A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Movie, 1989, Springwood, Set in Springwood
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is #5 of 9 in release order and #5 of 9 in chronological order in the A Nightmare on Elm Street.
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.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child recap
Alice, now graduating, begins having visions of Amanda Krueger being raped by the asylum's inmates and giving birth to Freddy. Freddy kills Dan as he drives to her, and Alice learns she is pregnant with Dan's child. Freddy has found a new way back: he is feeding the souls of his victims to the dreaming fetus, Jacob, so he can be reborn through him. He kills Alice's friends Greta, a model forced to eat herself, and Mark, a comic book fan drawn into his own comic. Alice's friend Yvonne searches the abandoned asylum for Amanda's remains, while Alice has visions of a boy who is her future son.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child ending explained
Alice fights Freddy inside the asylum's dream world, and Jacob, encouraged by her, rejects Freddy and turns on him, releasing the souls he has taken. Amanda Krueger's spirit absorbs Freddy back into her body as a baby, and Yvonne frees Amanda's remains. Alice gives birth to Jacob. The film ends with children skipping rope to Freddy's rhyme.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is streaming on Philo, AMC, and HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 32%
Where it fits
- Release order: after A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, before Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.
- Chronological order: after A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, before Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.
What to watch before A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
In release order, the essentials before A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) are A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988).
Cast
- Lisa Wilcox as Alice Johnson
- Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger
- Erika Anderson as Greta Gibson
- Valorie Armstrong as Mrs. Jordan
- Michael Ashton as Gurney Orderly
- Kelly Jo Minter as Yvonne
- Danny Hassel as Dan Jordan
- Nicholas Mele as Dennis Johnson
- Joe Seely as Mark Gray
- Burr DeBenning as Mr. Jordan
- Clarence Felder as Mr. Gray
- Beatrice Boepple as Amanda Krueger
Directed by Stephen Hopkins.