In just about a weeks rim two big things are happening for the A Nightmare On Elm Street the first of which is the fact that Robert Englund is finally getting a star on the Hollywood walk of fame and then quite literally the very next day A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge turns thirty years old. As such it only seemed right that I take a look at one of the movies from this truly iconic franchise and while there are a few good sequels in this franchise there's really only one that comes close to matching the original film interms of quality with that being the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today and so then join me as I review the film that killed of two legacy characters with the film in question being called simply just "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" enjoy.
The plot of this film is one year after the events of Part 2 Freddy is back yet again and this film it's up a bunch of psychiatric and an old foe of Freddy's to team up and put a stop to him before he gets rid of them all for good. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good as while this films plot wasn't as good as the plot for part 1 was it's easily alot better then the plots for parts 4 through 6 as this films plot takes it seriously enough that you do by into whilst also advancing the overall plot of the franchise in ways that make sense and don't just feel tacked on or half hearted with this films plot being one that is something that does work really well for this film as while it would have been super easy to have the whole of the film take place on the same street as the first two films having it takes place in a Psychiatric Hospital is a great idea as it means that all of the films teens are now in constant danger as they can and in some cases do get forcibly put to sleep with this films plot actually being the most stronger film plot when it comes to the sequels as this is a plot that could only work in the movies and isn't something that could be told in other mediums something which it very easily could have done as this is a plot that if it was in the wrong hands could feel more like the plot of a TV show episode and not that of a movie but due to the fact that this was made by people who clearly love the Nightmare On Elm Streets movies you can tell right away that they put alot of thought and effort into giving this film the best plot that they possibly could have done with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson , Craig Wasson as Dr. Neil Gordon and Patricia Arquette as Kristen Parker. Also starring in this film is Ken Sagoes as Roland Kincaid , Rodney Eastman as Joey Crusel , Jennifer Rubin as Taryn White , Bradley Gregg as Phillip Anderson , Ira Heiden as Will Stanton , Larry Fishburne as Max Daniels , Penelope Sudrow as Jennifer Caulfield , Priscilla Pointer as Dr. Elizabeth Simms , Clayton Landey as Lorenzo , Brooke Bundy as Elaine Parker , Nan Martin as Sister Mary Helena / Amanda Krueger , John Saxon as Donald Thompson and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt tat the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this veery film was in all honesty really good. Which was something tat was really shocking as while Lawrence Fishburne and Patricia Arquette are big names stars today they weren't back in 1987 and with all of this films actors being very little known actors it would have been foolish to expect great performances from any of them and yet that's exactly what they all give us as every single actor in this film really does nail there character down perfectly so much so that it is hard to picture quite literally anybody else playing these characters as that's just how good that this films actors really are with it being obvious that Robert , Jon and Heather all turn in some really good performances as well which is something that again makes total sense as they would have had the experience of playing there respective characters before and so they would best know how best to perform there respective characters in any given situation with the best actor in this film being none other then Robert Englund who even at this point in the franchise simply just IS Freddy Krueger with him clearly having alot of fun being this truly evil character something which does shine through in the final product of the film with it being no wonder that he would stay with the franchise all the way until 2002 as he really does get the Freddy Krueger character with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.
Caracter wise this film does fair really good as well as the film not only has some really good returning characters but it also has some really good new characters as well. While Nancy herself will be talked about more later on in this review she is someone who does gel well with the new characters owing to the fact that she knows exactly what there going through due to the fact that she's been through it herself in he first movie with the film really shining in it's new characters and setting up Kristen as someone who could possibly take over as the franchises next main character and while all of the other new characters do get alot of attention put on them that make them feel alot more fully developed as characters it's Kristen who is basically a main character in the movie and heck the film even starts with her trying to try awake despite having nightmares of Freddy however tho it still would have been nice to see more of the other new characters as while they are fairly well developed the ideas behind them feel undercooked as the film doesn't take the time to fully explore them like for example Will who we are told was in an accident at somepoint that cost him the use of his legs but we don't get more about his backstory then that with it only being hinted that it was Freddy that caused his accident something which would have been nice to hear more about as it is something that would have made there confrontation near the end of the film feel all the more personal and while it could be argued that Taryn gets a mini arc in the film with her trying to overcome drugs it would have been nice really to see that side of her character explored alot more as it could have been a welcome break from the main plot of the film.
This film does mark he start of what I like to call the dream trilogy as it's where all of the films up until the sixth film have one on going plot element run through them all and have more returning characters in them. While trilogy's usually have the second film be there best one with the third being the one that alot of people agree is the worst and the first being serviceable and the second one being the best one here it's not true as while the third one The Dream Child is still the worst one the first one which is this film is the best one with The Dream Master being a serviceable film as it's where Freddy started to turn more and more into MTV Freddy where he's always cracking jokes and being less scary where as here due to the fact that there was some effort made into developing Freddy further by having his powers be stronger then what they were in either the first or second film that's just something that that's not true for any of the other two films as they keep Freddy as strong as he is with him only getting stronger and more like a cartoon character in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare and heck it could even be argued that the dram trilogy has it's own supporting cast of characters as well as Kristens mother reappears in the next film as do Kristen , Joey and Kincaid all of which do make the films feel alot more bigger then what they previously were as it says that the people who survived one Freddy attack can come back to take him on again and while that is something that could be argued started with this film with them brining back both Nancy and Don Thompson it is somethin that does become a recurring thing in the other two films as well which makes those film feel more connected outside of just being a sequel to a previous film.
The film does add some backstory to Freddy in this film as well with it being reveled that his mother was assaulted hundreds of times after being locked in a room with hundreds of maniacs over some holidays. Which is something that both does and doesn't work for the film it works for the film in the way that it does give the character of Neil Gordon something to do other then be an obvious love interest for Nancy but at the same time tho out side of it being releveled how to "permanently" kill of Freddy it adds nothing to the film and was really only there to pad the film out and that's it when something that's this important should be given more screen time and be apart of the main plot of the film and not be in the films side plot as it's Nancy and the kids that have to find out how to kill Freddy not Neil and Don therefor giving them that plotline doesn't work as you very easily could have had the kids fighting of Freddy in the dream world while Nancy is rushing of burying Freddy in the real world something that would have made total sense for the character of Nancy Thompson to do in the first place but at the same time tho it is something that works the way it is as well as it means that Freddy and Nancy can have that one last big confrontation in the dreamworld something which the fans of this franchise would have been wanting to see since the first film with the only thing that could have made the concept of people having powers in their dreams even better being two things the first one being showing Nancy's powers and the second one being having the main characters be a now institutionalized Jesse from the previous film as then we'd get to see the two heroes from this franchise teaming up to take on Freddy.
This film could be argued is the film that started of the trend of killing of legacy characters as while Friday The 13th Part 2 also killed of it's previous main character in that film it was at the start of the film and really played no part in the rest of the films plot. Where as here not only her return but also the death of Nancy and Don as well for that matter is seen as being huge plot points in the film as it's Nancy that calms down a hysterical Kristen and ultimately becomes a friend and an alley to the rest of the teens as well and therefor when she does die it is something that could be seen as being quite shocking even tho her death does make her look quite dumb as she knows that she's still in the dreamworld and therefor Freddy could still be alive and yet she goes to hug who is at first her father telling us that's also died but then it turns out that it's Freddy who ends up killing her which is something that does go against her character as in the first film she was presented as being someone who is quite capable and is quite smart with her even dragging Freddy out of the dreamworld and into the real world so that she can do some harm to him and possibly end him in the real world but here it felt like for that matter her character was changed where as there is a way that she still could have died by Freddy's hand and that's just by her getting into a fight with Freddy with her first winning the fight but then something happens that causes her to be distracted and that's when Freddy takes over the fight and kills her which is a death that feels true to her character as you'd not only get that one big epic final confrontation between Freddy and Nancy but you could also have Nancy trying to outwit Freddy as well.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty six minuets and thirty one seconds. Which is pretty much the bog standard running time for alot of these A Nightmare On Elm Street film with the film even having the right amount of plot to cover that amount of running time as well and for once the film does use it's running time very wisely as the film does take the time that it really did need to fully develop it's plot with it's plot feeling a natural continuation of the first films plot with the film advancing the plot of the film and it's characters with this being something that the film didn't really have to do but the fact that it was included is something that really does prove that the makers of this film really did care about this franchise which is something that makes sense as this film was co-written by franchise creator Wes Craven with even the films characters getting alot of character development as well with it coming all through the use of whatever there dream powers are meant to be with in the case of Will it being the use of his legs something that the character really misses and in the case of Joey it's the ability to talk which is something simple but at the same time it's also something that he's not able to do in the real world for whatever reason with the only thing that's not as developed as it could have ben being the fact that it's not really explained how or why the characters have these powers in their dreams when this is something that really should been a bit more thought out due to the fact that it is such a big plot point in the film but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a slasher that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With Freddy getting in some of the franchises best and most well known kills in this film all of which do look really good with the makers of this film even coming up with alot of really creative and creepy kills all of which do take as full advantage of the fact that all of this films kills do indeed take place inside of a dream with the film even having quite alot of really well done gore effects which are sure to creep out people along with the kills with the films best kill oddly enough not going to Jennifer altho she is the films most well known kill with the best kill in a film that full to the brim with really good kills going to Phillip as even tho it's the first kill in the whole entire film the amount of effects that went into making that kill and how visually impressive that that kill still is and the fact that it's a kill that could be argued is a key plot point that makes it the best kill in the film with even the visual of Freddy controlling Phillip like a puppet being something that is pretty creepy especially with Phillips veins in his arms and legs acting as the puppets strings with his kill being one that whilst it's not as iconic as Jennifer's death it is one that is a pretty creepy kill in it's own right with the film being filled to the brim with kills that are really creative and that are really fun to see in this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall it's not that hard to see why this film is considered by many to be one of the best entries in this franchise as it not only matches what the first film did but it also takes them in a completely different direction whilst also remaining true to what the characters are and what the franchise is all about as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images hat I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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