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- "It's a boy!"
- ―Freddy Krueger
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child | |
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| Title: | A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child |
| Genres: | Horror |
| Directed by: | Stephen Hopkins |
| Written by: | John Skipp; Craig Spector; Leslie Bohem |
| Produced by: | Jon Turtle; Sara Risher; Robert Shaye; Rupert Harvey |
| Music by: | Jay Ferguson |
| Cinematography: | Peter Levy |
| Edited by: | Brent A. Schoenfeld; Chuck Weiss |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | New Line Cinema Smart Egg Pictures |
| Released: | August 11th, 1989 |
| Rating: | X |
| Running time: | 89 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $8,000,000 |
| Gross: | $22,168,359 (US) |
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| Previous: | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) |
| Next: | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) |
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.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Robert Englund | Freddy Krueger/Freddy's father |
| Lisa Wilcox | Alice Johnson |
| Kelly Jo Minter | Yvonne |
| Danny Hassel | Dan Jordan |
| Erika Anderson | Greta Gibson |
| Nick Mele | Dennis Johnson |
| Joe Seely | Mark Gray |
| Valorie Armstrong | Mrs. Jordan |
| Burr DeBenning | Mister Jordan |
| Clarence Felder | Mister Gray |
| Michael Ashton | Gurney orderly |
| Beatrice Boepple | Amanda Krueger |
| Matt Borlenghi | Jock |
| Noble Craig | Merging Freddy |
| E.R. Davies | Delivery doctor |
| Beth DePatie | Anne |
| Will Egan | Semi-truck driver |
| Stacy Elliott | Girl in locker |
| Stephen Grives | Doctor Moore |
| Whitby Hertford | Jacob |
| Jennifer Honneus | Asylum girl |
| Jake Jacobs | Trendy guest |
| Annie Lamaje | Elm Street kid |
| Gerry Loew | Orderly #1 |
| Kara Marie | Baby Jacob |
| Roxanne Mayweather | Delivery nurse |
| Don Maxwell | Coach Ostrow |
| John R. Murray | Customer |
| Marne Patterson | Little girl |
| Cameron Perry | Guest |
| Mark Siegler | Thirty-something |
| Mike Smith | Super Freddy |
| Pat Sturges | Racine Gibson |
| Cesar Anthony Torres | Cop |
| Peter Trencher | Trendy |
| Wally George | Himself |
| Ron Armstrong | Hot Seat band member |
| Ted Nugent | Hot Seat band member |
| Rudy Sarzo | Hot Seat band member |
| Eric Singer | Hot Seat band member |
| Jill Adler | Dinner guest |
| Victor A. Haddox | Asylum inmate |
| James Vallo | Paramedic |
Appearances[]
Characters
- 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
Locations
Items
- Doll
Vocations
Miscellaneous
- 1980s
- Births
- Church
- Demons
- Disfigurement
- Dismemberment
- Domineering mother
- Dreams
- Hospital
- Impalement
- Mental hospital
- Mental patient
- Nightmares
- Pregnant with monster
- Psychopath
- Psychopathy
- Serial killer
- Severed limbs
- Spiders
Notes[]
- Anoes 5, Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989), A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989), Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, A, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child all redirect to this page.
- Production on A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child began on April 7th, 1989. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child was released to DVD by New Line Home Video on August 22nd, 2000.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is included on the A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection 7-disc Blu-ray boxset collection, which was released by Warner Home Video on March 5th, 2013.
- In addition to playing Freddy Krueger, actor Robert Englund also plays the featured maniac seen in the flashback sequences of Westin Hills. The implication is that this was the man who actually impregnated Amanda Krueger.
- Jill Adler, Victor A. Haddox and James Vallo are uncredited in this film.
- Actor Marc Siegler is credited as Mark Siegler in this film. Marc is also known as the co-writer and producer of Galaxy of Terror.
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.
Recommendations[]
1980s horror films
See also[]
External Links[]
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child at AMG
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child at IMDB
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child at Wikipedia
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child at the Flesh Farm
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child at Themoviedb.org
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child at Horrormovies.org
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child at Rotten Tomatoes
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child at The Video Vacuum
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