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Summary: Third times the charm
Review: Dream Warriors is one of the best elm street films in the franchise. Although Freddy was already a popular villian, this is the film that put him on the map, it made him part of pop culture. Then-unknowns Patricia Arquette and Laurence (Larry) Fishburn give some of the films most humanic performances. Its films like this that make horror movies surpass some harsh critisism. While it wasn't a scary picture its certainly entertaining nonetheless. It boasts some of the most imaginative FX of its day. Although the characterizations were a bit stereotypical, the teen victims get more sympathy from me than any one of the nameless Friday the 13th victims ever did. Watch out for those flying tongues. ****
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Summary: the second best Freddy movie ever!
Review: I have seen this one more than any other Freddy movie and it is the best. It is basically about these kids who are in a mental hospital cuz they keep dreaming about Freddy Kruger and they are dieing. Nancy,from the first movie, comes back to help the kids fight off the monster who killed her mom and friends in the first movie. Out of all of them this one only come second to the original, and of course #5 my favorite, and has the best killing sequences out of them all. Also its pretty cool how they showed Freddy's skeleton. Also this one has a little bit on his origins and thats pretty cool too.
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Summary: How a sequel should be done
Review: After the dismal Nightmare 2, Wes Craven returns to help with the script and Frank Darabont produces (the same guy who would later help bring The Green Mile). Dream Warriors has a young Patricia Arquette who co-stars with Heather Langenkamp and John Saxon from the original and gives the best performances in the movie. Well, it is found out that all these kids being tormented by Freddy have been put in a psychiatric ward. Nancy returns as an employee of the psych ward. Before they know it, Freddy is killing them off in the most imaginative ways. Some of the best lines of all the Elm Street movies came from this one. Although, it goes down slowly but surely after this one until New Nightmare. GRADE: B
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Summary: the REAL sequel to Nightmare on Elm Street
Review: nightmare 3 is the real sequel to nightmare on elm street. forget about that disappointment that was nightmare 2 because wes craven came back in some capacity and so did robert englund, heather langenkamp, and chuck russel's direction with a $5 million budget and that's what mattered. the film takes place at a mental institute where the last of the elm street kids are residents. they are there due to freddy's haunting of their dreams where he "physically abuses" them but the parents don't even begin to believe their stories of why their wrists are sliced and therefore admit them. at the hospital, matters are not much different as the professionals claim to listen to the kids' reasonings but that's about all they do. finally the doctor gets tired of hearing the kids blaming their dreams for the deaths that are beginning to take place. then a familiar face shows up to help the kids - Nancy Thompson of the original nightmare. she slowly convinces one of the doctors that the kids are in fact in real physical danger (of freddy) in their dreams. after freddy takes one of the kids hostage in his own world, the kids, using fellow kristin parker's special gift of bringing others into a dream, decide to go in to the dream world, rescue their friend, and ultimately finish off freddy for good. this film does a pretty good job at putting freddy back into the dark atmosphere although it is still not as dark as the first. it is very nice that the producers gave up on their concept of trying to have freddy re-enter the real world through a host body and keeping him solely in the dream world. the SFX are great here, and although it doesn't quite reach the caliber of the original, it is still very enjoyable to watch and is one of the best sequels in the series (this and 'new nightmare' are the best sequels). the song at the ending credits (dokken's "dream warriors") is very appropriate here for a late 80's horror film and only compliments the film. the series could've believably ended here as a trilogy but producers decided to resurrect freddy again with "dream master", which was not as good as part 3. all in all, part 3 is an exciting and entertaining sequel to the original nightmare.
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Summary: Should have given #2 some recegnition.
Review: The one thing I didn't like about the Nightmare film before this one, FREDDY'S REVENGE, is that none of the charecters from the origonal movie (excluding the antagonist, Freddy,) showed up. But at least they got referred to. This one, although it does bring back Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson and John Saxon as her father from the first film, dosen't bring back any of the charecters from part 2, or even talks about the charecters or events at all. It may be that the writers felt that they all died on the school bus at the end, but they should have at least given it a mentioning. That is the one reason I give this film four stars instead of five. Otherwise, I thought it was excellent. I liked how they added more to the story of Freddy Kruger, (it was bad genes that gave him his murderous urges!) and I liked the battle between Freddy and the Dream Warriors at the end. (Although I would have preferred to see the crippled boy and the ex-junkie fight along side the others rather than get seperated and killed indivigually.) Like Lenord says, the best of the series.
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Summary: 1,2 freddie comin for you
Review: part three is a nice sequel to part 1 and 2, even though i personaly think part 2 did rubbish ,i think part 3 did much better. Thers many more murders and blood , part 3 has the best startin point in the film, even though no freddie movie succeded like part 1 this film still did pretty well.
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Summary: The best!
Review: I like scary movies (Horror, Thriller, Suspense). This may be one of the best horror movies ever. This was cool and it was one of four scary movies that actually scared me. The other ones where Thinner, The Shinning, and The Sixth Sense. Out of all the Halloween movies, Friday the 13ths, and Nightmare on Elm Streets, this is the best one to get. Although its got that 80's cheesieness, it only really comes out about the 7th time you watch it. Its got those cool effects to. Like Freddy Krueger becomes a worm in a dream of this girl's when she is in the doll house.
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Summary: Dream Warriors is a real dream
Review: The third entry in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series more than made up for the disappointing first sequel. With a return to the original storyline, survivor Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) is now a dream specialist and she helps a small group of kids band together to face nemesis Freddy (Robert Englund) on his own turf.From Wes Craven's original screenplay (that we rewritten by director Chuck Russell), we are treated to a wild roller coaster ride of thrills. Although not as dark or remotely scary like the original, "Dream Warriors" is flashy and always exciting to watch, taking the Freddy character into a new direction. The DVD will be almost identical to the one in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" box set, with a widescreen 1.85:1 transfer and cool animated menus -- only a theatrical teaser and a pan-and-scan version will be included as extras. A worthy addition to the series and in my opinion, my third favorite of the franchise.
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Summary: The best sequel in elm street series.
Review: When this second sequel came out in 1987, it was one of the best horror sequel and give a strong box office(about $45 Million). it had a well known cast,Including-Particia Arquette and Laurence Fishburne. Directorial Debut for Chuck Russell(The 1988 Remake of The Blob, The Mask and Eraser.) Frank Darabont(The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) did co-wrote the film with Russell and Wes Craven(The First Elm Street Film, Scream Trilogy, Shocker). Stunning and Scary Visual Effects by Dream Quest Images(Won an academy award for thier work on The Abyss). It was impressive the film cost about $5 million to make for than- an independent studio-New Line Cinema. DVD`s has an clear anamorphic Widescreen(1.85:1) transer and An strong remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround. Grade:A-.
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Summary: The second best of the series!
Review: Spoilers ahead.Read carefully! Well,if you ask me,this is the second best of the series,next to Part 7 (the New Nightmare).It holds a more "dramatic" sense of death than the any of the other entries of the series.The acting is superb.You'll actually feel sympathy for Freddy's victims.It's strange,coz usually your rooting for him the whole... time but here, you'll be hoping the kids make it out alive.Odd, but great.The story is excellent.Kids use their dream powers to get back at Freddy,which is very creative.The death scenes are excellent.Phillp's puppet death is without a doubt the coolest death of the film (not to mention,it's incredibly gruesome and is sure to make you cringe for quite a while).The special F/X are brilliant.Phillp's death,Freddy's make-up,the other death scenes.It's just brilliant! Freddy also gets some real cool "upgrades",with the ability to transform into a snake,and he even wears a tuxedo at one point. The gore is plentiful.if your looking for gore, you won't be disappointed at all.Robert Englund's performance as Freddy,once again,is incredible. Also,this is the last NOES flick where he was evil.In NOES 4-6 he got very humorous,with his non-stop profanity,lame one-liners and dumb tactics.He got VERY evil in Part 7 and was at his darkest,and he's almost at his best and darkest here.My only gripe is the running time. It's fairly short.Still,this is an excellent entry in the series and definitely one of the better ones.I highly recommend you go out and buy it along with Part 7.It totally rocks! Rated R for gruesome horror violence,some language and a sex scene.
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