Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4: Dream Master (1988)

I knew I was in trouble when I saw Renny Harlin as the director. He’s technically not a bad director he’s just a generic one that picks bad scripts. In the game of horror movie franchises, it’s about this point, number 4, where things start to sour. If you’re looking for a scary thriller with lots of suspense then this Freddy Kruger outing will disappoint. If you want some good laughs and are looking for some surreal special effects that entertain the eye then you’ll find this one pretty fun. I’m in the middle. I wish the script was better because this one was really weak.  Basically the producers knew they’d make a killing at the box office so they threw a script together to reboot the Kruger-collecting-souls storyline with new characters, of course killing the characters from the previous film. You can see why Patricia Arquette didn’t reprise her role from the superior third film. Grade: B-