A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 4K 1988 Ultra HD 2160p

This time, Freddy faces a powerful new adversary (the plot by William Kotzwinkel and Brian Hellgeland is clever and well thought out). Freddy now terrorizes the surviving teenagers, starting with Alice (Lisa Wilcox plays the lead role very convincingly). At first, she was weak and vulnerable, but she drew strength from her dead friends and showed remarkable ingenuity and courage in her battle with Freddy. The mind-blowing special effects make this film the best in the series. Englund shines in the role of Freddy, like a true star, cracking jokes and provoking laughter with his gruesome deeds.

User Review

The fourth installment of Nightmares did not leave me indifferent. Despite the opinion that has taken hold in the film community that the further you go, the worse the nightmare scenarios get from series to series, I consider each part of the story about Freddy Krueger to be interesting and attention-grabbing, especially when it comes to the script's ideas about Freddy's actions to eliminate the heroes. The fourth part offers the most variety. This can be considered one of the film's strengths. There are many excellent shots and scenes. The way Freddy came to life, filling himself with organs and skin; the beautiful swing of the glove with blades in the scene with Joey's water bed; the relish with which he savors the dish of the day in the cafeteria when Freddy pulls someone's head out of it like a meatball; the murder of Debbie, based on the girl's disgusting attitude towards insects; Krueger's long, savory tearing apart of the souls of dead people - these scenes surely made many viewers wince while watching the film, sitting with their eyes wide open and their mouths agape at what they saw. I also liked such small details as Freddy's steel reflection from Debbie's barbell and his growl.

Lisa Wilcox played her part very well. The girl's transformation was portrayed brilliantly. Remember the moment when her brother taught Alice to stand up for herself and showed her how to kick. Her gestures, her awkwardness, she even blushed after her first attempt. It was played very naturally. And then, when she got dressed towards the end of the film and stood in front of the mirror and said, “That's cool, motherfucker,” it was a different Alice, but one I believed in too. Indeed, this film boasts good acting.

Another definite plus of this film is the music. I especially liked the one that played when Debbie started rocking, and later it played during the credits.

The two main drawbacks that slightly spoiled the impression for me were the idea of killing Alice's brother Rick. It's uninteresting, stingy, and completely bland. There's no hint of horror there. It's some kind of “undead combat.” The actor swings at the air like a child playing, fighting an imaginary enemy, while Krueger says “ouch! ouch!” off-screen. I don't know why they came up with this.

Besides, the ending itself. They didn't bother to come up with a way to get rid of Freddy. They fought and fought, Alice fell exhausted and suddenly realized how to destroy him. Out of the blue. Let him look in the mirror. Is it that simple? In the third part, the heroes had to search for his remains, bury them, and pour holy water on them. But in the fourth part, they decided to spare the heroine such fuss and, three minutes before the credits, gave her a way out. It's the easiest way to kill Krueger. I didn't like that. Although, I repeat, the spectacle after that is exciting.

In conclusion, we can say that the film did not disappoint, and despite the absence of Wes Craven, the scenes are dynamic, not drawn out, and leave no one indifferent. And despite some moments that I personally would have liked to see written differently, my rating of the film will not be low.

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (73.7 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10+
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Info Audio

#English: FLAC 2.0
#English: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
#French: Dolby Digital 2.0
#German: Dolby Digital 2.0
#Italian: Dolby Digital 2.0
#Spanish (Latino): Dolby Digital 2.0
#Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0

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English SDH, Bulgarian, Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (Parisian), German SDH, Hebrew, Italian SDH, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (Iberian), Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin American), Swedish, Thai.