A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

"Terror beyond your wildest dreams."

Aug 19 1988 R 1h 33m
Horror

Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who can draw others into her dreams, wills her special ability to her new friend, Alice.

Plot

Following up the previous Nightmare film, the dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills all three of the surviving Elm Street kids. However, Kristen Parker (who has the ability to draw others into her dreams) wills her special ability to her new best friend Alice Johnson before her demise. Afterwards, she soon realizes that Freddy is taking advantage of that unknown power she now wields to pull a new group of teenage children into his foul domain. Can Alice embrace her new power to finally defeat Freddy or is it already too late?

Written by

Wes Craven, William Kotzwinkle, Brian Helgeland

Directed by

Renny Harlin

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

New Line Cinema

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 9 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
64,446
Average Rating
5.6 out of 10
Metascore
56
Popularity
NA