A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
If you think you'll get out alive, you must be dreaming.
1987 | 96m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Chuck Russell |
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| Writer: | Wes Craven, Chuck Russell, Frank Darabont, Bruce Wagner |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 27, 1987 |
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| Director: | Chuck Russell |
| Writer: | Wes Craven, Chuck Russell, Frank Darabont, Bruce Wagner |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | ohio, group therapy, nightmare, hypnosis, sadism, trapped, alcoholic, dream sequence, catholicism, disfigurement, sleepwalking, mental hospital, nightmare becomes reality, psychotherapist, dreaming |
| Production Companies | New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Heron Communications |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $44,793,222
Budget: $4,450,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 16, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Heather Langenkamp | Nancy Thompson |
| Patricia Arquette | Kristen Parker |
| Craig Wasson | Dr. Neil Gordon |
| Robert Englund | Freddy Krueger |
| Laurence Fishburne | Max |
| Ken Sagoes | Kincaid |
| Rodney Eastman | Joey |
| Jennifer Rubin | Taryn |
| Bradley Gregg | Phillip |
| Ira Heiden | Will |
| Penelope Sudrow | Jennifer |
| John Saxon | Thompson |
| Priscilla Pointer | Dr. Elizabeth Simms |
| Nan Martin | Sister Mary Helena |
| Clayton Landey | Lorenzo |
| Brooke Bundy | Elaine |
| Kristen Clayton | Little Girl |
| Sally Piper | Nurse #1 |
| Rozlyn Sorrell | Nurse #2 |
| Stacey Alden | Marcie |
| Dick Cavett | Dick Cavett |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor | Zsa Zsa Gabor |
| Michael Rougas | Priest in Church |
| Jack Shea | Priest in Cemetery |
| Paul Kent | Dr. Carver |
| Mary Brown | Neurosurgeon |
| Melanie Doctors | Girl in Cemetery |
| Donna Durham | Girl in Crowd |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Wes Craven | Characters, Screenplay, Story |
| Joel Fletcher | Special Effects |
| Debby Porter | Stunts |
| Angelo Badalamenti | Original Music Composer |
| Chuck Russell | Screenplay, Director |
| Rick Barker | Stunt Coordinator |
| Tony Snegoff | Stunts |
| Gary Littlejohn | Stunts |
| Gregg Dandridge | Stunts |
| Annette Benson | Casting |
| C.J. Strawn | Art Direction |
| Mick Strawn | Art Direction |
| Donna R. Schultz | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Batia Grafka | Property Master |
| César Díez Álava | Assistant Property Master |
| Pete von Sholly | Storyboard Artist |
| Terry Stokes | Editor |
| Chuck Weiss | Editor |
| Roy H. Wagner | Director of Photography |
| James R. Barrows | Set Decoration |
| Camile Morris | Costume Design |
| Shane D. Kelly | Gaffer |
| Antar Abderrahman Jr. | Electrician |
| J. Patrick Daily | Key Grip |
| Tom West | Best Boy Grip |
| Kent H. Jorgensen | Dolly Grip |
| Eric Whitehead | Grip |
| Ismael Araujo Jr. | Grip |
| William Fiege | Sound Mixer |
| William Shaffer | Boom Operator |
| Griff Ruggles | Transportation Coordinator |
| Thomas A. O'Conor | Construction Coordinator |
| Felisa Finn | Painter |
| Rebecca Carriaga | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Joe Gilbride | Stunts |
| Bob K. Cummings | Stunts |
| Robert Engelman | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| David Lewis Yewdall | Sound Designer |
| William R. Perry | Stunts |
| Frank Darabont | Screenplay |
| Bruce Wagner | Screenplay, Story |
| Kevin Yagher | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Dan Perri | Second Unit Director, Title Designer |
| Screaming Mad George | Makeup Artist |
| Rachel Talalay | Line Producer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Wes Craven | Executive Producer |
| Stephen Diener | Executive Producer |
| Robert Shaye | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
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| Spirit Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
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My favorite out of the entire series. Nothing like going after a bunch of teens who are locked up in a psychiatric hospital for bad nightmares. Freddy has a field day with this one. Welcome to prime time bitch! ...
"A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" is an extremely engaging film despite the fact that it is in the very nature of sequels that each new entry in any franchise won't match the rapidly declining standard set by the previous film and none of them will ever be as good as the original anyway ... because the format is bound to be played out and looking desperately tired by now. However, it is very refreshing to find out this current entry in the increasingly lucrative series is inexhaustibly imaginative and visually creative when it could have been nothing more than a disappointing exercise in trotting out all the usual standbys used in the preceding two films.