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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

 Starring: Robert Englund

 Directed by: Renny Harlin

 Rated R

 Genre: Horror

 Original Release Year: 1988

 Synopsis: Kristen has been released from the psychiatric hospital and is now leading a normal life, or so she thinks.

 My Thoughts: When you keep the same characters, but change the actor, you know you are going to have problems.

   Scorecard

     Acting- Tuesday Knight plays Kristen (was portrayed by Patricia Arquette in number 3) and does an okay job, but nothing awe inspiring. The supporting cast seemed very uninterested with their characters and it really dragged the film down. Robert Englund again returns and portrays Freddy Kruger, and again, does a pretty good job in his character. (1/2)

     Direction- Renny Harlin steps up to the helm for this sequel. While Harlin is known for his huge hits (Die Hard 2) and his huge flops (Cutthroat Island), this film is somewhere in between. I believe he tried to pull off a good job, but there seemed to be something holding everything back, and I think it was the story. The direction of this film was decent at best. There were a few shaky parts that shouldn't have been there, but at least it seemed he tried. (1/2)

     Story- Kristen and her friends (the ones that survived from the 3rd movie) are now leading normal lives and are even attending high school, everything seems to be going good, until Freddy returns, again. There was something about the way this story was written that really irked me. It seemed that the story was literally thrown together at the last minute. There was little flow and the only thing it had going for it was the continuity, and that really did not help much. (0)

     Expectations- After the third movie, I was hoping that the franchise would be turning for the good. It didn't. This film fell flat in my eyes, and did not live up to any of the expectations I had for it. (0)

     Boring?- 100 minutes. 100 minutes of sheer boredom. The story dragged, a few moments of terrible overacting, and just overall nonsense. This film was boring in every sense of the word. (0)

   Final Score: 1 out of 5

 Final Thoughts: Well...the series is having problems. This film really doesn't even deserve the full star that it earned. I personally would not recommend that you waste your time with this film, it is one hundred minutes of pure crap. At least it wasn't the second film. Watch something else.

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