A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is the fourth film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. It was released in 1988. The film was directed by Renny Harlin. The film opened in 1,765 theaters grossing $12.8 million its opening weekend, the best opening weekend of a Nightmare movie (besides Freddy vs. Jason). The domestic gross of the movie is $49.3 million, the second highest grossing Nightmare movie aside from FVJ. Kristen (Tuesday Knight, who replaced Patricia Arquette), Joey (Rodney Eastman), and Kincaid (Ken Sagoes), have been released from Westin Hills and are now living normal lives and attending high school. Kristen has managed to make some new friends -Alice (Lisa Wilcox), a young, bright girl who is a frequent daydreamer; Sheila, a brainy, quiet girl with asthma (Toy Newkirk); and Debbie (Brooke Theiss), a tough girl who hates bugs. She has also found herself a boyfriend, Rick (Andras Jones), who happens to be Alice's brother. Kristen begins to have bad dreams. (source: Wikipedia)