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392:, killing him as well. Kristen is heartbroken to learn that the boys are dead. At dinner, she realizes with horror that her mother has put sleeping pills in her meal because Kristen has not been sleeping. She tries to resist but eventually falls asleep. As the last of the Elm Street children, Freddy taunts her into summoning one of her friends into the dream so that his torment can begin anew. She summons Alice, and Freddy throws Kristen into his boiler. Before she dies, Kristen transfers her dream power to Alice. When Alice and Rick arrive at Kristen's house, they find her bedroom on fire and discover that she has burned to death. 33: 3547: 3180: 3595: 3559: 3583: 3535: 1639: 408:
Master," which instructs one to show evil its reflection. She forces Freddy to face his own reflection, causing the souls within him to revolt. The strain tears him apart. Alice's friends' souls are released, leaving Freddy a hollow husk. Months later, Dan and Alice are on a date when Dan tosses a coin into a fountain. For a moment, Alice sees Freddy's reflection in the water but chooses to ignore it as they walk away.
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to find the right actress initially, and so went through the pile of rejects that she had been put in. The reason for this first rejection, as she was told initially by the casting manager, was that she looked too much like "a cheerleader", and was deemed too pretty to play the part of the introverted, mousy girl Alice started off as. Wilcox then countered by toning down her looks as much as she possibly could:
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or something like that", and that " found lot of sort of hardcore tough chicks but could never believe they could be weak and vulnerable – then found a lot of mousy girls that when they try to be tough and strong capable, they fell on their face." According to Wilcox, the casting directors failed
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We've reached a point where the audience sees Freddy as the hero. They come to these movies to hear his funny lines and see him do those amazing things. And because of that popularity, I'm faced with showing Freddy in a more heroic light and giving him more screen time. People will still fear him,
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as Elaine Parker. Bundy was surprised to be asked back after her character appeared to be killed by Krueger at the conclusion of the previous film; it was later suggested that this was a dream of Kristen's. Elaine inadvertently kills Kristin when she spikes her food with sleeping tablets, allowing
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It matters not to Freddy that these kids' parents had nothing to do with his torching. In essence, however, the film is about how a shy, lovely teenager named Alice (Lisa Wilcox) with a widowed alcoholic father gradually gathers the courage to assert herself in taking on Freddy—and in the process
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praised the story line, performances, and special effects, stating that the film: "is by far the best of the series, a superior horror picture that balances wit and gore with imagination and intelligence. It very effectively mirrors the anxieties of the teen-age audience for which it is primarily
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it is stated that "Patricia Arquette reportedly fought the label, turning down a hefty offer to reprise her heroine role, instead favoring more dramatic roles and becoming a respected thespian in the Hollywood community". Knight had been the first new actor to be cast for the film other than the
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sequence repeats ... and repeats and repeats in a time-disorienting, continuous loop. The first time I saw it, I was spooked because it reminded me of how my nightmares tended to function. That repeating exit was the most hypnotic, disturbing, and accurate depiction of a dream I'd ever seen."
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contains my favorite sequence in the entire franchise, and I'm not even in it! Alice is locking up for the night at the Crave Inn diner—get it? ... Crave Inn? ... Craven? ... Wes Craven? ... Weren't we clever?—then she and Dan walk out to his truck, open the doors, and get in, and then ... the
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The film was released on August 19, 1988, on 1,765 theaters in North America. The film ranked number one on its opening weekend and grossed $ 12,883,403. On the second weekend, the film still ranked number one and grossed $ 6,989,358. It was in first place on the third weekend, then at second,
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In a dream, Alice rescues Dan, but he gets injured, prompting his surgeons to wake him up when he starts bleeding out in real life. Alice now has to face Freddy alone. She uses her friends' dream powers against him. When Freddy seems to be winning, she recalls a nursery rhyme called "The Dream
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At school, Alice falls asleep during class and inadvertently brings Sheila into her dream. Freddy kills Sheila, making it appear like an asthma attack. Rick begins to believe Alice and has a dream in which an invisible Freddy kills him in a martial arts dojo. With each death, Alice changes—she
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and went to New Line, met with them, and I said, 'I love Freddy, I would love to do one of these, but I really want to do what I just did, where I had creative control'," he explained. "And they go, 'Well, we're already shooting.' 'What?' 'Yeah, we're already shooting, we're shooting like two
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different units for the visual effects' and something else, puppets or something. And I said, 'Without a director?' 'Yeah, we kind of know how we're going to make these things.' And I went, 'That's not the way I work.' So I turned it down, which of course made (
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wins the love of the handsomest boy (Danny Hassel) in her school. If the nightmare sequences are impressive with their Inferno-like images, the film's young cast is no less so. Nightmare 4 provides Wilcox with an exceptionally challenging screen debut.
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fourth, and sixth in the next three weeks until it dropped out from the top ten list on the seventh weekend at number eleven. The film grossed $ 49,369,899 at the US box office and was the 19th-highest-grossing film of 1988. It was the highest-grossing
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as Mr. Dennis Johnson. Mele plays Rick and Alice's alcoholic father; his character was slated to die in this film in a cut scene where Krueger forces his head through a fridge door. The scene was cut for time constraints and Mele returned in the next
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expressed disappointment that the character of Kristen had to be recast and of the defaulted reunion with former co-star Arquette, while Knight on her part has admitted to having felt out of place due to the recasting. On the auditioning for Alice,
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recalls that "I did a screen test with Tuesday Knight, who'd already been cast as Kristen Parker. We did the scene where we're sitting outside the school talking about having matching luggage. Then I did another screen test with
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does not appear on the official compilation released for the film. The master record of this song, previously thought for many years to have been lost or destroyed, has since been "uncovered in a box deep within the bowels of
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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
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and nurse (without make-up). Englund returned for his fourth appearance in the role of Krueger; the time-loop sequence of Alice and Dan trying to save Debbie is often quoted by him as his favourite in the whole
1400:. The story line of the video is that one of the Fat Boys inherits the Elm Street house on the condition that he has to stay in it for the night. The video includes Freddy rapping and audio of 435:. Wilcox was not initially considered for the lead role of Alice (see below for more details). In this film she plays a more timid version of the character who would later return in the sequel. 834:(2010), Harlin describes that he and the producers were looking for "somebody could make seem timid and vulnerable in the beginning and who can then in a believable way become kind of like 683:. His one caveat was that he wanted creative control. The studio could not adhere to the demand, specifically because they had already begun filming without any director. McLoughlin said: 2168: 3153: 2169:"Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy [Blu-ray]: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Wes Craven, Lisa Wilcox, Alice Cooper, Andrew Kasch, Daniel Farrands, Thommy Hutson" 650:
begged Helgeland to have a try at it and come up with a script within two weeks; he went to his parents' house and finished the script within nine days, sending it to New Line with
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That night, Kincaid falls asleep and awakens in a junkyard, where Freddy has been accidentally resurrected. Freddy kills him. Joey falls asleep next and Freddy pulls him into his
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were later contacted about doing rewrites for the script, but turned down the offer as Craven felt that they should have been approached as artists of the original material.
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dream with her crush Dan Jordan, Alice tries to ram Freddy with her car to save Debbie but collides with a tree in reality, injuring Dan, who is rushed into surgery.
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for the sequel; producer Sara Risher said she was disappointed at the time that Arquette could not reprise her role, commending her as an "integral part to
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turned it down, instead going with the "Dream Master" pitch as a progression of the "Dream Warriors" concept from the previous film. Risher explained that:
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Over 600 actresses auditioned for the role of Alice, which was eventually given to Wilcox. She had previously auditioned for a role in the previous film,
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I basically wimped myself out. I wore no makeup, wore my worst color (which is yellow) and just showed up looking like hell. Their reaction was, "Is
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acquires the abilities and personalities of her dead friends. Freddy targets Debbie next, transforms her into a cockroach, and crushes her in a
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Producer Rachel Talalay would recall in 2010 that the inclusion of Sinéad O'Connor's song, "I Want Your (Hands on Me)" (from her debut album
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at this stage, it would be harder to replicate the scare factor of the first two films; instead they decided to continue in the same vein of
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Nine songs were played during the film that were not on the soundtrack album. Tuesday Knight, who acted in the film, contributed the song
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Eventually, the director's work was given to Harlin, who had previously directed only two low-budget feature films: a Finnish action film
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reports a 57% approval rating based on 30 reviews, and an average rating of 5.02/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "
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I approached Wes for an idea for the fourth film. I always go to Wes first each time. His idea was illogical. It was about
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marks a relative high point in this franchise's bumpy creative journey, although the original remains far superior." On
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credited the shooting script to Hedgeland and the Wheat brothers, with Kotzwinkle and Hedgeland receiving story credit.
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Shaye felt that Craven's idea did not have the impact the producers were looking for. Craven and his writing partner
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described the film's special effects as "downright brilliant, matching and even improving on the amazing effects in
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the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
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within dreams that broke all the rule of dreams. We decided not to go with that. When we decided to go with
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There are two different releases of the music featured in the film. One is the music score, composed by
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While criticizing the plot for being derivative of the previous films, critic John H. Richardson of
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Clarke, Frederick S. (July 1988). "BYE BYE FREDDY! Elm Street creator Wes Craven quits series".
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that she was asked to redub all her lines after initial filming in order "to sound more black".
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and completing his revenge against the families who killed him, reappears in the dreams of
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claims that she and the other producers felt that since the audience was so familiar with
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enthusiast Rick Johnson, and their friends—Rick's shy and quiet sister Alice, Sheila, an
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https://www.allmusic.com/album/nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master-mw0000198007
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New Line Started Filming ‘Elm Street 4: The Dream Master’ Before Hiring a Director
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intended." Thomas then went on to commend Wilcox's portrayal of Alice, stating,
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Mitchell, Chris (August 10, 1992). "Shrewd marketing fuels Freddy promotion".
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was released in 2003. It is currently the third-highest-grossing film in the
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Frederick S. Clarke (July 1988). "Nightmare on Elm Street: The Phenomenon".
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going as they lacked both a script and a director for the film at the time.
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International Fantasy Film Award for Best Film – Renny Harlin (nomination)
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has claimed that she was in line for auditioning for a lead role in the
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in the theater that it been chosen to be the actual title/intro song.
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Girl Talk – "Baila Baila" (Played during Debbie's arrival at school.)
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Lisa Wilcox?" After they got over their shock, they gave me the role.
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producer Rachel Talalay recounted a meeting between Harlin and
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to the film's soundtrack. She did not know until she watched
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series was popular, many of the songs on the soundtrack had
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four returnees from the previous film. Returning actors
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genius, and Debbie, an athletic girl who dislikes bugs.
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of the series, the one the audience roots for, saying:
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Teenage Choice for Best Horror Motion Picture (winner)
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Theatrical release poster with the words "Terror beyond your wildest dreams."
Renny Harlin
Brian Helgeland
William Kotzwinkle
Wes Craven
Robert Shaye
Rachel Talalay
Robert Englund
Craig Safan
New Line Cinema
Heron Communications
fantasy
slasher film
Renny Harlin
A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Freddy Krueger
Robert Englund
Nancy Thompson
Kristen Parker
Joey Crusel
Roland Kincaid
Alice Johnson
MTV
Freddy vs. Jason
Friday the 13th franchise
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
the previous film
martial arts
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