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A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

“Freddy delivers.”

1989 · 1 h 29 min
Directed by Stephen Hopkins · Canada · Canadian Cinema
HorrorThriller

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Cast

Robert Englund Lisa Wilcox Kelly Jo Minter Danny Hassel Erika Anderson Nicholas Mele

Credits

Written by: Wes Craven

Plot

The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.

Sinekatalog’s take

A weak entry in the dream-killer saga, here dragged into pregnancy horror. The visual ideas are gaudy and sometimes inventive, but the fear is thin and the humour overplays. Mostly for series completists and fans of eighties gore.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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Ratings

IMDb: 5.1 / 10 (57,042 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 32%
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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