A Nightmare on Elm Steet 5: The Dream Child

 

        Back to what maybe that last of the Nightmare on Elm Street marathon as well as concurring my last Nightmare movie to watch for the whole month considering Nightmare on Elm Street 6 and 7 aren't on Hulu or HBO Max. A Nightmare on Elm Steet 5: The Dream Child is thankfully not about abortions.  Although there are some weirdness going on in the movie but thankfully it has nothing to do with abortion which if it was then I would block this movie out of my mind. Luckily this movie in my opinion was left with the most intriguing aspects as well as bringing back Freddy Kruger's back story which to me is always what makes the sequels interesting to watch.   

        The fifth installment of the Nightmare franchise focuses on Alice (Lisa Wilcox), a survivor of the fourth installment, who believes Freddy Kruger (Robert Englund) has been eliminated for good. She optimistically hopes to start a new life with fellow survivor Dan (Danny Hassel). The nightmares begin soon enough, though Alice learns she's pregnant. When her friends start dying, Alice suspects that Freddy is using the fetus within her as a weapon. Can she fight the demon while protecting her child? The answer is obviously YES!

        Here's the interesting thing about all the Nightmare sequels from 2 to 5, if you combine them together and only the odds are the most interesting films than the events. Like the first movie is obviously the best of all the movies the second movie has some interesting aspects in making the film better, despite the film shooting itself in the foot, while the third movie is obviously the best sequel since they brought back Heather Langenkamp and John Saxon to give the movie something to cheer for but more importantly brought a lot of Kruger's backstory. The fourth installment has its moments though they decided to kill off the original characters from the third film to quickly, and we proceed to follow a new group of kids which turned me off but came back on with the Groundhog Day references log before Harold Ramis and Bill Murray had a knife fight. With the fifth movie you get to come back with a bit more of Kruger's backstory for which includes his mother and granted I don't want to spill anymore details but when you included Freddy's backstory that's always the most interesting thing I would love to watch mainly because we don't know a whole lot about Freddy Kruger, other than the man use to be a child murder and he's now able to kill his victims in their dreams, and that's literally all the answers we got nothing more but when you bring more about his mother being a nun then things for me get to be more interesting. Continuing with past directors and writers that went on to do great or decent movies growing up like Chuck Russel, Frank Darabont, Brian Helgeland and? Sure Renny Harlin, I mean the guys remembered for something. We have Stephan Hopkins directing the fifth installment, who in case anyone not familiar with Hopkins (and that's everybody besides me), he actually went on to direct the most underappreciative sequel of all time Predator 2, which really is always a major step and really with this movie he got his big break at least, until a year later he was mostly forgotten which now I want to rewatch Predator 2 because that movie was defiantly a good and entertaining movie from beginning to very end, more importantly Hopkins deserves a lot of credit for being able to handle Gary Busy's insanity. Now having watched, mostly all of the Nightmare films from beginning to the fifth installment, I never quite imagine the strange impact I would get out of watching all of these movies, for sure the first is the best and the sequels are obviously not perfect movies but deep down there's something special about these movies potential to be good and the writers and directors doing the best they can with what they had. And more importantly the films are all under a 90-minute length so it's not like you’re destroying your own brain cells in watching something that has a blend of scary comedy for which in all fairness it can't be worse than watching a scary movie that consists of three hours. For a first time viewing the Nightmare sequels, I enjoyed every minute of them moreover they were each a great treat to watch for the season of Halloween, and more importantly they all have a great way to let yourself have a great time at home after suffering from a bad day from your normal day of life. Though keep in mind these movies are all on Hulu and HBO Max, hence make the month of October the best month of your life.