
Disadvantages: Where Do I start? !

Recommend to potential buyers: no 

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Story:
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?

Verdict:
Yet another sequel to the Nightmare series. Why do we watch them all?!?! The acting in this film is average, and as for some of the horror moments?! They just make me laugh! At one point a kid turns into a superhero and starts shooting at Freddy! Its pathetic, but it will make you laugh.

I'd also like to know how the characters have this innate knowledge about how to move around in their dreams. You want to go somewhere? Find a picture of it and draw a stick figure of yourself there. Yes, one of the characters does this, and does it so casually and confidently, it's like she does this all the time. Give me a break.

So how does Freddy return? In the previous series entry, of course, he dies. Again. In this one, he returns to life in a sequence so random and nonsensical it's quite obvious the filmmakers could think up no better alternative. "Make it confusing, and everybody will think they just missed something," I can hear one of the writers saying. From what I gather, Freddy gets reborn, though who gives birth to him a second time and how he grows up again so fast, I have no idea. His opening line, "It's a BOYYY!!!" is too cheesy for words. It's a lot like the movie as a whole in that regard.

Overall, a bog standard movie that raises many unintentional laughs!
 
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