Freddy returns again, this time through the dreams of Alice's unborn child. Freddy slashes through a new batch of Alice's friends while hoping to be reborn into the real world by possessing Alice's baby.
Only Freddy's deceased mother can stop him, but for that to happen Alice must find her body and free her soul from its earthly resting place.
The Dream Child marks yet another weak sequel in the Nightmare series. Whereas in the previous sequel a dog urinating on Freddy's grave was all it took to revive him, this time for some reason a complex scheme involving being reborn through Alice is required. If he can act through a baby's dreams, why can't he do the same with an adult? Either way, Freddy Krueger babies? Another solid argument for the pro-choice cause.
This addition to the franchise brings more bad acting, more bad jokes, more campy death scenes, and more obnoxious characters. It's effectiveness as a frightening horror film is negligible as none of the scenes are particularly terrifying and all of Freddy's jokes are designed to lead up to another cheesy punch line. The plot is unnecessarily contrived and actually makes little sense.
However, if you are going to watch any of the three Nightmare on Elm Street "Dream" sequels you might consider turning them into a drinking game. A drink for every bad joke, obvious statement, or foolish move on the part of one of the protagonists would be one way to get really messed up in a really big hurry.
If nothing else, at least they made no attempt to pretend that the series was over with this film, instead it is left clearly open for the next film which despite being called "Freddy's Dead: The Final Friday" still won't be the final say.
1.5 hideous babies out of 5
Rated R: contains violence, frightening scenes, nudity, language.
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