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10 Best Movies Like A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

If you loved A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

1988★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good....

#2
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1991★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by re...

#3
New Nightmare

New Nightmare

1994★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?...

#4
Poltergeist III

Poltergeist III

1988★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her r...

#5
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams....

#6
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

1989★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An aspiring opera singer finds herself transported back to Victorian-era London -- and into the arms of a reclusive, disfigured maestro determined to make her a star....