The 5th movie of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise is arguably the weirdest part ever. There are so many things in the movie that make it hard to watch, yet at the same time it is still fairly watchable.
The movie continues after the 4th part with Alice & Dan engaged. Alice finds out later that she is expecting a child and she starts having dreams about Freddy Krueger (again). But she doesn't know why she is having the dreams, especially after she defeated Freddy in part 4. Then much later on, she discovers that her unborn baby inside of her has caused Freddy to be resurrected again, and with the help of her friends must stop Freddy from making her baby evil.
From beginning to end, the film shows strangeness. In the beginning, their is a weird close-up sex scene (but nothing explicit is shown) illuminated with blue lighting and dark background music. Freddy's dream powers are still awesome but are very weird (such as him changing into a motorcycle, overfilling a girl's mouth with food, transferring dead souls to Alice's unborn son via her womb, and a gross scene featuring Freddy "growing" out of Alice's face and body). There are lots of special effects, but I think they were way over-the-top.
However, unlike with Part 2 of the "Nightmare" movies, there are some things in the film that I like. The comic book geek's part 4-styled dream was the most fun, and it showcased one of Freddy's greatest superpowers (he transforms to an indestructible "Super Freddy!"). The boy who played Alice's son Jacob was creepy-looking and acted pretty good; at least he wasn't like those other bratty kid actors in certain immature horror films. Lisa Wilcox was okay as her character Alice, and after the birth of her character's child at the end, she says a cute addictive line: "Sweet dreams, Jacob Daniel." Finally, the background imagery in the movie is very dark and Gothic, which is a real treat for fans of Gothic horror movies.
To sum up, "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" is one of the weakest sequels of the franchise, but it has some good points that make it worth watching at least once. It's much better than Part 2 of the series, and much more imaginative.
I give this movie a 7/10.
The movie continues after the 4th part with Alice & Dan engaged. Alice finds out later that she is expecting a child and she starts having dreams about Freddy Krueger (again). But she doesn't know why she is having the dreams, especially after she defeated Freddy in part 4. Then much later on, she discovers that her unborn baby inside of her has caused Freddy to be resurrected again, and with the help of her friends must stop Freddy from making her baby evil.
From beginning to end, the film shows strangeness. In the beginning, their is a weird close-up sex scene (but nothing explicit is shown) illuminated with blue lighting and dark background music. Freddy's dream powers are still awesome but are very weird (such as him changing into a motorcycle, overfilling a girl's mouth with food, transferring dead souls to Alice's unborn son via her womb, and a gross scene featuring Freddy "growing" out of Alice's face and body). There are lots of special effects, but I think they were way over-the-top.
However, unlike with Part 2 of the "Nightmare" movies, there are some things in the film that I like. The comic book geek's part 4-styled dream was the most fun, and it showcased one of Freddy's greatest superpowers (he transforms to an indestructible "Super Freddy!"). The boy who played Alice's son Jacob was creepy-looking and acted pretty good; at least he wasn't like those other bratty kid actors in certain immature horror films. Lisa Wilcox was okay as her character Alice, and after the birth of her character's child at the end, she says a cute addictive line: "Sweet dreams, Jacob Daniel." Finally, the background imagery in the movie is very dark and Gothic, which is a real treat for fans of Gothic horror movies.
To sum up, "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" is one of the weakest sequels of the franchise, but it has some good points that make it worth watching at least once. It's much better than Part 2 of the series, and much more imaginative.
I give this movie a 7/10.