A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 American slasher film directed by Chuck Russell. It is the third installment in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series. The film was written by original creator Wes Craven and stars Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Larry Fishburne, Priscilla Pointer, Craig Wasson, and Robert Englund. The plot focuses on Freddy Krueger seeking to murder the last children of the parents that burned him to death. The kids are committed into a mental hospital. Freddy does not know that Nancy Thompson is training the
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street) the first movie, Nancy dismisses any attacks on her sanity—as she knows that Freddy Krueger is real. With regard to "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors", Heather Langenkamp stated her viewpoints about Nancy Thompson's characterization: In his book "Horror films of the 1980s", John Kenneth Muir references Nancy Thompson, stating the following: In his book "Horror Movie Freak", Don Sumner (2010) also notes how Nancy was a different "final girl" despite following the rules of avoiding sex, drugs, and juvenile behavior. He mentions that "the stereotypes of the victimized female screaming in terror and hiding in the closet