The Nightmare series sinks to new depths with the fifth in the series, The Dream Child: lamentable effects, a ridiculous plot, bad acting and Robert Englund portraying Freddy as a comedian rather than a vicious killer all go to making this one possibly the worst of the franchise so far.
Lovely Lisa Wilcox once again stars as Alice Johnson, who was last seen defeating Freddy via the power of reflection (see my comment on Pt. 4 for more details). Having celebrated her graduation, she plans to travel to Europe with boyfriend Dan, but, when her school pals start to mysteriously die, she suspects that Freddy has somehow managed to return once again.
The opening to The Dream Child is extremely misleading; it actually makes the viewer think that this chapter might be worth watching! After a night of rumpy-pumpy with her beau, Alice takes a shower, only to be trapped in the cubicle as it fills with water. This scene is easily the best part of the film. The rest of the movie is a logic-free mess which features such awful concepts as Freddy turning into a demonic motorbike, a girl being force fed to death (by Krueger dressed as a chef), and a geek entering a comic book and battling with 'Super-Freddy' (expect some dreadful effects and a really badly drawn comic during this sequence).
If, like me, you're ploughing your way through the whole series (in my case, having only seen them previously on their original release), then by now you're probably losing the will to live. Only two more to go. Will I make it or will Freddy have claimed another victim? 2.5 out of 10 (rounded up to 3 for IMDb).
Lovely Lisa Wilcox once again stars as Alice Johnson, who was last seen defeating Freddy via the power of reflection (see my comment on Pt. 4 for more details). Having celebrated her graduation, she plans to travel to Europe with boyfriend Dan, but, when her school pals start to mysteriously die, she suspects that Freddy has somehow managed to return once again.
The opening to The Dream Child is extremely misleading; it actually makes the viewer think that this chapter might be worth watching! After a night of rumpy-pumpy with her beau, Alice takes a shower, only to be trapped in the cubicle as it fills with water. This scene is easily the best part of the film. The rest of the movie is a logic-free mess which features such awful concepts as Freddy turning into a demonic motorbike, a girl being force fed to death (by Krueger dressed as a chef), and a geek entering a comic book and battling with 'Super-Freddy' (expect some dreadful effects and a really badly drawn comic during this sequence).
If, like me, you're ploughing your way through the whole series (in my case, having only seen them previously on their original release), then by now you're probably losing the will to live. Only two more to go. Will I make it or will Freddy have claimed another victim? 2.5 out of 10 (rounded up to 3 for IMDb).