A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

One perverted fun bloody idea alternates another, Freddy is incalculable, the main teen protagonists sympathetic, the special effects sensational, and the viewer isn't bored for even a second. It's less horror and more fantasy, but I remembered most of the scenes from this film well even after some fifteen or more years since the last time I saw it. (30/12/2017)

Now that was a B movie as it should be. Action, blood, pretty babes (Patricia Arquette hmmm), likable characters, and even the boobs are there. After the awful second one, this is often lined up next to Hellraiser 2 and it serves its purpose – to entertain. (15/02/2009)

Dream Warriors is definitely one of the best sequels to Nightmare on Elm Street. Firstly, the rules set by the initial movie are respected (not only the original creator Wes Craven, but also – among others – the newcomer Frank Darabont, worked on the script), but most of all, there’s a real effort to expand on interesting ideas related to the mechanisms of the dream world. However, over the viewings, I’ve always got the feeling that this film is mostly a chain of miscellaneous murders, dreamworld attractions and those extensive ideas, but less of a consistent and atmospheric storyline in which you would fear for the characters or become scared in general. Still, this picture is incredibly entertaining, has excellent practical effects as well as a bit of that classic Harryhausen-style stop-motion animation. (19/09/2020)

Very good episode, great in fact when compared with the awful second one. The story goes back to the first part, the creators did away with the dodgy portrayal of the psychology of the main characters and focused mainly on the dream sequences. And it was worthy, I wouldn’t hesitate to say that in this sense Dream Warriors is at least comparable with the first film. Where it falls short is in terms of atmosphere and fear, which is the main reason I can’t give it a full rating. I also didn’t like much the skeleton at the end, too much fantasy, which is really not my kind of thing. In any case, Freddy and his wisecracks pull it to four stars without a problem. (06/08/2008)