A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 American slasher film and the fourth film in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series. The film was directed by Renny Harlin and stars Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox and Danny Hassel. Following the death of Nancy Thompson, Freddy Krueger begins to reappear in the dreams of Kristen Parker, Joey Crusel, and Roland Kincaid and uses Kristen's best friend, Alice Johnson, to gain access to new victims. The film is a sequel to "" (1987) and is followed by "" (1989).
A Nightmare on Elm Street (comics) A Nightmare on Elm Street (comics) The popularity of the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film series has led to several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, Innovation Publishing, Trident Comics, Avatar Press and WildStorm Productions. After the success of "Freddy vs. Jason" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake film in 2003, New Line Cinema created their "House of Horror" licensing division which licensed the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise to Avatar Press for use in new comic book stories, the first of which was published in 2005. In 2006, Avatar Press lost the license to DC Comics