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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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Parts of it work extraordinarily well for a horror film of this vintage. And parts of it don't particularly work at all.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
09/12/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

This is filmmaking by the numbers, without soul.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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While it's better than its predecessor, it's still not quite up to its inspiration.

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01/01/00
Richard Harrington
Richard Harrington
Washington Post
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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.

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11/03/07
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

The film's dream sequences are ingenious, and they feature some remarkable nightmare images and special effects.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/30/04
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Arguably the most imaginative of the horror franchise, with a fair number of truly resonant scenes.

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04/28/08
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

Can you not love this?

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
09/02/04
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

The burn-faced night stalker simply doesn't make the impression here as he did in the former two installments

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
10/09/08
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

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.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
04/28/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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A great sequel

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02/03/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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This third chapter of the phenomenally successful horror series marks the return of the original's director, Wes Craven.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/28/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Time Out

First-time director Russell sustains the legend's success with the help of a workable plot and some first-rate special effects.

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04/28/08
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01/01/00
David Keyes
David Keyes
Cinemaphile.org

The best of the "Nightmare" series

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07/16/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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Easily the best of the sequels till A New Nightmare, but still nowhere near the original

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08/21/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The best 'Elm Street' film next to the 1984 original....Freddy's finest moment since his debut

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03/31/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

This is when Freddy stopped being scary. Still has its moments, in a fantasy, rather than horror, sort of way.

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03/27/03
Alex Sandell
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