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Release year: 1989

Storyline

The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.

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Directors

Stephen Hopkins

Writers

Cast

Robert Englund — Freddy Krueger
Lisa Wilcox — Alice
Kelly Jo Minter — Yvonne
Danny Hassel — Dan

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• All death sequences were cut down significantly in order to avoid an X-rating. Dan's original motorcycle death was longer, and contained much more gore. Many sequences showing Dan's face racked in pain were cut, along with his screams and Freddy's laughter. Scenes which are seen on-screen for only a few seconds are several minutes long on film. The entire sequence is much longer, and the timing of Freddy's quips are different. Greta's dinner scene was also edited. Originally, Freddy filleted the Greta-doll with the claw-glove causing it to spurt blood everywhere, and then force-fed her its innards. Shots of the guests laughing were cut. Also, after Freddy said, "You are what you eat", she looked down and realized he had gutted her and was feeding her mush from her own stomach. This explains why the Greta-doll in Mark's dream is bleeding from its torso. Finally, Mark's demise is also cut. As Freddy shreds the paper in the unrated release, his face is animated, and shows him screaming along to his cries of pain until Freddy cuts his paper head off. All three scenes can be viewed unedited in the original unrated VHS release.

• This is the second and last time the character of Amanda Krueger/Sister Mary Helena (Beatrice Boepple) appears in the film series. Her first appearance was in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), and was played by Nan Martin.

• Stephen King and comic book writer Frank Miller were offered the job of writing and directing this movie. Alex Proyas was also offered as his his first directed project, but he turned it down because he didn't want to direct sequels and felt it was more fun to make original material.