A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) | Episode #51

2021-09-03

In this episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss the 1989 horror-comedy film A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child. Episode Highlights: We argue that while this is our least favorite Nightmare film to date, a "bad" Nightmare is still leagues above a lot of other horror. We deconstruct the death scenes of Greta and Mark and share where we wished the film had gone a step further; we also explore the franchise's continued motif of parental disinterest and the ways that this film, in particular, drops (to its ...

In this episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss the 1989 horror-comedy film A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.

Episode Highlights: We argue that while this is our least favorite Nightmare film to date, a "bad" Nightmare is still leagues above a lot of other horror. We deconstruct the death scenes of Greta and Mark and share where we wished the film had gone a step further; we also explore the franchise's continued motif of parental disinterest and the ways that this film, in particular, drops (to its detriment) the franchise's larger institutional critique.

A Dose of Scholarship: We reference Gary Heba's 1995 article "Everyday Nightmares: The Rhetoric of Social Horror in the Nightmare on Elm Street Series."

This podcast episode first aired on July 19, 2021.

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