A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Movie, 1987, Springwood, Set in Westin Hills
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is #3 of 9 in release order and #3 of 9 in chronological order in the A Nightmare on Elm Street.
The story
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors recap
Kristen Parker, a teenager haunted by Freddy, is sent to Westin Hills psychiatric hospital after Freddy makes it look as though she slit her wrists. She joins a group of the last children of the Elm Street parents. Nancy Thompson, now a graduate student in dream research, arrives as an intern and realises what is happening, and with Dr. Neil Gordon she gives the teenagers a dream suppressant. Kristen can pull other people into her dreams, so the group learns to fight Freddy together, each with a dream power. A mysterious nun tells Neil that Freddy is the son of Amanda Krueger, a nun accidentally locked in an asylum with hundreds of maniacs, and that his bones must be buried in holy ground.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors ending explained
Nancy and the teenagers enter a shared dream to save Joey. Neil and Nancy's father Donald find Freddy's bones in a junkyard, and Donald is killed by the skeleton. Freddy, disguised as Nancy's father, kills Nancy, but Neil buries the bones with holy water, destroying Freddy. Kristen, Kincaid and Joey survive. At Nancy's funeral, the nun turns out to be Amanda Krueger's ghost.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is streaming on Philo, AMC, and HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 69%
Where it fits
- Release order: after A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, before A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.
- Chronological order: after A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, before A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.
What to watch before A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
In release order, the essentials before A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) are A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985).
Cast
- Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson
- Craig Wasson as Neil Gordon
- Patricia Arquette as Kristen Parker
- Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger
- Ken Sagoes as Kincaid
- Rodney Eastman as Joey
- Jennifer Rubin as Taryn
- Bradley Gregg as Phillip
- Ira Heiden as Will
- Laurence Fishburne as Max
- Penelope Sudrow as Jennifer
- John Saxon as Thompson
Directed by Chuck Russell.