A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
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| Directed by | Renny Harlin |
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| Based on | Characters by Wes Craven Bruce Wagner |
| Starring | Robert Englund |
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| Cinematography | Steven Fierberg |
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million |
| Box office | $49.3 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 1988 |
| Genre | Rock, New Wave, synthpop |
| Label | Chrysalis |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 American slasher film and the fourth film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. The film was directed by Renny Harlin, stars Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox and Danny Hassel. It is the sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and is followed by A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.
The film was released on August 19, 1988, to generally mixed reviews, grossing over $49.3 million in the US, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise until the release of Freddy vs. Jason.
Since the events of the previous film, Kristen, Kincaid, and Joey have been released from Westin Hills and are living lives as normal teenagers. However, Kristen believes Freddy is coming back and summons Joey and Kincaid into her dreams; they warn her that dreaming of Freddy might cause his return. The next day, Kristen meets up with her boyfriend, martial arts enthusiast Rick Johnson, and their friends: Rick's sister Alice; Sheila, an asthmatic genius; and Debbie, a tough girl who doesn't like bugs.
That night, Kristen stays awake to keep from dreaming, but Kincaid falls asleep and awakens in a junkyard, where Freddy is accidentally resurrected. Kincaid tries to fight off Freddy, but Freddy kills him. He then tricks Joey into thinking a model is swimming in his waterbed before attacking him. At school, Kristen panics when she notices Joey and Kincaid are missing and is knocked out. She is nearly attacked by Freddy when the school nurse wakes her up. She later tells Rick, Alice, and Alice's crush Dan Jordan about Freddy.
At dinner, Kristen notices her mother Elaine had slipped her sleeping pills, and she falls asleep. In her dream, Freddy overcomes Kristen's attempts to repel him and forces her back to his home. Being the last of the Elm Street children, Freddy goads Kristen into calling on one of her friends, so that his fun can begin anew. She calls Alice into her dream, and Freddy kills Kristen by throwing her into his boiler. Waking up and sensing something wrong, Alice takes Rick to Kristen's house, only to see her burning to death in her bedroom.
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