A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4:
The Dream Master
Theatrical release poster with the words "Terror beyond your wildest dreams."
Theatrical release poster by Matthew Peak[1]
Directed byRenny Harlin
Screenplay by
Story by
Based onCharacters
by Wes Craven
Produced by
StarringRobert Englund
CinematographySteven Fierberg
Edited by
  • Michael N. Knue
  • Chuck Weiss
Music byCraig Safan
Production
companies
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • August 19, 1988 (1988-08-19)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6.5 million[2][3]
Box office$49.4 million (US)[4]

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 American fantasy slasher film[5] directed by Renny Harlin, and is the fourth installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Serving as a sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), the film follows Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) who, following the death of Nancy Thompson and completing his revenge against the families who killed him, reappears in the dreams of Kristen Parker, Joey Crusel, and Roland Kincaid, where he uses Kristen's best friend, Alice Johnson, to gain access to new victims in order to satiate his murderous needs. The Dream Master is often popularly referred to as "the MTV Nightmare" of the franchise.[6][7][8]

The Dream Master was released on August 19, 1988, and grossed $49.4 million at the domestic box office on a budget of $6.5 million, which made it the highest-grossing film in the franchise in the United States until the release of Freddy vs. Jason, a crossover with the Friday the 13th franchise, in 2003. The film received some positive reviews from critics. It was followed by A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989).

  1. ^ "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 Movie Poster (#1 of 2)". www.impawards.com.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Chris (August 10, 1992). "Shrewd marketing fuels Freddy promotion". Variety. p. 36.
  3. ^ A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  4. ^ "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master". the-numbers.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  5. ^ Fujishima, Kenji (January 14, 2016). "Revisiting all 8 of Freddy's nightmares, the richest of the slasher franchises". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  6. ^ Englund, Robert; Goldsher, Alan (2009). "Nightmare #8". Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams. Simon and Schuster. p. 175. ISBN 9781439163252.
  7. ^ "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 - Horror Movie Reviews". JoBlo.com. 2013. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013.
  8. ^ "Retro Movie Review: Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master". RoguesHollow.com. August 19, 2019.


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