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Title: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
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| Robert Englund | ... | Freddy Krueger | |
| Lisa Wilcox | ... | Alice | |
| Kelly Jo Minter | ... | Yvonne | |
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Danny Hassel | ... | Dan |
| Erika Anderson | ... | Greta | |
| Nicholas Mele | ... | Dennis Johnson (as Nick Mele) | |
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Joe Seely | ... | Mark |
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Valorie Armstrong | ... | Mrs. Jordan |
| Burr DeBenning | ... | Mr. Jordan | |
| Clarence Felder | ... | Mr. Gray | |
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Michael Ashton | ... | Gurney Orderly |
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Beatrice Boepple | ... | Amanda Krueger |
| Matt Borlenghi | ... | Jock | |
| Noble Craig | ... | Merging Freddy | |
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E.R. Davies | ... | Delivery Doctor |
Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. His intention is to be "born again" into the real world. The only one who can stop Freddy is his dead mother, but can Alice free her spirit in time to save her own son? Written by David Thiel <d-thiel@uiuc.edu>
Some of the best, if not the best, special effects in the seven-part "Nightmare On Elm Street" series were featured in this movie. They are good and they are clever.
The teens in here are still annoying and profane but not to the degree they are in most of the "Freddy" films. There are some real "hotties" in here, too. The ridiculous part is that all these "teens" look about 25 years old (which they probably are). Robert Englund (Freddy) has some funny lines, as he did in a most of these movies and the movie is well-photographed.
My problem with the story, and almost of them actually, is the theology which has always been so stupid, but I tolerated it through all of the films. But here, to a show a book in the beginning of the film that says "Christian Mythology," is a real cheap shot and going too far. This pagan propaganda was heavy in this film, which is really only worthwhile for the inventive special-effects.