A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors Reviews
Cinema Crazed
It's a shame this is about as good as it got for the series...
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| Original Score: 3/4
Reel Film Reviews
...the mental-hospital setting [is] certainly a refreshing change from the suburban atmosphere that dominated the first two films.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Empire Magazine
Arguably the most imaginative of the horror franchise, with a fair number of truly resonant scenes.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Film4
First-time director Russell sustains the legend's success with the help of a workable plot and some first-rate special effects.
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Freddy is a vital killer who brings a sense of creepy fun to his demented work - moviegoers actually like the guy. The nightmares themselves are another reason for the series' success.
Cinema Sight
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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| Original Score: 3/4
Antagony & Ecstasy
Parts of it work extraordinarily well for a horror film of this vintage. And parts of it don't particularly work at all.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Time Out
Top CriticA 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.
Moviehole
The best 'Elm Street' film next to the 1984 original....Freddy's finest moment since his debut
| Original Score: 3/5
Filmcritic.com
Can you not love this?
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| Original Score: 3/5
The film's dream sequences are ingenious, and they feature some remarkable nightmare images and special effects.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Reeling Reviews
The best of the "Nightmare" series
| Original Score: 4/5
Juicy Cerebellum
This is when Freddy stopped being scary. Still has its moments, in a fantasy, rather than horror, sort of way.
| Original Score: 3/5
