{"id":129,"date":"2011-08-28T22:38:30","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T22:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:39:37","slug":"a-nightmare-on-elm-street-5-the-dream-child-deleted-scenes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/films\/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-5-the-dream-child\/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-5-the-dream-child-deleted-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child \u2014 Deleted Scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The most notable cut material from A Nightmare on Elm Street 5<\/em> involves Greta\u2019s death. Written as a character who suffers from bulimia in an effort to maintain her model figure, Greta originally suffered a more graphic fate, with Freddy scooping out her stomach and feeding her its contents\u2014proving \u201cyou are what you eat.\u201d Dan\u2019s transformation sequence was also originally longer and more detailed.<\/p>\n

Director Stephen Hopkins discussed the trimming of these scenes in Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy<\/em>. \u201cWe just had to keep cutting and cutting and cutting [those scenes], sending [the film] back and forth to the MPAA\u2014I don\u2019t know, 20 times or something,\u201d said Hopkins. \u201cGreta\u2019s death was deemed to be much too foul. Freddy fed her herself in the end. It\u2019s sort of silly to take it seriously. I think if we had a longer post [production] we could have fought about it [with the MPAA].\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just know that scene was much longer and gorier, but it sort of happened super-fast the way [the scene] ended up,\u201d added actress Erika Anderson. \u201cI don\u2019t think it was as good; it didn\u2019t have as much impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

Due to MPAA objections, both Dan’s and Greta’s death sequences were trimmed for the theatrical release to secure an R rating. The uncut footage was later restored for the home video LaserDisc and VHS editions but was omitted from subsequent DVD and Blu-ray releases, reportedly because of problems with the available film masters. The complete scenes were restored for the 4K UHD release.<\/p>\n

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