The burn-faced night stalker simply doesn't make the impression here as he did in the former two installments
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors (1987)
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Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 22
Rotten:10
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: The third installment in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series. In a medical facility, seven teenagers who have constant nightmares about child murderer Freddy Krueger undergo monitoring for sleep... The third installment in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series. In a medical facility, seven teenagers who have constant nightmares about child murderer Freddy Krueger undergo monitoring for sleep disorders. But nothing that anyone does seems to help them -- until Nancy Thompson, the heroine of the first movie, joins the medical staff. She suggests that they try a new drug, which inhibits dreaming, on the youngsters. The gullible doctor-in-charge opposes this treatment, forcing Nancy to fight both him and a suspicious nurse in order to save the teens. Meanwhile, Freddy gleefully unleashes one horror-filled image after another to traumatize the patients ... till they fear that this is one nightmare they'll never wake up from again. [More]
Starring: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Priscilla Pointer
Starring: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Priscilla Pointer, Craig Wasson, John Saxon, Jennifer Rubin, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Chuck Russell
Director: Chuck Russell
Screenwriter: Chuck Russell, Frank Darabont, Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner
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Reviews for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors
Arguably the most imaginative of the horror franchise, with a fair number of truly resonant scenes.
First-time director Russell sustains the legend's success with the help of a workable plot and some first-rate special effects.
This third chapter of the phenomenally successful horror series marks the return of the original's director, Wes Craven.
Debuting director Chuck Russell elicits poor performances from most of his thesps, making it difficult to differentiate between pic's comic relief and unintended howlers.
The Slasher genre took a different direction with this sarcastic killer who delights in torturing his victims, simulating the nightmares we all experience.
Parts of it work extraordinarily well for a horror film of this vintage. And parts of it don't particularly work at all.
A creepy score and Russell's sure grasp of the skewed logic of nightmares helps to sustain the ambiguity between the 'real' and 'dream' worlds, while Englund's Freddie now fits like a glove.
The best 'Elm Street' film next to the 1984 original....Freddy's finest moment since his debut
The film's dream sequences are ingenious, and they feature some remarkable nightmare images and special effects.
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