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

A young woman, seeing her friends all succumb to the horror of Freddy Kreuger and his dream haunting, sets out to release their tortured souls.
Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Release Date: 6-SEP-2005
Media Type: DVD Product Description

Out with the old, in with the new

I will always hold this Nightmare movie in high regard. Since it was the first one I ever saw at the young age of 6 in 1988.

This film has Freddy tying up the lose ends from Nightmare 3. With only Kristen as the last "elm street survivor", she must somehow stop Freddy from killing anyone new. Freddy exploits her dream power and she calls in Alice, a shy, innocent girl who doesn't seem to have a mean bone in her body. As Freddy finally gets his revenge, Kristen passes on her power to Alice.

Only problem is, Alice has a serious problem with daydreaming. Now one by one, all of Alice's friends get murdered by Freddy. But with every friend that dies, Alice acquires a strength or skill from them.

At the end, after all her friends are gone (except for her crush Dan), Alice takes on Freddy and ultimately defeats him in one of the best ways I've ever seen.

This movie could have really put an end to the Nightmare series. But I'm glad they didn't. Next up...Nightmare on Elm Street 5! October 15, 2008

'Terror Beyond Your Wildest Dreams' !!!

I thought Freddy's 4th was pretty good. Sometime after part 3, Kristen, Joey, and Kincaid realize Freddy is coming back! After Joey and Kincaid die, Kristen tells Alice about Freddy. Kristen dies and Alice is given a power because she is the dream master and could kill Freddy! There are some cool scenes like when Freddy is on the beach. One disgusting part is when Debbie is working out, and Freddy turns her arms into giant cockroach arms. Another cool/disgusting part is when Freddy is about to eat a meatball off a pizza, and the heads on the meatballs look like Alice's friends that keep dying. If you love the Freddy movies, you'll love A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER!!! September 1, 2008

From Dream Master to Dream Disaster.

Another mess of a sequel, Freddy's knives are duller than ever.
Not scary, not interesting, and does nothing to advance the Freddy legend.
Another Hollyweird attempt to further milk the franchise.
Dream master? More like a$$ master.
Pass.
June 20, 2008

Had Trouble With This One

This installment of ANOES is where I start having trouble enjoying myself. While The Dream Master does continue the story of part 3, it seems to be rather uneventful and linear.

When most of the characters in ANOES 3 were dispatched, the addition of Alice and her brother were cool, but Alice's character was still in her meek stage in this installment.

Overall The Dream Master works as a transition film, it's not the climax, but it works up to it. While there are some cool dream and death sequences (personal favorite is the roach girl), ANOES 4 really leads to nowhere...but it guess it kinda makes sense because there's a 5th part. May 25, 2008

Freddy vs. Kunoichi

Before the knockout drag out bout with Jason. Freddy was going one on one with Alice(Lisa Wilcox). Despite turning more into a dark comedy. This 4th installment isn't at all very bad. There is alot to like here. First of all the new cast. I liked every last one of them. They were some cool characters and I actually cared about them.

I liked the way Freddy came back and started tieing up loose ends right away. This made alot of time to get to know the new cast. A new Christian(Tuesday Knight) makes her debut. Lending her talents to a new character. The concept of pulling people into dreams was done before but this led to a very well done ending.

The dream sequences are every bit as good as the third and some of the deaths are over the top. But this one lacks the engaging story telling of the third one and the original. However, one scene that will always stand out to me is the repeat segment. I still remember the audiences reaction when I saw this in theatres. We was like,"WTH?"

One thing I will give this 4th sequel. The ending to me is by far the best of the series. The ending to Dream Warriors should have guaranteed Freddies death. But this one should have really put a final end to the comedic ghoul. After this one, I just could never understand how he kept coming back. This is a really good watch for entertainment purposes. Not scary in the slightest but it does its job keeping the viewer occupied. April 1, 2008

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