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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: SUPERIOR TO THE 2ND MOVIE, BUT NOT AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL.
Review: "A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" surpasses in every aspect the second part of the "Nightmare" series: the story is better, the characters are more complex, the beautiful heroine from the first "Nightmare" movie Nancy Thompson (actress Heather Langenkamp) returns, the situations are more interesting, in other words, this movie surpasses by far the second film.

However, still is far from producing the effect that the original provokes, but this detail is not reason to avoid seeing "A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors". It's definitely worthy, Freddy's fans won't feel disappointed this time.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Wes Craven breathes life back into the series
Review: "A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" picks up 6 years after the original "Nightmare" ended, totally disregarding the storyline from Part 2. Heather Langenkamp returns as Nancy Thompson, Freddy's main opponent from the first film, as a Dream Specialist working with the remaining Elm Street Kids, who are now housed in a psychiatric hospital for sleep deprivation. After several murders at the hands of Krueger, Nancy takes the rest of the kids and helps them band together to form the "dream warriors", so they can put Freddy to rest once and for all. The acting is fantastic by all involved, especially for Heather Langenkamp, who seems to feel more comfortable in her role this time around (although she is given much less to do). This is my second favorite flick out of the series, it has suspense, horror and surprises throughout. Rent it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Not Bad For A 3rd Sequel To The Popular Series!
Review: 3 years after Nancy Thompson (Langenkamp) and her friends were haunted in their sleep by the evil Freddy Krueger, Nancy Thompson has now grown up to become a psychiatrist specializing in dream therapy. She meets a bunch of kids who reside on Elm Street who are also being haunted in their sleep by Freddy and makes them realize about all of the special abilities that they can encounter during nightmares. One of the kids is Kristen Parker (Arquette) who has a special ability to pull people in her dreams. After 2 patients are murdered by Freddy and 1 is captured, Nancy realizes that Kristen might be the key to helping them destroy Freddy forever. They must hurry to Freddy's hideout where they can hopefully destroy Krueger before it's too late!

In general, "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3" was a really good 2nd sequel to the popular movie "A Nightmare On Elm Street". Unlike "A Nightmare On Elm Street 2", this movie picks up the pieces to where we left off in the 1st movie. We also see some popular characters from the original film (Heather Langenkamp who played 'Nancy Thompson' and John Saxon who played 'Lieutenant Donald Thompson') We also meet new characters, such as Kristen Parker (Played by Patricia Arquette, who's brother David would later play the popular charcter of Dewey Riley in the popular 'Scream' movies, also directed by Wes Craven) I think that this film was a great addition to the NOES series. It included some chilling scenes and great suspense. It also had some great music as well. This is a film that no NOES fan would want to miss! Recommended! 96 minutes.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: psycho therapy
Review: a burnt up freak is nasty to look at and child murder is disgusting in the very least.at least theyre teens so its not quite as bad.the teens are in a asylum in this one and freddy comes to thier dreams to hack them up again.they explore dream powers and use them to ward off his attacks.if you let your kids under 12 at minimum watch this,someone should lock you up.even at 12,this is an abselute minimum.16 is far better.wes craven dreamt this one up.his movies-with the freddy exceptions-all suck!#3 is the best of them all!scary?not really.intense?you bet!a nurse chick takes off her top just before trying to kill one of the patients.she was really freddy who used the dudes wet nurse dream to lure him into a deadly trap.as with all the freddy flicks,all the male stars are losers and the chicks arefly by night hussies.the special effects rock in this one.there are 8 parts to this series now,the last one where freddy and jason went at it.who knows whats next.i thought up freddy vs jason in the mid 80s.hollywood is just so slow.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Arguably the best Freddy film of them all
Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge was an interesting film that took viewers down a dead end street, but A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors basically saved the movie franchise by not only putting it back on its proper footing but also building upon and improving the impressive strengths of the original film. The storyline is strong, putting Freddy back where he belongs - inside the nightmares of the remaining children of the Elm Street vigilantes responsible for his fiery death. Heather Langenkamp's return in the role of Nancy Thompson provides a crucial link between the original and this, its true sequel. Freddy's character is expanded not only in terms of his history but also in terms of his character and engaging personality. The acerbically witty Freddy we all know and love truly comes to the fore for the first time, and he now takes more time with his victims in order to truly enjoy his work. The blessings of a larger budget also pay huge dividends here, making Freddy's little hobby especially fun to watch. A little camp comes along in the process here and there, but Freddy himself is truly on top of his game.

Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) is now a graduate student pursuing research on nightmare therapy, and she returns to Springwood in order to join the staff at the local mental health institution. Some half dozen teenagers from Elm Street are being treated at the facility, each of them suffering from nightmares that are all too familiar to Nancy. One young lady in particular (Kristen, played by Patricia Arquette) has the remarkable ability to pull someone else into her dreams, and this ultimately becomes the basis of Nancy's plan to stop Freddy from killing the surviving kids. Convincing her superiors at the hospital that the dreams they scoff at are actually real is about as hard as fighting Freddy himself, so of course a few souls are bound to die (in some truly delightful ways) before the action plays out. On top of all this, we also come to learn the tragic story of Freddy's birth and get a close-up look at the source of his amazing strength.

Freddy has some great scenes and some great lines in this film. The big sleepwalking death scene is probably my favorite Freddy kill of all-time; Freddy first takes the form of a gnarly little puppet before doing some mighty impressive "string" pulling of his own. You also have the gigantic Freddy snake trying to swallow a victim in one gulp, some impressive claw work, a really cool ten "finger" goodbye for one special victim, and many other great Freddy moments. Some of the kids are rather annoying, and the "dream powers" they discover in themselves can be rather silly (especially those of the "wizard master"), but one tough guy in particular has some of the best anti-Freddy lines in the whole Nightmare series. The big shovel fight toward the end, featuring a skeletal version of Freddy, is also a joy to watch. While the special effects may not look perfectly convincing to modern viewers, this fantastic scene was quite impressive for its time.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is arguably the best film in the series, and it really sets the tone for the cinematic future of the unparalleled, thoroughly enjoyable Mr. Krueger. Killing isn't just a business or hobby for Fred by this point in his career; it's something he really enjoys, and it is truly a delight to watch him do his thing. A commentary of the film would have been a nice addition to the DVD, but this movie is more than capable of brandishing my five-star rating all on its own.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "All the little piggies've come home." - Freddy
Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors takes a turn for the ultimate best after A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 : Freddy's Revenge. Nancy has returned to help the remaining Elm Street kids to defeat the utmost evil, Freddy Krueger. The Elm Street kids are now in a psychiatric ward and are being treated for all types of sleep disorders. And noone will believe them until Nancy shows up. There are 3 very interesting concepts introduced into the NOES series.

1. Kristin, played by Patricia Arquette, is one of the newest patients at the ward. She has the ability to pull people into her dreams by calling out their names. They could've overused this technique and made it annoying, but it wasn't overused. Thus it worked wonderfully.

2. The term "Dream Warriors" is efficient in the movie. It desribes how each kid had a special power or talent they could only use in their dream. They would later use their special powers or talent to try and defeat Freddy. This also was not overused, and for most of them, their powers or talents worked against them. The director made the best of all of them though, and it was great.

3. Each kid also had a weak spot. Such as Taryn, played by Jennifer Rubins, was a recovering heroin addict and Joey, played by Rodney Eastman, was mute. NOES3 is the first Nightmare where Freddy begins to use the kids' weaknesses against them.

Each of these concepts were used in the best way possible, and I give mucho kudos to director Chuck Russel for bringing these concepts into the series. Wes Craven also helped in writing the script for this one.

The cast has some pretty well-known faces in it also. Patricia Arquette plays the Kristin, she who wields the power of bring people into her dreams. This lady can scream, and she can also act very well. Heather Langenkamp makes her return to the series, and always brightens up the room with her great smile. John Saxon, who is Nancy's father and was in Nightmare 1, also returns. Laurence Fishburne has a very small role, but has a decent amount of screentime.

In conclusion, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors is one the best entries of the Nightmare series.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: the actual sequel to the original
Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 is more of a continuation to the first film opposed to Part 2. Nancy returns as a psychiatrist to help these kids who have nightmares about Freddy Kruger. This movie is very creative is some ways (especially the dream sequences). I recommend this movie to anyone who liked the first and/or second Nightmare on Elm Street.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Best out of them all..!! -A clever script..!! -By Wes..
Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: -Dream Warrior's.. -1987.
Is the best out of them all.. -But is no excuse too
ignore the zany Part 2. -Freddy's Revenge. -Executive
producer. -Wes Craven.. -No what he was going two do.. -Is two
deliver a power house bomb.. -So he did.. -With the

clever.. -Dream Warrior's. -I herd that Robert Englund
did a pitch.. -Which was; -"Welcome too Prime time..!
Bitch..!" -Great line.. -Mr. -Englund.. -I've also
enjoy the beginning sequence.. -Such as Kristen ho
gets two sleep.. -Wake's up in the yard of the old
Thompson House.. -Now decaying and Rotting.. -Kriten
here's scratching noise.. -Which is Freddy's own

Claw.. -Kristen walk's up two the house.. -What is
the best thing of this sequel.. -That we get the Elm
street children.. -Jump roping.. -Singing that 1, 2
Freddy's, -comming for you.."? -I loved that tone it
has.. -A lot better then what Jesse Walsh's
sister in her bedroom..!

I also love the scene where Kristen is running from

Freddy after a huge explosion in the furnace.. -As
we see the skulls of dead children.. -What a moment..!
that was.. -And, -finding the butchard children
hanging in his hellish room.. -Which has full of
them..! -Really creepy..!

Then Kristen wakes up a scream.. -Run's in the bathroom..?
she turns on the sink.. -As Freddy's arm pops up two
life.. -A memorable moment their..? -But their are a
lot of memorable moment's in the Mental Hospital..?

Such as the girl getting her head suck in the T.V.
Set.. -By the powerless evil Freddy..? -I've also enjoy
where the kid walk's like a puppeter at the begining of
the hospital..! -And Freddy make's him fall's too
his timely death..

Freddy soon know's how the kid's work on their power..?
but the kid's won't know how too defeat him.. -One by
one they die off.. -The kid's are not that smart..!
but Kristen.. -Joey and Kincaid survive two.. -A
Nightmare on Elm Street -4: -The Dream Master..

Though.. -This is a great script..! -We've have the
nune ho talk's about Freddy being raised up by his
1'000. -Maniac's.. -Which is my favorite thus far
from the movie.. -I've also enjoy the ending.. -Which
down right suck's.. -Such as Nancy being gutted by
Freddy..

Director.. -Chuck Russell give's us a strong movie.
and the music is differ from Part's, -1, -2..

But; -Dream Warrior's.. -Knew what it was doing..
It just want's two entertain us with it's own imagination..

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Terrific- One Two, Freddy's Coming For You!
Review: A Nightmare On Elm Street gave us a new original take on exciting, frightning, imaginitive horror. Elm Street 2 was good but overall didn't live up to the first Elm Street. But now Dream Warriors is excellent. For me this is even creepier than the first two.The story is compelling, the actors are perfectly casted, the musical score is scary. I love Patricia Arquette as Kirsten Parker, Heather Langenkamp as Nancy, Ken Sagoes as Kincaid, Bradley Gregg as Phillip, Jennifer Rubin as Taryn, and of course Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. And although Director Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont are responsible for the new jokey Freddy, they still deliver in it being the scariest Elm street film and Freddy being the cruel Clown. This is a excellent buy.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best in the series!
Review: A Slight improvement over the last installment, Freddy Krueger ( Robert Englund) himself returns once again to haunt the dreams of teens and murder them in various ways, now Nancy Thomas ( Heather Langekamp) from the original "Nightmare" returns to kick Freddy's big burned butt.

Slightly imaginative sequel with great special effects, good direction by Chuck Russell ( Director of " The Mask" and " The Blob remake"), good fun and not to mention apperences by John Saxton from the original and Larry " Laurence" Fishburne from " The Matrix".


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