A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise) as to whether it would be a good idea to remake the film. Craven expressed his displeasure, primarily because the filmmakers chose not to have him as a consultant to the film, unlike with the 2009 remake "The Last House on the Left" where he "shepherd[ed] it towards production". In contrast, Robert Englund felt it was time for "A Nightmare on Elm Street" to be remade. Englund liked the idea of being able to "exploit the dreamscape" with CGI and other technologies that did not exist when Craven was making the original "Nightmare on Elm Street" in 1984. When comparing
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors it 1.5/4 stars, calling it "slick" but claiming that it "never generates enough sympathy for its characters." Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" wrote, "The film's dream sequences are ingenious, and they feature some remarkable nightmare images and special effects." Although criticizing Langenkamp's acting, Kim Newman wrote in "Empire" that "the film delivers amazing scenes in spades, bringing to life the sort of bizarre images which used to be found only on comic book covers". A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 American slasher film directed by