A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The film's dream sequences are ingenious, and they feature some remarkable nightmare images and special effects. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This is filmmaking by the numbers, without soul. Read more

Time Out: A creepy score and Russell's sure grasp of the skewed logic of nightmares helps to sustain the ambiguity between the 'real' and 'dream' worlds, while Englund's Freddie now fits like a glove. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Debuting director Chuck Russell elicits poor performances from most of his thesps, making it difficult to differentiate between pic's comic relief and unintended howlers. Read more

Richard Harrington, Washington Post: While it's better than its predecessor, it's still not quite up to its inspiration. Read more