A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

1988
18
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

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

One of the best - highly imaginative!

"Nightmare on Elm Street 4" is one of the best entries in the series. Okay, the first is considered a classic, maybe because it had a feeling of poetic surrealism that is indeed lost here. But, come on, it is the FOURTH Freddy film, did you REALLY expect it to be scary? Freddy delivers indeed too many puns, however some of them actually hit the mark. After all, the quality of a slasher film doesn't depend exclusively on how "serious" and "vicious" the killer is - he was more serious in "Part 2", which was an embarrassment, he was less serious in "Part 3", which was an imaginative, entertaining film. As for "Part 4", it has way-above-average acting, a polished look (just compare it to some early "Friday The 13th" cheapies) and some gruesome, stunning visual effects. Above all, the movie exploits more possibilities about the links between reality and dreams than the "classic" original did. It is worth seeing.