Film Club: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

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They had a planned sequel to Batman and Robin Called Batman Triumphant lol. It was canceled after the backlash to Batman and Robin.

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This is the MTV Freddy movie this is the height of Freddy's popularity. This is the movie audiences wanted after Dream Warriors. It's not scary but Freddy was to exposed after Dream Warriors to really do a scary Nightmare movie he was to mainstream at this point. Freddy was in a TV show and in multiple music videos and talk shows. If you are judging these films by the concept of how scary Freddy himself is this one is just alright. If you are critiquing the movie for what it is this is a Fun B movie. It's not on the level of Part 3 but it's more entertaining then 2 and has a more likable lead character and actress then Mark Patton who kind of just screams and crys the whole movie. After 3 which followed directly from 1 the franchise rules of what audiences wanted were set in stone. Elaborate dream sequences and Freddy having fun with cool kills. This is the Nightmare movie that audiences in the mainstream wanted at the time. Freddy's Revenge is looked better on today because it stands alone as a movie in the series. Had the rest of the sequels continued the style of 2 the 2nd would be seen as the one that killed the series. It's similar to Friday the 13th 5 it's looked better at now because it's a one off in the series despite it being not very good. But had the rest of the series continued in the style of Friday 5 it would be seen as what killed the series.