Much like The Dream Master, this installment really sucks. Horrid dialog, cheesy actors, and a dumb premise. However, where part 4 failed on nearly every level, part 5 contains some scenes that are so over that top to almost make them interesting. There's a slightly higher level of creativity here that I feel elevates this one a few points above its predecessor.

Bad Movie

Freddy number 5 is dark, gritty, and grim -- and also pretty pointless. This tries to return to the scary spirit of the original but really doesn't succeed; too many Freddy games, fan clubs, and TV shows have pretty much dulled his edge for good. Add to this a phony _For Keeps_-style view of teen pregnancy and a flashy but dull retread of the last film's climax and you end up with little more than a needless rehash.

Freddy's way too funny, nevrtheless, this one contains more lovable charactors and plenty of orginal deaths.

Freddy's fifth fearfest finds our fedorad fiend in fine form; unlike its immediate forebear, this edition takes its tormented teens' fright plight seriously. The movie taps into and effectively exaggerates the normal insecurities experienced by adolescents too old to cling to childhood illusions and too young to enjoy adult autonomy. It also boasts its share of surreal FX work: particularly impressive is Freddy's natal flashback (even if it does borrow from _It's Alive_)

Ridiculous and stupid with a boring, meandering plot. The only saving grace is the bike scene is wickedly awesome.

i like the girl's dad's jewish-y san francisco-y accent.

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Dreadful. The acting was the worst I've seen in a slasher sequel so far. Just...nothing.

Gore fans may be disappointed to discover that much of the blood and guts ended up on the cutting room floor.

Another rather impressive addition to the 'Elm Street' series, and while it's not as good as the first, third or fourth it still manages to beat the second. Good to see characters from the fourth back again which I actually wasn't expecting. There is less going on this time and it looks much more into Krueger's past, especiallt with his mother Amanda. Plenty of gory 80's Horror to enjoy as well as some pretty cool effects too. Overall it won't dissappoint fans of the series and I enjoyed it :)

it's sort of a love/hate thing with part 5 for me, it has some moments i like but it goes really downhill towards the end

Ugh, the series gets worse and worse with each new installment, but this gets bad enough, that it's disgusting to watch.

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Another poor entry for the series. I always thought Freddy was a thousand times more interesting than Jason but everything is relative.

Some of the ideas were fairly innovative in this one, like the method Freddy uses to get people without Alice being asleep. Robert Englund's cameos without make-up were pretty cool too.