On This Day in Horror History: 28 Years Ago ‘The Dream Child’ was Born

A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child premiered in theaters on this very day, August 11^th, 28 years ago, in 1989. It’s hard to believe that much time has passed since the movie arrived, but we’ve been lucky enough to see Krueger grace the big screen a few times since, so I suppose the scarred monster never strays too far from the mind.

By the time the fifth film in the franchise arrived the Nightmare franchise had finally begun to lose a little momentum. It opened in the third position at the box office with an initial weekend take of $8 million. It would eventually top out at $22 million, making it the second lowest grossing film in the franchise. Only Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (one of the absolute best of the franchise, interestingly enough) made less, with a theatrical take of $19 million, which included international sales.

While you’re certainly not the best of the bunch, I still dig ya, Dream Child!