A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

"Terror beyond your wildest dreams."

1988 1h 33m EN

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5.9

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5.6

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★5.9TMDB · 1,698🥫56%Rotten Tomatoes●56Metacritic★5.6IMDB · 67,489

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Synopsis

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Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.

“Terror beyond your wildest dreams.”

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Cast

Robert Englund
Freddy Krueger
Rodney Eastman
Joey
Danny Hassel
Dan
Andras Jones
Rick
Tuesday Knight
Kristen
Ken Sagoes
Kincaid
Lisa Wilcox
Alice
Brooke Bundy
Elaine

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Renny Harlin
Writers: Brian Helgeland, Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 7.6× over at the box office.

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Renny Harlin, shot by Steven Fierberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Craig Safan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jack Tucker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Robert Englund and Rodney Eastman and Danny Hassel carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Terror beyond your wildest dreams.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Renny Harlin directs. Steven Fierberg behind the camera. Craig Safan scores. Jack Tucker cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 7.6× over at the box office.
238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Renny Harlin, shot by Steven Fierberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Craig Safan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jack Tucker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Robert Englund and Rodney Eastman and Danny Hassel carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Terror beyond your wildest dreams.".
9IMDB entry: tt0095742 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 17 themes, including "high school", "dreams", "nightmare", "sadism".
11Released under 31 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Steven Fierberg
Original score: Craig Safan
Editing: Jack Tucker
Production design: C.J. Strawn
Makeup / hair: Suzanne Parker Sanders
Stunt coordinator: Rick Barker
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6,500,000
Box office: $49,369,899
Return: 760% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes: 56% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 56/100
IMDB rating: 5.6/10 · 67,489 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

2 wins & 9 nominations total

Part of

A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection

A slasher film series revolving around people who are stalked and killed in their dreams by Freddy Krueger.

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Renny Harlin

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Andre Gonzales2023-04-17
★ 8/10
The remaining survivors from part 3 are no longer in the hospital. Now they have a person that can bring people into there dreams. So they all try to gang up on Freddy as a group in the dream. The dream world is Freddy's world so good luck.

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