H5: The Revenge of Michael Myers vs Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
IndianaMcClane — 14 years ago(January 28, 2012 10:40 PM)
(This is a continuation of a contest that's started on the pages for the original films of both franchises)
These are the point where fans started to think that the franchises were really going into decline. They have their franchise novelty, but on the whole aren't nearly as well regarded as their franchise's hire ups. Their strongest points are the returns of the heroines from their predecessors with Danielle Harris and Lisa Wilcox reprising their roles as Jamie Lloyd and Alice Johnson. They try to do some new things by utilizing supernatural mental connections between our heroines and the villains (whether it is a familial psychic link or the villain entering the dreams of the leads baby she's pregnant with) and actually manage to survive another film unlike many other slasher films survivors. But both on the whole just feel a little too been there done that (At least by my taste). So, which do you prefer and why? -
gwnightscream — 14 years ago(January 30, 2012 06:01 PM)
Though both could've been better, I pick Nightmare on Elm Street 5.
Freddy was kind of back in the shadows, but still comedic. I like how
they show his mother giving birth to him and the scene where the
maniacs surround her is creepy. Lisa Wilcox is also great as Alice. -
rockyrambofan — 14 years ago(February 26, 2012 09:14 AM)
To me. this is pretty easy. Its Nightmare 5. Halloween 5 is a big mess a mute Jamie. Killing your only eal likeable character 20 minutes into the movie. Having the start of the stupid man in black thing. I could go on and on all day wit hmy problems with Halloween 5.
As for Nightmare 5 is it perfect no. Low body count. An ending while not awful. Couldn't touch the ending to Nightmare 4. But I like the story and the creepy atmosphere. Very underrated score. Lisa Wilcox doing a great Job as Alice and having her survive. Which I was happy to see. -
piscean_dreams — 12 years ago(August 05, 2013 05:19 AM)
I, too, never realized all of the similarities between these two sequels. Another interesting parallel is that they were both released in 1989.
As for which is better, wow, that's tough. As a whole, I prefer the
Halloween
series over the
A Nightmare on Elm Street
series, but when pitting the 5th installments of each series together, I'd have to say that
The Dream Child
is more entertaining than
The Revenge of Michael Myers
. What's most disappointing about
Halloween 5
is that it was set up to be a great chapter in the series, and in a few spots the film sparkles with intensity/scariness, but overall it squandered the opportunity to deliver and it was a significant step down from its predecessor
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
. As for
The Dream Child
, while it's not flawless, I like the atmosphere it set up, along with the cinematography. And while some may disagree, I think it built on its predecessor,
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
, and in some respects surpassed it.
Overall,
The Dream Child
is a more memorable film than
The Revenge of Michael Myers
.
I would also point out that 1989 was a bad year all around for horror sequels, as that was the year that
Friday the 13th part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
was released. Now
that
was the worst of the three released that year. -
ScorpionTDC — 12 years ago(February 10, 2014 11:09 AM)
Nightmare 5. Halloween 5 is almost completely devoid of redeeming qualities
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johnhorshack — 11 years ago(September 09, 2014 05:11 PM)
Halloween 5 all the way. While not perfect, it still managed a good dark atmosphere, good kills and a fairly high body count and turned out to be a decent follow-up to Halloween 4.
NOES 5, however, is all around bad. Good FX, but Freddy is just too ridiculous and cheesy at this point. -
patrick_bateman_90056 — 11 years ago(February 13, 2015 05:15 AM)
"Nightmare 5". While declining in quality due, in part, to the rushed production and "overkill" of Freddy saturating pop culture, it is a really well thought out horror film with some great plot points, visuals and a great mix of comedic Freddy and unpredictable vicious bastard Freddy.
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brandonhelee — 10 years ago(November 17, 2015 12:34 AM)
I like both films very much and both films took me many years to finally come around on and appreciate.
But since I grew up more with A Nightmare on Elm Street 5:The Dream Child and think it offers more as a overall film than Halloween 5.Elm Street 5 has a lot of cool things to it that sadly Halloween 5 doesn't have.