A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

The only thing that can defeat Freddy is a good mix of hair metal and holy water

5, 6... Grab your crucifix.

Freddy is back, and this time he’s larger than life. Now Playing Podcast continues its retrospective with A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, the sequel that pushes the franchise deeper into surreal dream logic and bigger spectacle. Returning from the original are Heather Langenkamp and John Saxon, joining a new group of teens who discover they can fight back inside their nightmares. With Freddy cracking more jokes and the dream sequences growing increasingly elaborate, Dream Warriors aims for an epic showdown between imagination and evil. Does this entry elevate the series into fantasy-horror greatness, or does it tip into camp and excess? In the name of Lowrek, Prince of Elves, listen now to find out!

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