Plot: Freddy Kruger is now targeting a group of teens
in a mental asylum who assemble a group of “Dream Warriors” to fight him.
Review: In part 3, the series goes back to its roots.
No more Freddy possessing people, he’s back to haunting dreams. At this point
in the series we get a bit more backstory on who Freddy is and where he came
from, but it doesn’t tell us where his powers originated.
This time around the teens actually work together to
stop Freddy, which is a welcome change over the usual plot where only one
person understands what’s going on. Each teen has a unique power in the dream
world, but for the most part it’s pretty useless and most get killed almost
immediately. Also, there’s quite a few moments of overexcitement when the teens
find each other in dreams. They are always hugging and saying how happy they
are to see each other. Maybe save the celebration until after Freddy is dead.
The
movie once again seems to provide Freddy with additional special powers as he
need them in the moment. For example: he’s somehow able to revive his skeleton
in the real world… not sure how that makes sense. In addition, Freddy has some
terrible one liners during his kills, effectively removing all scariness he
once had. The kills go from imaginative and hilarious (TV face smash) to just average
(wizard kid gets stabbed in the heart).
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 introduces a
few elements that improve on the past films, but it did not do enough to make
it great. I’m starting to think this series is not for me.
Score: 6.5/10
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