4 Film Favorites: Nightmare on Elm Street 5-8 (Freddy vs Jason, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, Wes Craven's New Nightmare)

5 6, Grab Your Crucifix, 7 8, Gonna Stay Up Late!!!
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5- I've read some reviews on this movie, and a lot of people don't like it. I honestly didn't think it was too bad! The night before graduation, Dan and Alice are having sex, then the nightmares begin again. Alice is in the shower, then she's transported to the asylum where Amanda Krueger was raped and where Freddy was born. (Robert Englund does another awesome job as Freddy Krueger!) If Alice can find Amanda in the real world, Freddy will die. Freddy is reborn and instead of haunting Alice's dreams, he haunts her unborn baby's dream, mixing reality and the real world. During her dreams, she sees her son, Jacob as a child, trying to help her stop Freddy. There was one cool part when Freddy is on a skateboard, coming after Alice's friend. A gross part for me was when Freddy is making Greta eat a lot of food at the 'rich-people' party her mom is having. Another friend, Yvonne tries to find Amanda while Alice tries to stop Freddy from haunting her child's...

ANOTHER AWESOME PACKAGE 8.5 OUT OF 10
Now that I have reviewed the previous 4-film collection, it's time for me to review the second 4-film collection. I loved every film in this franchise and didn't feel any of them were bad. This is a terrific horror franchise that was always trying something new, no matter how absurd or ludicrous the ideas may have been.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD REVIEW: SCORE: 8.25
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: A year after the events of the fourth film, the film's two survivors; Alice and Dan have now started dating and have made new friends; Greta, Yvonne, and Mark. Things seem to be going on without Freddy Krueger, but Alice keeps having dreams about Freddy's mother; Amanda. Then Freddy rises from the dead again and raises hell with the group, and the only way to stop him is to find the final resting place of his mother so she can destroy him.
MUSIC: Nothing new, but no complaints since it fits the mood pretty well.
ACTING: Still pretty cheesy along with the dialogue, but...

Could have done something new
As a whole, I give the entire Nightmare series 5 stars. Well maybe all except Freddy's Dead. But besides that, these 4-film fan packs are great. Inside of leaving reviews for both packs, I'll just list a few problems I have with them:

1. They have the same menus that are found in the Nightmare DVD boxset, and individual DVD releases. They could have at least done something new with the menus for a new release.

2. If your looking for deleted scenes from Freddy Vs. Jason, they aren't on here. It's just your standard widescreen/full screen movie with trailer and commentary.

3. An unrated version of Dream Child on DVD would be nice. I know it's next to impossible to get though cause apparently the film master got ruined and they can't transfer it to DVD. Ahh well...at least their is the trusty old VHS.

Besides these three problems, this set is good for two things. It's a nice addition to anyone's Freddy collection. And it's good for...

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