A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

Terror beyond your wildest dreams.

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Release Date: Aug 19, 1988
Rated: R | Runtime: 99 Mins | Language: English
Director: Renny Harlin
Stars: Robert Englund, Tuesday Knight, Ken Sagoes, Rodney Eastman, Lisa Wilcox, Andras Jones, Danny Hassel

Summary

Dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who can draw others into her dreams, wills her special ability to her friend Alice. Alice soon realizes that Freddy is taking advantage of that unknown power to pull a new group of children into his foul domain.

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"Soul Pizza" - A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

What to Expect

A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 is one of the better installments of this franchise, but it starts off a bit confusing considering they swapped out the actress that played the lead role of Kristen. Kristen was originally played by Patricia Arquette in part 3 but is now played by Tuesday Knight (who also happens to be the singer in The Dream Master's theme song). Overall, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 is a fan favorite consisting of some of the more creative and notable nightmares while showing off some high quality special effects (although paired with some especially bad practical effects, see the "Soul Pizza" video clip above).

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Critic Reviews:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 is ok, but it isn’t the fun of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3. It is too bad that even for a relatively short appearance that Patricia Arquette couldn’t come back to at least be killed (or even re-write it to kill her quicker).

– Basement Rejects

Dream Master is my go to horror movie and I don’t know why. Is it the childhood crush on Lisa Wilcox? Is the the story? Maybe it is just Robert Englund who keeps bringing me back.

– The Horror Syndicate

I fully appreciate that A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is bloody ridiculous. I appreciate that the stars (Englund excepted) couldn’t act their way out of a mugging and I appreciate that it’s about as scary as dropping a crisp.

– That Was A Bit Mental