Revealing mistake: After her brother's death, there is a scene in which Alice starts practicing with her brother's nun-chuks. They never show the real actress doing the tricks; instead, they cut to an angle from behind her and show a double who has darker, shorter hair than the real actress and is a bit bigger. (00:56:45)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 (1988)
Plot summary
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Starring: Robert Englund, Brooke Bundy, Lisa Wilcox, Rodney Eastman, Andras Jones, John Beckman, Kisha Brackel, Wanda Bursey
Following up the previous Nightmare film, dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen (who can draw others into her dreams) wills her special ability to her friend Alice. Alice soon realizes that Freddy is taking advantage of that unknown power to pull a new group of children into his foul domain.
More mistakes in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4
Freddy Krueger: You flunk.
Trivia: In the beginning of Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master we learn Kincaid's dog is named Jason. Perhaps as a homage to the killer from Friday the 13th?
Question: Why does Freddy use Alice to gain access to new victims?
Answer: He'd killed her friends in the previous movie, remember? When he came back she'd had time to recover and make new friends.
That was Kristen, not Alice. Alice gives the answer to this question herself, while talking to Dan in the diner. She says that Kristen was the last of the children of the people who killed Freddy, and "maybe Freddy can't get to the new kids unless there's someone to bring them to him."
Answer: As Kristin was being burned to death in the boiler, she passed her ability to pull other people into her dreams to Alice. This enabled Freddy to get new victims.