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Ripoff of Nightmare on Elm Street?


On the cover, his fingers are the sharp nails and he holds them just like Freddy Krueger. Then on the back, he has a hat atop his head like Freddy. So, is it just me, or is this kind of a ripoff of ANOES? Either that, or is it one of the movies she watches and is obssesed with? That would make more sense....

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And there's a scene where her Mom comes to her room when the girl should be in bed and she calls out to her husband (like Kristen's Mom did in ANOES3, except she calls to her date). Then Kristen realizes she's in the middle of a nightmare - same thing happened in this movie.

"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."

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Seems to be "inspired" by "Wishmaster" also.

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What the hell does this movie have to do with Wishmaster?

A small vague comparison of the word "wish"? Because seriously that's it. Just because of what the Wisher character does his motives are entirely different from the djinns in Wishmaster.

I mean seriously if this is "based on wishmaster" then hell i guess Free Willy is based on Moby Dick, hey both have a whale clearly that's where the point came from.

I refuse to argue on IMDB until the general populous actually uses their brains

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If this movie wasn't a ripoff of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET then I don't know what is.

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