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1989 · United States

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

Tonight at a glance

Runtime
89 min
Age rating
R
Language
English
Country
United States
Frights
Strong

Why tonight?

  • Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
  • It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.

The story

The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.

  • dreams
  • baby
  • monster
  • nightmare
  • nun
  • sadism
  • psychopath
  • asylum
  • pregnancy
  • supernatural

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Production

Rating
5.4 / 10 · 1,467 ratings
Studio
New Line Cinema, Heron Communications, Smart Egg Pictures