A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Chuck Russell

Writers:

Wes Craven (screenplay) and
Bruce Wagner (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 February 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Freddy's just around the corner...

Plot:

As Freddy Krueger continues his murdering, the kids, led by Freddie's main opponent in the first film, prepare to fight back.

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Freddy Krueger | Dream | Wheelchair | Hypnotism

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Heather Langenkamp	...	Nancy Thompson
Craig Wasson	...	Neil Gordon
Patricia Arquette	...	Kristen Parker
Robert Englund	...	Freddy Krueger
Ken Sagoes	...	Kincaid
Rodney Eastman	...	Joey
Jennifer Rubin	...	Taryn
Bradley Gregg	...	Phillip
Ira Heiden	...	Will
Laurence Fishburne	...	Max (as Larry Fishburne)
Penelope Sudrow	...	Jennifer
John Saxon	...	Thompson
Priscilla Pointer	...	Dr. Elizabeth Simms
Clayton Landey	...	Lorenzo
Brooke Bundy	...	Elaine Parker

Also Known As:

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part III (USA) (closing credits title)

Runtime:

96 min | Portugal:88 min (cut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Denmark:15 | Netherlands:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2008) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Canada:R | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Italy:VM14 | Mexico:C | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Norway:(Banned) (1988-2003) (cinema release) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Heron Communications

Trivia:

When Taryn is first seen in the hallway she's wearing a Dokken shirt. Dokken wrote and performed "Dream Warriors" for this film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Kristen pulls Nancy into her dream of the Freddy snake, Nancy passes out and falls into a chair that has nothing on it. When Nancy awakes, startled, the chair now has one pillow as a headrest and another at her right side.

Quotes:

Kristen Parker: Five, six, grab a crucifix. Seven, eight, better stay up late. Nine, ten, never... never...
Nancy Thompson: Never sleep again. Where did you learn that rhyme?

Movie Connections:

Featured in The House That Freddy Built (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Dream Warriors

The most satisfying sequel of the franchise!

Six Years has passed since the events of the first movie, a beautiful blonde girl named Kirsten (Patrica Arquette) had a nightmare involving Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) which almost leads her to suicide as she ends up in a psychiatric ward with the other kids of Elm Street named Joey (Rodney Eastman), Taryn (Jennifer Rubin), Philip (Bradley Gregg), Jennifer (Penelope Sudrow), Will (Ira Heiden) and Kincaid (Ken Sagoes). However Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) who survived the original massacre now works as a psychiatrist who helps with patients who have dream problems and she's joined by Dr. Neil Goldman (Craig Wasson). However some of the patients seem to dream about Freddy as some of them get killed one by one, only Nancy has the answers as she wants some of those patients to join with her to battle against this evil cretin once and for all.

The best sequel of the series! after the very disappointing and yet homoerotic "Freddy's Revenge", New Line Cinema decided to hire Wes Craven back as he co-write a script with future "Shawshank Redemption" and "Green Mile" director Frank Darabont to ignore the events of part 2 and continue off the first one. Chuck Russell makes his debut for this one as it lead him to make "The Blob" in 1988 and "The Mask" in 1994, this installment delivers all the goods that a fanboy and fangirl can enjoy. The film co-stars Laurence Fishburne and John Saxton with appearances by Dick Cavett and Zsa Zsa Gabor, this horror fantasy thriller has good scares and some gory violence abound. The special effects even for it's day are just incredible like the Freddy Snake critter and the acting is superb, this movie made Freddy more popular thanks to witty one-liners and a dark sense of humor. Greg Cannom and Kevin Yagher did a nice job on the make-up and gore effects for this production, the film also gives us a nice look into the mythology of "Nightmare on Elm Street" with some nice twists and turns even by the ending.

This is one sequel that still holds up and rocks! i highly recommend it.

P.S.: The "Dream Warriors" rock song by Dokken rules!