A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

1988
R
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

64K

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

Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.

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Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

64K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total

Trivia
First film in the franchise where Robert Englund received top billing in the opening credits.

Goofs
(at around 22 mins) When a headphone cord is unplugged from a stereo, the stereo does not turn off. The stereos speakers would turn on.

Quotes
Freddy Krueger: Welcome to Wonderland, Alice.

Crazy credits
A text before the opening credits reads as follows: "When deep sleep falleth on men, fear came apon me. And trembling which made all my bones to shake" -Job IV, 13-14

Alternate versions
The UK cinema version was cut by 56 secs to delete footage of nunchakus from two scenes, and the cuts were expanded to 1 min 7 secs for the video release. The cuts were fully restored in the 15 rated 2001 DVD.

Connections
Edited into KPDX Fox 49, Award Video: Freddy's Holiday Party Contest (1988)

Soundtracks
Love Kills
Performed by Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Written by Vinnie Vincent
Produced and Arranged by Dana Strum and Vinnie Vincent
Published by Vinnie Vincent Music/Rare Blue Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
From the Chrysalis LP "All Systems Go"
(played on jukebox in diner)

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Featured review

6/10

Gone down in my opinion

Freddy is resurrected from the dead when a dog takes a pee on the ground in the scarp yard in which he was buried! That kind of sets the tone for the fourth instalment. When this first came out on VHS I was blown away by the special effects & it quickly became my second favourite in the franchise, after the first film. This was mainly due to the special effects (impressive at the time) and gimmicky way in which people die. However, 30 years on and in my opinion the film has lost some of that initial positivity, I know think that part 3 is a far better movie. There were splashes of humour in part 3 but it still managed to also be a dark, scary horror film. But in Dream Warriors Freddy is now more of a comic, spouting corny one-liners, which is something that I personally wasn't so fond of. The special effects are the real star here. It's still a fun movie to watch but I think it was the point where the series started to go down hill. Linnea Quigley has a nice little topless part as one of the souls coming out of Freddy's body, worthy of a freeze-frame!