A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Terror beyond your wildest dreams.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb5.6/10· 67K votes
Rotten Tomatoes56%
Metacritic56%
TMDb5.864/10· 2K votesWith 56% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.6/10 on IMDb and 56/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
Cast of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Robert Englund
as Freddy Krueger
Rodney Eastman
as Joey
Danny Hassel
as Dan
Andras Jones
as Rick
Tuesday Knight
as Kristen
Ken Sagoes
as Kincaid
Lisa Wilcox
as Alice
Brooke Bundy
as Elaine
- N
Nicholas Mele
as Johnson
Toy Newkirk
as Sheila
Brooke Theiss
as Debbie
- J
John Beckman
as Coach
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master facts
- Budget
- $6.5M
- Box office
- $49.4M
- Collection
- A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Dreams sequences provide surreal horror atmosphere and visual creativity
- •Horror action hybrid blends martial arts with nightmare imagery effectively
- •High school setting grounds fantasy horror in relatable teen experience
What the audience disliked
- •Sequelitis shows with diminishing scares and repetitive horror formula
- •Disfigurement imagery loses impact through desensitization by later sequels
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