Review and Haiku: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3

The dream warriors 

Using their skills and powers

Fighting to survive 

Freddy looks awesome in that sweater and that hat and the burned effects on Robert are top notch. Freddy’s also mean. Evil and dark with some of the all time best one liners in this franchise.

“Welcome to prime time bitch!”

Amazing line right after Freddy slams Jennifer face first into that TV. 

And speaking of kills.

The puppet Freddy looks awesome, the effects in that scene as Phillip is walked down the hall to his death still look great and hold up extremely well for a movie this old. Another kill that holds up, and still looks great, one of my favorite kills in this franchise, when Taryn gets the life “literally” sucked out of her with those Freddy fingers as needles. He jams those fingers right into her arms with wounds that are pulsing and sucking and just looking nasty. Good stuff. Freddy snake is another highlight and even more effects that hold up perfectly. 

Heather Langemkamp is great in her role. One of the all time final girls. Might be my favorite final girl. Robert once again brings so much life to Freddy. He just knows how to make that character shine and John Saxon even in a limited role is still great. Craig Wasson is solid too. Patricia Arquette also shines bright in this movie – incredible scream – up there with Mark from Part 2 in this series. I wish she would have returned for Part 4 because she gave it her all in this movie and she is missed in Part 4. Very jarring not having her there.

And if there weren’t enough great actors in this movie, you’ve also got the pill guy, Morpheus himself, Lawrence Fishburne. It’s a stacked cast through and through.  

Direction. You just can’t beat a Wes Craven directed movie. You just can’t. He knows how to get all he can out of each actor and each scene. Story and script are strong. It’s also got some really great spooky moments. The stuff with the nun, Freddy’s mom, creepy. Very supernatural. Digging that.  

You also get music by Dokken and you can’t go wrong when you are Rocking with Dokken. 

What are your thoughts about A Nightmare on Elm Street 3? Favorite sequel. Not your favorite sequel. What is your favorite sequel if this one isn’t it? Let me know all that in the comments.

See the video here:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors: Movie Review and Haiku
https://youtu.be/2Wv2Nx6_DiU