A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER (1988)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, as now we were into full-on, money-making, Hollywood franchise mode. Following on from Dream Warriors. This movie is pretty terrible. In that cruel way that fate so often works, this is still the most successful movie in the franchise. It really does just come down to Robert Englund’s performance. Obviously by now he was doing it for laughs, but with Freddy being increasingly pushed to go down the path of pantomime villain. Add to all this the fact that it was directed by Renny Harlin (‘Die Hard 2’, ‘Cliffhanger’) and it all adds up to a big disappointment. It may have been fun in 1988, but looking back now it’s just plain sad.

Dream Master (1988) gets 5/10 Stars