A Nightmare On Elm Street Movies: Ranked From Worst To Best

8. A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

The Dream Child might just be the least cohesive, least scary and least entertaining of all the sequels. The previous two films went down reasonably well with the fans, but it is the fifth entry that saw Freddy at his lowest point. What makes The Dream Child so disappointing is the indecisiveness of the tone in the film. It tries to be scary on occasion but fails miserably. It tries to be funny at other moments, and is moderately successful, but more in a 'laughing at' than 'laughing with' kind of way. The tone isn't the only thing all over the place either - the plot is convoluted and downright nonsensical at times, finding Freddy attempting to posses the unborn child of a young girl (or something along those lines anyway). The young girl in question isn't bad actually, as far as 'final girl' candidates go, but she can't do much to save the messy script. The same goes for Englund, who's always great, but even this one is lacking in creative kills, and the one-liners aren't up to scratch with the likes of Dream Warriors.