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• Nicki M

  
  I actually really enjoyed this 4th installment of the Elm street films. Tuesday Knight resumes Patricia Arquette's role of Kristen. Actually, I know I will be in the minority, but I preferred her. No, not a great actress, but her appearance fit well with the silliness here.… More
  I actually really enjoyed this 4th installment of the Elm street films. Tuesday Knight resumes Patricia Arquette's role of Kristen. Actually, I know I will be in the minority, but I preferred her. No, not a great actress, but her appearance fit well with the silliness here. Comments that this is more video game than movie are fair, but the effects are pretty well done in a cheesy 80's way. This coming from someone who isn't generally impressed by effects. The waterbed scene alone is excellent. And kind of funny.

• Cory T

  
  An ultra-stylish, guilty-pleasure sequel with a multi-layered character arc for the female protagonist who can tranpose interlopers into her dreams. Alice must mature from a shy, introverted side character to an impregnable warrior who can finally vanquish the culprit responsible for… More
  An ultra-stylish, guilty-pleasure sequel with a multi-layered character arc for the female protagonist who can tranpose interlopers into her dreams. Alice must mature from a shy, introverted side character to an impregnable warrior who can finally vanquish the culprit responsible for the deaths of her friends (and her wide-eyed naivete). Freddy has succumb to macabre one-liners and MTV-generation swagger (like a demonic James Dean), but, considering the prolific series, he cannot remain a frightening mystery forever.

• MisterYoda ?

  
  3 stars

• jd c

  
  Directed by Renny Harlin (director of Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Deep Blue Sea, Mindhunters, and Exorcist: The Beginning). Elm Street 4 is another great sequel. It's my fourth favorite in the series (the third being Wes Craven's New Nightmare). The… More
  Directed by Renny Harlin (director of Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Deep Blue Sea, Mindhunters, and Exorcist: The Beginning). Elm Street 4 is another great sequel. It's my fourth favorite in the series (the third being Wes Craven's New Nightmare). The Dream Master also has amazing effects, but they're not as memorable as Dream Warriors. Freddy Krueger comes back with even more jokes and they all work. Very smart script. This is when I fell in love with Lisa Wilcox (who plays Alice Johnson), Freddy's newest obstacle. She's beautiful...still is beautiful. I recently saw new pictures of her at horror conventions, and she's absolutely stunning. I just wish she was in better movies (other than this one). This is actually the only movie I've seen her in (and part 5). But I think she's a great actress too. All the characters gave good performances and all the characters were convincing, and likable. The Dream Master isn't that bloody at all, but it's very icky (the Debbie Stevens cockroach was gross, the little pizza pie heads were gross, and the sucked in face while kissing was pretty nasty). Again, the effects were great. Being so over the top it all looked pretty realistic. Lots of latex, no CGI crap...I love latex. What's also amazing about this film is the soundtrack. This features the best soundtrack out of the whole series. Find the music (not score) if you can, it's really good! What The Dream Master doesn't deliver in scares, it delivers in fun. It's a must see for fans of the series. It's one of my favorite late-80's teen horror films. <a href="http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm89/JDHallowEEn/HorrorQf/?action=view&current=ElmStreet4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm89/JDHallowEEn/HorrorQf/ElmStreet4.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

• Jeff "

  
  Although not as great as Dream Warriors, this film still has strong moments, and is a terrific film in the Nightmare series. This is one of the first films in the Nightmare On Elm Street series to include a bit of comedy. The film Also has great dream sequences, and the deja vu part… More
  Although not as great as Dream Warriors, this film still has strong moments, and is a terrific film in the Nightmare series. This is one of the first films in the Nightmare On Elm Street series to include a bit of comedy. The film Also has great dream sequences, and the deja vu part really does play tricks on you, I though that at one point my DVD was messing up on me, but no, it was Freddy all along. One thing I love about the Nightmare films is that even though some of them manage to be less great, all of them as a whole manage to be entertaining, and this film is a great example of that. The Dream Master is a good sequel and is a great addition to the franchise and will sure appeal to Freddy fans everywhere.

• Wahida K

  
  Very Creepy, not in my Nightmares though.

• Conner R

  
  It was at least better than the third one. It still suffers from the same curse of bad teenage actors. I don't know why they don't use Freddy more, he's the main attraction.

• Anthony L

  
  The Freddy films started to get a bit tired by this point and killing off the remaining Dream warriors made me quite upset :o(

• Jason O

  
  "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 - The Dream Master" isn't the best movie in the series, but it is good. Kristen (Tuesday Knight) returns in this sequel as the only child left for Freddy Krueger to terrorize. Years ago, the kids' parents all burned Freddy to death and… More
  "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 - The Dream Master" isn't the best movie in the series, but it is good. Kristen (Tuesday Knight) returns in this sequel as the only child left for Freddy Krueger to terrorize. Years ago, the kids' parents all burned Freddy to death and buried him. That's why he's been terrorizing those parents' kids all these years, and Kristen is the final one. However, Freddy decides that to get to Kristen, he must use some of her friends, especially Alice (Lisa Wilcox), in order to get to her. "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4" is a good horror movie, but what I really liked about it was its special effects. It has some of the best in the series. Some of the best special effects scenes are when you see all the kids' souls in Freddy and on the pizza, and when Freddy uses a model that is inside a waterbed as bait to get to one of the original Dream Warriors. If you like good horror movies or The Nightmare on Elm Street movies, I recommend getting this one. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2000.

• Dean !

  
  I don't think this was as good as the first or third ones.

• Lady D

  
  Entertaining, nostalically interesting to watch

• Martin S

  
  I can't even remember what happend...

• Curtis L

  
  these all run together for me.

• Cassandra M

  
  This is the first elm street film I saw and it fascinated me back then. Of course I was only 10 at that time but it still is great. The flick is not scary like the original, but is more grotesque. Robert Englund is excellent as Freddy Krueger because he enjoys playing that character.… More
  This is the first elm street film I saw and it fascinated me back then. Of course I was only 10 at that time but it still is great. The flick is not scary like the original, but is more grotesque. Robert Englund is excellent as Freddy Krueger because he enjoys playing that character. You always sense Krueger presence with his twisted nightmares. Dark humor is my taste and I always laugh when he pops his quotes: "You shouldnt have buried me; I'm not dead!" "Now how's that for a wet dream?" "Welcome to Wonderland, Alice!" There are a few things that blows; Patricia Arquette should have been recast as Kirsten Parker and the resurrection is a bit lame but then the S/F effects rocks, the director likes action scenes and the music is well above average for a 1998 film

• Lafe F

  
  Very slick and MTV- inspired Freddy movie; I believe the director was an experienced Music Video creator. Great angles. Slick cinematography and production values; great soundtrack. It wasn't scary anymore, but was a fun rollercoaster ride with each of the kids having their own… More
  Very slick and MTV- inspired Freddy movie; I believe the director was an experienced Music Video creator. Great angles. Slick cinematography and production values; great soundtrack. It wasn't scary anymore, but was a fun rollercoaster ride with each of the kids having their own dream-death sequence. It was a load of fun; I saw it in the theatre a few times. The characters were all likeable. Freddy had become a big personality with one-liners for every scene. He was no longer hiding in the shadows. But I loved it.

• Dean M

  
  Freddy Kruger's returns in this fourth installment to continue his favourite pastime, killing teenagers in their dreams, is played to hilt with fantastic special effect than the past three series.

• danny d

  
  i know i saw it, i dont remember it. they all sort of blend together

• Jason S

  
  A little kooky.

• Emily A

  
  This was another really good one. It was a little illogical how they brought him back, but once he was, Freddy really hit his stride. The death scenes in this are really good, and the filmmakers really acheive the dream-like surreality that is inherent in the nightmare sequences. It… More
  This was another really good one. It was a little illogical how they brought him back, but once he was, Freddy really hit his stride. The death scenes in this are really good, and the filmmakers really acheive the dream-like surreality that is inherent in the nightmare sequences. It kind of loses points for recasting Kristin though.

• Chris W

  
  A couple of interesting kills, but that's it.

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