Believing themselves free of Krueger's rampage, a group of friends find themselves targeted once again by the demonic killer by being reborn through their unborn baby's dreams and must find the final solution to get rid of him once and for all.
For the most part this one wasn't all that great even with a few decent enough parts to it. What this one makes the most is the film's rather impressive amount of special effects and kills being utilized for the most part. Freddy's deaths are very creative for a fourth sequel, which gives this one some uniquely enjoyable scenes as the motorcycle death sequence which is easily the best, but the comic book scene is also quite imaginative as both feature great special effects and new ideas, hallmarks of the series. As well, the fact that the opening, where the woman walks into the shower after a night of sex, and gets distracted by the brown gunk bubbling up from the bottom of the shower, finds nothing and gets attacked by the surging water from the shower-head, then is paralleled into a dream world for a spectacular scene. Others include the absolutely fun dream sequence where he takes over a car and merges the driver into a demonic motorcycle driving him into another car or the demented banquet scene that comes off really well. Even Freddy's rebirth is an atmospheric scene with lots of things crashing around in the middle of a room that feature Freddy appearing at the end playing off the finale of the previous effort which starts this off really nicely. It's where the film gets a lot to like, but otherwise there's not much else here with their being not a whole lot on offer here. This here is mostly to do with the fact that outside of the great special effects there's not a whole lot on offer. They all look very good and it looks like a lot of money was spent on the effects, but it's basically hollow since once you've seen the film once and you've got a handle on the story, it doesn't do anything on repeated viewings. Krueger's resurrection is handled with great care and thought, but it goes nowhere and doesn't make any sense as to why he would go after her. There's several different reasons for this that are logical and plausible, but we're never told if it's because he's trying to get back at Alice for the last time, or because he knows he can come back when her child is born. Either of these would work nicely, and it's never really explained what's happening, and that's a weak part of the story. As well, the inclusion of his birth and what that means is pretty confusing as to why it would need to come into play in this late of the series in the first place and really doesn't do much for the film as a whole with it being there simply for another way to defeat him when the last one worked so well. Another part that seems off is the humor. Freddy does off give a few good quips, but perhaps the humor is a bit blacker than in previous or subsequent films, with part six being the funniest, then comes part four in terms of comedy. A few of them are pretty good, but most are simply confusing as to why they are included. These are simply eye-rollers and aren't as clever as some of his far better quips. Otherwise this one wasn't all that bad.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, a shadowy sex scene, and Brief Nudity.
For the most part this one wasn't all that great even with a few decent enough parts to it. What this one makes the most is the film's rather impressive amount of special effects and kills being utilized for the most part. Freddy's deaths are very creative for a fourth sequel, which gives this one some uniquely enjoyable scenes as the motorcycle death sequence which is easily the best, but the comic book scene is also quite imaginative as both feature great special effects and new ideas, hallmarks of the series. As well, the fact that the opening, where the woman walks into the shower after a night of sex, and gets distracted by the brown gunk bubbling up from the bottom of the shower, finds nothing and gets attacked by the surging water from the shower-head, then is paralleled into a dream world for a spectacular scene. Others include the absolutely fun dream sequence where he takes over a car and merges the driver into a demonic motorcycle driving him into another car or the demented banquet scene that comes off really well. Even Freddy's rebirth is an atmospheric scene with lots of things crashing around in the middle of a room that feature Freddy appearing at the end playing off the finale of the previous effort which starts this off really nicely. It's where the film gets a lot to like, but otherwise there's not much else here with their being not a whole lot on offer here. This here is mostly to do with the fact that outside of the great special effects there's not a whole lot on offer. They all look very good and it looks like a lot of money was spent on the effects, but it's basically hollow since once you've seen the film once and you've got a handle on the story, it doesn't do anything on repeated viewings. Krueger's resurrection is handled with great care and thought, but it goes nowhere and doesn't make any sense as to why he would go after her. There's several different reasons for this that are logical and plausible, but we're never told if it's because he's trying to get back at Alice for the last time, or because he knows he can come back when her child is born. Either of these would work nicely, and it's never really explained what's happening, and that's a weak part of the story. As well, the inclusion of his birth and what that means is pretty confusing as to why it would need to come into play in this late of the series in the first place and really doesn't do much for the film as a whole with it being there simply for another way to defeat him when the last one worked so well. Another part that seems off is the humor. Freddy does off give a few good quips, but perhaps the humor is a bit blacker than in previous or subsequent films, with part six being the funniest, then comes part four in terms of comedy. A few of them are pretty good, but most are simply confusing as to why they are included. These are simply eye-rollers and aren't as clever as some of his far better quips. Otherwise this one wasn't all that bad.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, a shadowy sex scene, and Brief Nudity.