A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is a 1989 American slasher film and the fifth film in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series. It was directed by Stephen Hopkins, stars Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox and Danny Hassel. It is the sequel to "" and is followed by "". The film's general tone is much darker and the dream sequences are more Gothic than the previous films of the series, and a blue filter lighting technique is used in most of the scenes. The film's main titles do not
Tina Gray (A Nightmare on Elm Street) face, replicating one of the dream sequences from the film, appears as a side item featured in the package. In "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy: The Making of Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street", Amanda Wyss noted the parallels between Tina and Marion Crane from Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" stating: When discussing the differences between Nancy and Tina, Wyss noted that she viewed Tina as a victim of a dysfunctional home life, saying: In "Welcome to Our Nightmares: Behind the Scene with Today's Horror Actors" by Jason Norman, Wyss described Tina as a very difficult character to portray