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Topic: NOES 5: The Dream Child (Read 92 times)
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Mr. Palmer
Dead By Dawn
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The first ELM STREET film to bomb at the theater. And seeing the final product, it's very understandable.
Yes, Freddy's one-liners are still firing. All you have to see, though, is "Super Freddy" and that about sums this film up.
However, there are a few things I do like about this one. The continutation is still there, and I'm a sucker for that. Plus Freddy is finally showing some battle wounds. I remember in a Fangoria article when THE DREAM CHILD was near release that the F/X crew were going to make Freddy look old and beat. I think they did a decent job.
I also think that there's a good story buried in all this mess. It's just that the presenation is so awful. The actors are wooden, the final script is terrible, and there's no suspense whatsoever.
Yes, this is the one where Skipp & Spector wrote the story. However, if I'm not mistake, Skipp was only around for the originall story. Spector was called back to doctor it up. Supposedly, from legend, Skipp supposedly said that the only thing they kept from the original story was the line "It's a boy!" It's too bad Skipp isn't a member of this forum. It would be nifty for him to add some insight.
Overall, THE DREAM CHILD is terrible. So far (FREDDY'S DEAD is coming up), this is the worst sequel of the series. And it's easy to hear the steam coming out of its tires as it grings to an end.
Awful.
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