Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, A (1989)

"It's a boy!"

- Freddy Krueger

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is an American feature film of the slasher and supernatural horror genres. It is the fifth installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. The movie was directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by Leslie Bohem based on a story treatment by Bohem, John Skipp and Craig Spector. It was produced by New Line Cinema and Smart Egg Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on August 11th, 1989. The film stars Robert Englund reprising his infamous role as demonic dream killer Freddy Krueger and Lisa Wilcox as the protagonist, Alice Johnson. Other stars in the film include Kelly Jo Minter as Yvonne, Danny Hassel as Dan Jordan, Erika Anderson as Greta Gibson, Nick Mele as Dennis Johnson and Joe Seely as Mark Gray.

Appearances

 * Freddy Krueger
 * Alice Johnson
 * Yvonne
 * Dan Jordan
 * Greta Gibson
 * Dennis Johnson
 * Mark Gray
 * Mrs. Jordan
 * Mister Jordan
 * Mister Gray
 * Gurney orderly
 * Amanda Krueger
 * Jock
 * Merging Freddy
 * Delivery doctor
 * Anne
 * Semi-truck driver
 * Girl in locker
 * Doctor Moore
 * Jacob
 * Asylum girl
 * Trendy guest
 * Elm Street kid
 * Orderly #1
 * Baby Jacob
 * Delivery nurse
 * Coach Ostrow
 * Customer
 * Little girl
 * Guest
 * Thirty-something
 * Super Freddy
 * Racine Gibson
 * Cop
 * Trendy
 * Dinner guest
 * Asylum inmate
 * Paramedic


 * Springwood
 * Ohio
 * Elm Street


 * Doll


 * Doctor
 * Orderly
 * Mental patient
 * Musician
 * Paramedic
 * Police officer
 * Waitress


 * 1980s
 * Births
 * Church
 * Demons
 * Disfigurement
 * Dismemberment
 * Domineering mother
 * Dreams
 * Hospital
 * Impalement
 * Mental hospital
 * Mental patient
 * Nightmares
 * Psychopath
 * Psychopathy
 * Serial killer
 * Severed limbs
 * Spiders

Fun Facts

 * The tagline for this film is, "It's a boy!". This is also intoned by Freddy Krueger himself in a singing cadence in the movie.


 * This is the final film in the series to use a number in its title.