A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
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| Directed by | Chuck Russell |
| Produced by | Robert Shaye |
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| Based on | Characters by Wes Craven |
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| Cinematography | Roy H. Wagner |
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.5 million |
| Box office | $44.7 million (US) |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 American slasher film directed by Chuck Russell. It is the third installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. The film was written by original creator Wes Craven and stars Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson, and Patricia Arquette in her debut role. The plot focuses on Freddy Krueger seeking to murder the last children from the parents that burned him in which are imprisoned at a mental hospital, unbeknownst to him that the patients are beginning to learn about their dream powers in order to fight back against the undead killer.
Unlike the previous installment, the film received mostly positive reviews from critics and grossed over $44 million at the box office. Although originally Wes Craven had intended to end the series off with Dream Warriors, its success prompted another sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, a year later.
Kristen Parker is a young girl who dreams herself into an abandoned house in Elm Street where she is chased by serial killer Freddy Krueger. She wakes up and goes to the bathroom, where she is attacked by Freddy again and slices her wrist with a straight razor. Believing her to be suicidal, her mother has her sent to Westin Hospital, run by Dr. Neil Gordon, where she fights against the orderlies who try to sedate her, for fear of falling asleep. She is eventually calmed by intern therapist Nancy Thompson who recites part of Freddy's nursery rhyme and earns her trust.
Nancy is introduced to the rest of the patients: Phillip, a habitual sleepwalker; Kincaid, a tough kid from the streets who is prone to violence; Jennifer, a hopeful television actress; Will, who is confined to a wheelchair after a suicide attempt; Taryn, a former drug addict; and Joey, who is too traumatized to speak. Later, Kristen is attacked by Freddy again (this time as a giant snake), and unwittingly pulls Nancy into her dream with her, allowing them both to escape. Kristen reveals she has had the ability to pull people into her dreams since she was a little girl. Over the next two nights, Freddy throws Phillip off a roof in what looks like a suicide attempt and kills Jennifer by smashing her head into a television that she was watching.
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