A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD Returning to the gothic backstory of the third installment, this Stephen Hopkins-directed fifth trip down Elm Street finds Alice recently impregnated by her boyfriend Dan, offering Freddy Krueger a means of re-manifesting himself via the dreams of her unborn child (hence, the subtitle The Dream Child). As Freddy's presence grows stronger, Alice begins to have visions of the plight of Freddy's mother, Amanda Krueger, whose impregnation with her "bastard son of a thousand maniacs" was the result of her accidentally being locked in with the inmates of an insane asylum. The film is dark, sparsely lit and genuinely creepy. Although Mr. Englund doesn't skimp on making Freddy funny, he's decidedly more sinister this time around than in the third and fourth films. Moreover, make-up effects artist David Miller returned for this one to give Freddy's face the original design from the first film, which had been significantly altered in each film since. The conclusion has Mama Krueger returning to reclaim her rotten kid, and Alice's baby is spared from the possession which Freddy's had in mind for him. Needless to say, however, the final shot does indicate that a Nightmare VI is not an impossibility.... << Previous Review | Next Review >> Cast: Erika Anderson (II) .... Greta Valerie Armstrong .... Mrs. Jordan Michael Ashton .... Gurney Orderly Beatrice Boepple .... Amanda Matt Borlenghi .... Jock Noble Craig .... Merging Freddy E.R. Davies .... Delivery Doctor Burr DeBenning .... Mr. Jordan Beth DePatie .... Anne Will Egan .... Semi-Truck Driver Stacey Elliott .... Girl in Locker Robert Englund .... Freddy Krueger Clarence Felder .... Mr. Gray Stephen Grives .... Dr. Moore Danny Hassel .... Dan Whitby Hertford .... Jacob Jennifer Honneus .... Asylum Girl Jake Jacobs (I) .... Trendy Guest Annie Lamaje .... Elm Street Kid Gerry Loew .... Orderly #1 Kara Marie .... Baby Jacob Roxanne Mayweather .... Delivery Nurse Don Maxwell .... Coach Ostrow Nick Mele .... Alice's Dad Kelly Jo Minter .... Yvonne John R. Murray .... Customer Marne Patterson .... Little Girl Cameron Perry .... Guest Joe Seely .... Mark Marc Siegler .... Thirty-Something Mike Smith (I) .... 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 Sarao .... Hot Seat Band Member Eric Singer .... Hot Seat Band Member Lisa Wilcox .... Alice << Back