Review of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) by Whiskeystories — 08 Sep 2017

Dream Warriors had a pretty great concept. The return of Nancy was a neat idea, though her character was still lacking in my opinion. Some of the nightmare scenes were freaking grotesque and were at times on par with the original's and technically the film is pretty amazing for it's time. Some of the newly introduced characters are very likable and have interestingly distinctive traits(like Jennifer Rubin as Taryn's drug problems and sassyness, Ken Sagoes as Kincaid's attitude and humour and Ira Heiden as Will's nerdyness and quirkyness). The film's quality suffers a bit from its era, the style of the 80's is completely overcharging and takes away the tenseness(unlike in the original Nightmare on Elm Street, which had a sense of dread), which made me take it less seriously, but made it a bit more fun in a cheesy 80's movie kind of way - It has it's own sweet glamrock anthem for crying out loud.

My major gripes with the movie are that the ending is kinda dumb and a bit uninspired(except for the skeleton fight scene, that was great) and that Patricia Arquette and Heather Langenkamp(still) are not great leads. Lastly, a minor gripe, Freddy's morbid humour adds to his character as a pop-culture icon, but it takes away from his scariness.