MOVIE · 1989
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
FantasyHorrorThriller89 min
Pregnant Alice Johnson finds Freddy Krueger attacking again — this time through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, using that connection to reach new victims and push his way back toward the real world. Lisa Wilcox’s Alice is forced into another fight as the deaths around her take shape inside increasingly elaborate nightmares. Robert Englund returns as Freddy, with Kelly Jo Minter among the friends pulled into the danger. The story folds pregnancy anxiety into the series’ dream-reality slasher setup, with grotesque imagery and a more gothic streak running through the hallucinations.
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