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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Summary: A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

Release Date: February 27, 1987

Genres: Fantasy, Horror

Director: Chuck Russell

Writers: Wes Craven

, Frank Darabont

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Line Cinema, Heron Communications, Smart Egg Pictures

Distributor: Media Home Entertainment, Image Entertainment, USA Network, Elite Entertainment, New Line Home Video, Embassy Communications, HBO Max, Video Treasures

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Nightmare on Elm Street

Movie budget: $ 4,500,000

Domestic: $ 44,793,222

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abandoned house absent father actor playing himself actor reprises previous role actress reprises previous role african american african american stereotype alarm clock alcoholic father alley american horror animate skeleton animated sequence apology apparent suicide arm bandage arm injury arrogance arrogant boy arrogant man aspiring actress assumed identity attempted suicide auto salvage yard back from the dead bad dream bad guy bad mother bar basement bastard child bathroom bathroom sink bed beeper begins with a quote biblical quotation biblical reference bicycle bell biopunk biting someone biting someone's tongue blood blood splatter bloody face board game body count body in a trunk boiler room bondage bones boogeyman bourbon boy boy tied to a bed boy uses a wheelchair boy wears eyeglasses breaking a mirror breaking a window breaking through a wall broken door broken mirror broken tricycle broken wheelchair broken window burial buried alive burn scar burned face burned hand burned with a cigarette burning one's hand burning oneself butcher butchery butterfly cadillac caffeine camera shot of a man's bare feet camera shot of bare feet camera shot of feet car wreck carnage carrying a child carrying a girl carrying someone carrying someone in one's arms celebrity cameo cellar cemetery chanting character repeats someone else's dialogue characters murdered one by one chase chase scene chasing a girl child born of rape child in jeopardy child murderer children's rhyme christian christianity church cigarette cigarette smoking claw claws claymation clinic clock collapsed wall collapsing wall coma comatose patient committed to an asylum community computer corpse coworker coworker relationship cracked mirror criminal criminally insane crucifix crush on older woman crying crying woman cult film cut arm cutting one's wrist cutting oneself cutting someone cutting wrist daddy issues daydream daydreaming dead body dead child dead pig dead teenager death death of father death of friend death of major character death of mother death of protagonist decapitation demon diet coke digging digging a grave disabled teenager disappearance disbelief discovering a dead body disembodied head disfigurement dive bar doctor doctor matronizes patient doctor patronizes patient doll door doorknob dough drawing dream dream deprivation dream scene dream sequence dream sequence within a dream sequence dream within a dream dream world dreamscape drinking beer drive in classic driver's license drug drug addiction drug overdose drugged drugged minor dungeons and dragons eaten alive eavesdropping edgar allan poe quotation electronic music score elevator elm street employer employee relationship entering someone's dream erotic dream erotic fantasy escape estranged daughter estrangement ethnic stereotype european in usa evil evil incarnate evil man evil nurse evil spirit ex drug addict experimental drug f rated f word facial disfigurement facial scar failed expectation fainting fainting woman fake identity falling asleep falling asleep with the tv on falling down stairs falling from a tower falling from height falling leaves falling to death false identity family relationships father daughter relationship father daughter reunion father issues fear feathers fedora feet on table female boss female doctor female nudity female nurse female protagonist female psychiatrist female psychotherapist female therapist fictional drug fight film starts with a quote film starts with text film within a film finding a dead body fire fired from a job flipping a table over fog following someone foot chase footsteps forced drug use forced suicide former policeman freddy krueger freddy krueger character freudian friend friendship friendship between boys front flip funeral funeral speech furnace game ghost ghost of a nun ghost story ghoul girl girl sedated glove glue gore goth goth girl grad student graffiti graphic violence grave grindhouse film group hug group of teenagers group therapy gymnastics hand injury hanged boy hanged girl hanged man hanged woman hanging body haunted house head cut off head in a tv hearing voices hiding place hit with a shovel hitting one's head on a tv set hole in the ground hole in the wall holy water homemade weapon homicidal maniac horror b movie horror icon hospital hospital gown hospital manager hospital orderly hospital room house house on fire human remains hungarian abroad hungarian immigrant hungarian in usa hypnosis hysterical girl hysterical outburst hysterical woman imaginary person immigrant impalement inanimate object comes to life incompetent doctor incompetent psychiatrist incompetent woman independent film injection insane man insanity instant coffee intern interview investigation isolation isolation cell jump scare jumping out a window jumping out of a window jumping rope jumping through a window junk car junkie juvenile delinquent kids playing killed with a television set killer on the loose killing spree kiss on the forehead knife fight legend licking blood lifted by the throat lifting a female into the air lifting someone into the air lighting a cigarette listening to music listening to rock music little boy little girl living skeleton locked door locked in long tongue looking at oneself in a mirror loss of father loss of friend loss of mother lucid dream lucid dreaming lucid dreams magic spell male antagonist male bondage male female fight male male hug male nurse male star appears shirtless male villain man poses as a woman man pretends to be a woman man tied to a bed man uses a wheelchair man wears a tank top man wears eyeglasses man wears pajamas maniac mannequin comes to life marionette mass murderer matronizing mattress medication melting mental hospital mental patient miniature model mirror mirror does not reflect reality mistaken belief that someone is crazy mistaken belief that someone is suicidal mohawk mohawk haircut monster mother daughter relationship mother son relationship multiverse murder murder by stabbing murder disguised as accident murder disguised as suicide murder of a child murder of a teenager murder of a woman murder of protagonist murder spree murdered in one's sleep mute mutilation mysterious death mysterious event mysterious man mysterious noise naked breasts negligent mother newspaper newspaper clipping newton's cradle nickname nightmare nightmare becomes reality non verbal numbered sequel nun nurse nursery rhyme ohio old woman older woman younger boy older woman younger man one liner open ending orderly orphan outburst oven overdose overheard conversation overweight boy overweight man pajamas panic papier mache part of franchise part of series passive aggressive behavior passive aggressive boy passive aggressive man patronizing pay phone pendulum person with a disability photograph physical harm pig pigeon pill pit pit of flame place in title playing pool playing with a ball policeman polstered cell popsicle stick portal posing as a nurse posing as someone's father possessed boy possessed man possession prescription medication pretending to be a nurse pretending to be someone else pretending to be someone's father priest private investigation promiscuous mother psychiatric hospital psychiatrist psycho psycho killer psycho thriller psychoanalysis psychokinesis psychologist psychopath psychopathic killer psychotherapist psychotherapy psychotronic film pulled into a mirror punk girl punk teenager puppet puppet comes to life puppet maker puppeteer puppetry purgatory racial stereotype radio rage rampage rape victim razor blade reanimation reference to edgar allan poe reference to god reference to peter pan reference to zsa zsa gabor rescue rescue mission returning character killed off reunion revelation riding a tricycle roasted pig rock music room on fire roommate roommate roommate relationship running barefoot running in a hallway running in slow motion sadism sadist sadistic killer sadistic man sadistic murderer sadistic psychopath sadistic violence scale model house scale model of house scalpel scalpel used as a weapon scar tissue scarred face school uniform schoolboy scratching scream screaming screaming girl screaming woman screeching security guard sedation sedative seduced by older woman seduction seductive behavior seductive man seductive woman seeing dead people selective mutism self harm self harming self injury self mutilation sequel serial child murder serial murder serial teen murderer severed head sexual attraction sexual dream sexual fantasy sexual innuendo sexy nurse shapeshifter shapeshifting shared dream short circuit shout shovel sign language silent boy silent character silent man single mother sink skeleton skipping rope slashed to death slasher slasher horror slasher killer slashing slashing one's wrist sleep deprivation sleep disorder sleeping disorder sleeping fully clothed sleeping in a chair sleeping in underwear sleeping on a chair sleeping with socks on sleepwalker sleepwalking slitting one's wrist slow motion scene smashing a tv screen smashing one's head into a television smoke snake solitary confinement somersault somnology speaking spanish speech spiral staircase springwood ohio spurting blood stabbed in the arm stabbed in the back stabbed in the chest stabbed in the eye stabbed in the leg stabbed in the stomach stabbed to death stabbed with a needle stabbed with glass stabbing stairs standing on a window statuette staying awake staying up late stop motion stop motion animation stop motion creature stop motion scene street in title strong female character stuck in tar suicidal suicidal boy suicidal girl suicidal man suicidal woman suicide attempt supernatural power supernatural serial murder surprise ending surrealism swallowed whole switchblade syringe tabletop role playing game talking to an imaginary person talking to oneself teamwork teardrop tattoo teen angst teen horror teen slasher teen smoking teen suicide teenage boy teenage crush teenage girl teenage nerd teenage protagonist teenage sexuality teenager teenager in jeopardy teenager with a disability telekinesis telephone call television television set tendon terror thai restaurant therapist therapy therapy group third in series third part thong threatened with a knife threatened with a scalpel threatened with a switchblade throwing something at someone tied feet tied hands tied to a bed tongue torture tough guy tower trapped trapped in a dream trapped in a nightmare trauma traumatized boy traumatized girl traumatized man traumatized woman tricycle troubled teen trying to stay awake tv host playing himself tv interview tv show within a film undead underage smoking undressing undressing someone unfit mother upside down camera shot urban fantasy urban legend vein villain villain not really dead cliche violence violent man waking someone waking up from a nightmare walls closing in wannabe actress watching a movie watching a movie on tv watching someone sleep watching tv wheelchair white streak in hair widowed mother wind wizard woman carries a girl woman hits a man woman wears a bathrobe worm wrist slitting writing on the wall year 1990 zsa zsa gabor character

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