Nightmare 5 - Il mito

After the events of Dream Master, Alice and her new friends graduate from high school, but little does she know that Freddy Krueger has returned once again and plans to be reborn into the real world through her unborn son. The only person who can stop him is his dead mother and only Alice can free her spirit in order to defeat him once again.

The sequels to the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, like I said before, has been hit and miss with Dream Warriors, Dream Master, and New Nightmare being better entries and others like Freddy's Revenge, and Freddy's Dead being weaker entries. Dream Child is another weak entry and while not exactly godawful, it lacks the elements to actually be a perfect dream.

Now there are some good things about Dream Child. The production design looks fine. It doesn't have the imaginative nature of Dream Master and Dream Warriors, but it does feel dream-like. The music score is once again haunting and fits the tone and atmosphere while Robert Englund did his best with otherwise lackluster material.

That being said, there are several problems with this fifth entry. The story isn't quite as imaginative and fresh and feels rather pedestrian, the pacing is very uneven, the writing is filled with one-liners from Freddy Krueger that aren't quite as funny, the direction is pretty drab, and the rest of the acting isn't that good. Lisa Wilcox did okay, but she wasn't as interesting as in Dream Master while the other characters are poorly-written due to their illogical decision making and while the death scenes are cool to look at, they do lack the spark that made the death scenes in Dream Master, Dream Warriors, and the original more memorable.

Overall, Dream Child isn't exactly godawful and has some good moments, but this is a dream that should've been better.

this one gets an "Average" slapped on it.....the material is getting old here now....saw this one as a double feature at a drive in...the film is o.k...still fred chasing unlucky teens..slashin em..and spoutin off one liners.....definitely a weaker film than the first 4..

however, its still fun ....and maintains that creepy, "ooooh its fred krueger,and hes back in my dreams again" vibe..but not as creative as the others. If a die hard fan like myself, you'll still shell out cash for it....

There are more screams and dreams as Part V of the Nightmare series rolled around, a story where Alice (Lisa Wilcox) finds Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) taunting the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child and wants to be reborn into the world through the baby.

It's more of the screams, dreams and mangling with some gross and graphic scenes, especially that containing images of the "Dream Child." These gross-out scenes are supposed to make the movie scarier, but it does really wear out afterward as the series progresses. There is really not much character development, suspense and thrilling sequences. It's basically a continuation of the same "kids vs. the re-returning Freddy Krueger" element, with only the baby scenes offering a different plot device.

At 89 minutes, it is not an extremely long movie and you might get entertained by a few of the "Dream Child" plot scenes. Overall, it's a very average horror movie.

Grade C-

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child, the fifth installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series and the worst sequel ever in the series, even worse than A Nightmare on Elm Street 2. I was lucky enough to get the Nightmare on Elm Street DVD box set for my birthday and I watched all the sequels. The dream child was the worst without a doubt, I was surprised too since they were doing so well with the last two sequels. But I guess they just lost the charm, the story was just ridicules and I wasn't happy with where it went. Alice just became more annoying, she's not Nancy or Kirsten, so her carrying this film on her own didn't work for me. Freddy is also loosing his scare, this was just getting a bit silly.

Alice is back and she's carrying a child, she couldn't be happier with her life. But Freddy is also back and he's not going to be too light on her since she defeated him so easily in the fourth movie. But anyways, he wants her child and to be born into the world again. Did you ever wonder if Freddy had parents too? Well that's what A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child investigates and Alice soon finds out what Freddy's childhood was like and that maybe that's the one thing that can defeat him.

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child is just all in all a bad movie and an insult to the series. I don't think anyone could be happy with this sequel. Just the story was really silly, I mean it could have possibly worked, but once again, it was just executed the wrong way. I know that if you're looking to see the sequels for the Nightmare on Elm Street series, you should watch it, but I really wouldn't recommend it, it's not worth it, at least in my opinion.

3/10

The series continues it descent with this the 5th chapter of the Nightmare series. Freddy is still great! Lisa Wilcox is still fine! But something is missing, I really don't know what it is but you can feel it.

While Dream Child is a step below the others, it is not as bad as other make you believe. There is the interesting backstory of Amanda Krueger (Freddy's mother) and the den of 100 lunatic's. Worth a look, but don't expect alot.

Pros: Englund is still the man -- Cons: Freddy baby, oh my lord -- Bottom Line: 6/10.