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A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989) — Where to Watch · CriticCrunch

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A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

Movie1989·89 min

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

Directed by Stephen Hopkins

Horror Thriller

A horror thriller film directed by Stephen Hopkins.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 82%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

5.4/10

1K ratings

About A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Stylized
Story Tags: parenthood nurture, survival of spirit, supernatural, american regional, hospital medical, parent child, villain protagonist, reluctant hero, dream surreal, race against time, serial killer, monster creature, slasher

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Details

Director: Stephen Hopkins
Language: English

Cast

Lisa Wilcox, Robert Englund, Erika Anderson

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How A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child Ranks

All movies

Top 82%

1980s movies

Top 87%

Horror movies

Top 82%

Stephen Hopkins films#9 of 10

Top 82% All movies.

the vibe

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child Vibe

What it feels like

briskdarkintenseapproachablelight-touchpersonalhauntingunsettling

stylized

What it's about

dream surrealrace against timeparenthood nurturesurvival of spiritvillain protagonistreluctant heroparent childsupernaturalserial killermonster creatureslasheramerican regionalhospital medical

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy