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A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 Details

1987 Certificate 18
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The third story of the continuing misadventures of the fiendish Freddy Krueger. This time he is out to terrorise a group of Elm Street kids who are confined to a mental hospital for sleep disorders and suicide attempts. His presence is not quite what the doctor ordered. Read more

Starring Robert Englund, John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson
Director Charles Russell
Genres Horror

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A Nightmare On Elm Street 3

The third story of the continuing misadventures of the fiendish Freddy Krueger. This time he is out to terrorise a group of Elm Street kids who are confined to a mental hospital for sleep disorders and suicide attempts. His presence is not quite what the doctor ordered.

Starring Robert Englund, John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette, Laurence Fishburne, Priscilla Pointer, Jennifer Rubin
Director Charles Russell
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 33 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Collections 100 Horror Films
Genres Horror
Language DVD: English
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 25 Jun 2001
Production year: 1987
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of A Nightmare On Elm Street 3

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  • "...A cannily conceived follow-up in the hit series....The legion of special effects experts working here more than deliver their goods..."

    • Variety
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

  • This time, Old Pizza Face terrorises a bunch of 'sleep-disturbed' kids whose doctors believe they share a group... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    For me

    For me this had to be one of the best in the complete set...they really went to town with this one.

      • A customer from UK
      • Posted 23 Jun 2004 10:11

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Great film!

    I like all the nightmare on Elm street films, they have just enough gore and horror to keep you watching and a half decent story to go with it! Always worth a rent!

      • A customer from Suffolk
      • Posted 10 Oct 2005 14:04

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    Arquette to 'star' in Night of The Living Dead

    • 05 Aug 2009

    Actress Patricia Arquette is to be inserted into her favourite horror movie as part of a special Halloween episode of her spooky TV drama Medium. The show's executive producer, Glenn Gordon Caron, has bought the rights to George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and plans to use the film as a backdrop for the upcoming special. He says, "We're going to insert Patricia into it. It's going to be sort of the landscape of her dreams during that particular episode." And horror film fan Arquette is... Read more

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      The third story of the continuing misadventures of the fiendish Freddy Krueger. This time he is out to terrorise a group of Elm Street kids who are confined to a mental hospital for sleep disorders and suicide attempts. His presence is not quite what the doctor ordered....