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Topic: NOES 4: The Dream Master (Read 151 times)
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Mr. Palmer
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"How sweet... fresh meat!"
This is really where the series falls apart, imho.
We have above-and-beyond cheesy 80s music pumped into nearly every scene. On display are some serious 80s hairstyles that really date the film (and aren't good to look at... I never was crazy about the 80s dos). Freddy's humor is completely off-the-rails. It's bbbaaaddd. "He was always was a little meatball!" *groan*
Is there anything good to say about this mess? Well, even though absent Patricia Arquette's role is given to a new face, I do like the continuity that the series builds. As I've mentioned in other posts, I always thought it was the franchise's strongest point. It was also nifty seeing the last of the Dream Warriors killed off. It was a nice way to start the movie.
Then it flies off the tracks.
Freddy dispenses with a kung fu kid in an embarrassing display of moves... he sucks the life out of a brainy girl ("Want to suck face?")... and he turns an athletic chick (who sports one of those aforementioned bad 80s hairstlyes) into a cockroach and squeezes her to death in a roach motel...
All while saying lame one-liners to boot.
And how about that Dream Master? Goofy. We've got one chick - Alice - who is defending her dream "gate." Freddy, of course, stands in the dark gate. The two have a joust in what appears to be a church, with Alice giving her all to defeat the Dream Stalker. Of course, he comes out laughing. UNTIL Alice remembers the Dream Master rhyme. How does she defeat him? By showing a mirror that captures Freddy's reflection. Uh huh. And then the souls of his victims, which are prominently displayed on his chest, rip him apart.
That's the end.
Well... sorta. The final scene shows Freddy's reflection in a wishing pond. So a fourth sequel was inevitable.
This was the last Elm Street film to be highly popular. By the time THE DREAM CHILD came along, Freddy was losing steam and the mess that is the fifth film didn't really help. It was a good move for New Line to stop the runaway train with FREDDY'S DEAD. At least they could save some face. But those two films are for other threads.
What's the feedback on THE DREAM MASTER?
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Mr. Palmer
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leave your brain at the door Strangely, that's what hurts the films, imho. We have a great dreamscape that should be utilized to its fullest. There's a concept there that should have us thinking about these nightmares. It was ripe for discovery, but instead they went with an idiot Freddy. And speaking of DREAMSCAPE, what a coincidence that this film came out shortly before the original NOES and nearly employed the same ideas. Heck, it even sported a villain that grew claws out of his fingers. Hmm. |
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