February 27, 1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 American fantasy slasher film directed by Chuck Russell. The story was developed by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner. It is the third installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series and stars Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Larry Fishburne, Priscilla Pointer, Craig Wasson, and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. The plot centers around the antagonist, who seeks to murder the remaining children of the parents who burned him to death. The kids are committed to a psychiatric hospital where Nancy Thompson, whose parents helped to kill Krueger, works. Freddy does not know that Nancy is training the kids to control their dreams in order to fight him.
Dream Warriors was theatrically released on February 27, 1987, and grossed $44.8 million on a budget of $5 million. The film was followed by a sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, a year later.
Also See
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
- Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Storyline
Sound Effects Used
- BRUM'S HORN
- H-B GULP, CARTOON - SPEEDY'S GULP, SWALLOW
- H-B SPUTTER, CARTOON - SPEED BUGGY SPUTTERING? (low volume?)
- WB CARTOON, AIRPLANE - JET: PASS BY 02
- WB SCI FI - MARVIN THE MARTIAN'S LASER GUN, SWOOSH
