Good things about The Dream Child
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
BrianCTyler — 15 years ago(May 05, 2010 10:43 AM)
A lot of people say that The Dream Child is the worst of the series, or simply that it sucks. But I have a lot of good things to say about it.
- Lisa Wilcox returns for another great performance as Alice. After Heather Langenkamp's Nancy, I think she's the best heroine of the series (as in I liked her more than Kristen, Maggie, Lori, and Rooney Mara's Nancy).
- Good performances from Kelly Jo Minter (although I hated her character), Erika Anderson, and Nicholas Mele. Danny Hassel didn't have much to do and Joe Seely was pretty wooden at times.
- A good story. I love this series for always having something new to do with each entry. Here, I loved the idea of Freddy using Alice's unborn child. It's disturbing and well done.
- The subtle sex scene during the credits was tastefully done, and Alice's nightmare of experiencing what Amanda Krueger went through was chilling.
- The death sequences are all very innovative and well done.
- The special effects are AMAZING.
- The film has a nice gothic style and I loved the Westin Hills set, as well as all of the crazy nightmare sets such as the comic book world and the upside down stairs.
- The score is very eerie, it's the best score of the series other than the original.
- I LOVE Let's Go by Kool Moe Dee which plays over the end credits.
"Cinema is everything to me. I live and breathe films I even eat them!"
- Lucio Fulci
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BrianCTyler — 15 years ago(May 05, 2010 10:49 AM)
I really like all of the Nightmare films, except Freddy's Dead is my least favorite. Even that I can enjoy, but The Dream Child is awesome!
"Cinema is everything to me. I live and breathe films I even eat them!"- Lucio Fulci
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rockyrambofan — 15 years ago(May 07, 2010 04:48 PM)
To me there are a lot of good things about The Dream Child
- The return of Lisa Wilcox as Alice my favorite character in the series
- Excellent score
- Underrted ending
- Some of the best dream sequences in the entire series
- Dan's and Greta deaths are great (unrated version)
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Martha_Samara_Saxon — 15 years ago(March 19, 2011 06:29 AM)
Oh, I really agree with the Alice being one of the best heroines part. I loved Kristen and them, but I really loved Nancy and Alice more than any of the other girls in the series.
I loved all the characters, although I loved some more than others. Great/good acting. The story was a good idea. I think it's an underrated movie. -
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FreshBrains22 — 13 years ago(August 01, 2012 09:46 PM)
I must say that this is not my favorite in the series, but it did have some high points. The entire beginning part of the movie, with the blue love scene and the shower nightmare, was really great. Lisa Wilcox is a great scream queen, if you can even call her that, because the keeps her cool most of the time. I've noticed that the ensemble casts get gradually better, as wellI liked the groups from 3 and 4 but these guys just had more chemistry.
I just couldn't get on board with the whole "dream child" conceptI'm glad there was a decent ending, though. -
KruegerLoomis — 13 years ago(October 20, 2012 11:47 AM)
Just watched 3, 4 and 5 for the first time. While I find this to be the worst of those 3, I still enjoyed it.
"It's a BOY!" Hahaha
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carloshenrique1992 — 11 years ago(May 05, 2014 10:50 PM)
The theme. Its so magical and sad. I rewatched yesterday,after 4 years when i rewatched the franchise for the first time. Now i cant get that music out my head! And guess what? Now i like this movie, even if is almost the worst of the series (that goes to part 6, but i like too)
I like the death in the comic book scene, very creative, and Dans too. I liked Alices father, although he should appeared more.
-"cameo" by Robert Englund
-Once again i liked Alice, even more now that she wanted keep her baby, so cute
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cdjunkee-1 — 11 years ago(December 20, 2014 06:10 PM)
I like this one as well. I like all the original movies. They have their high and low points. I am still entertained by "Freddy's Dead" even tho it's one of the weaker entries in the series to me.
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ElectricWarlock — 9 years ago(April 24, 2016 08:01 AM)
I enjoy this film a lot and think it's one of the better sequels. I enjoy the dark, surreal tone it has, the beautiful scenery, and the most disturbing death in any Nightmare on Elm Street film (Greta's death). Lots of people hate it but I can't understand why.