A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) | Episode #48

In this episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss the 1988 horror-comedy film A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. 

Episode Highlights: We explore how this film fits into the larger narrative of the franchise, and we argue that although Nightmare 4 continues the narrative of the previous movie, it doesn't carryover the disaffirmative nature of the prior films. We also talk about the consequences of the film's breaking of the monster/final girl binary as Alice begins to become the dream master. 

A Dose of Scholarship: We bring back a favorite piece of scholarship in this episode--Jeffrey Jerome Cohen's "Monster Theses," which offer a systematic and intriguing framework for considering the role monsters (and monster texts) play in our culture.

This podcast episode first aired on June 1, 2021

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