A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors (1987)
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Reviews Counted: 31 Fresh: 22 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
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 disorders. But nothing that anyone does seems to help them -- until Nancy Thompson, the... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Priscilla Pointer, Craig Wasson
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Reviews
Arguably the most imaginative of the horror franchise, with a fair number of truly resonant scenes.
04/28/08 10:54 AM
First-time director Russell sustains the legend's success with the help of a workable plot and some first-rate special effects.
04/28/08 10:53 AM
This third chapter of the phenomenally successful horror series marks the return of the original's director, Wes Craven.
04/28/08 10:53 AM
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.
04/28/08 10:51 AM
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The Slasher genre took a different direction with this sarcastic killer who delights in torturing his victims, simulating the nightmares we all experience.
11/03/07 06:04 AM
Parts of it work extraordinarily well for a horror film of this vintage. And parts of it don't particularly work at all.
09/12/07 04:09 PM
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.
01/26/06 03:15 AM
The film's dream sequences are ingenious, and they feature some remarkable nightmare images and special effects.
08/30/04 10:16 PM
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