A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
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- Directed by
- Stephen Hopkins
- Written by
- Leslie Bohem, John Skipp, Craig Spector
- Produced by
- Robert Shaye, Jon Turtle, Rupert Harvey, Sara Risher
Why it’s HorroRated
The Dream Child is the most ambitious Elm Street sequel and it swings harder than most late-cycle horror sequels bother to. The M.C. Escher sequence and a few other set pieces show what the series could do when given real latitude. It doesn't fully land but it's interesting for trying, which is more than you can say for most fifth entries in a franchise.
Synopsis
The Dream Child uses Alice's pregnancy as its central mechanism and swings harder than most late-cycle horror sequels bother to. The M.C. Escher sequence is visually inventive and a few other set pieces show what the series could do with real latitude. It doesn't fully land but it's interesting for trying, which is more than you can say for most fifth entries.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- August 11, 1989
- Runtime
- 1 hour 29 mins
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
Content notes
- Violence and peril
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