

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
If you think you'll get out alive, you must be dreaming.
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.
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6.7/10
2,142 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box office
- $44.8M
- Language
- English
- dreams
- nightmare
- sadism
- psychopath
- group therapy
- supernatural
- halloween
- hypnosis
- ohio
- sequel
- murder
- slasher
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR27 Feb 1987
United KingdomGB
- Premiere1830 Oct 1987
- Theatrical1830 Oct 1987
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM27 Aug 1987
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1412 May 1988
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1824 Jul 1987
FranceFR
- Theatrical1217 Jun 1987
GermanyDE
- Theatrical187 Jan 1988
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1813 Nov 1987
JapanJP
- TheatricalR18+9 Jan 1988
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1625 Feb 1988
- TV16V820 Aug 2002
- Physical16DVD8 Mar 2006
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/189 Sept 1988
SpainES
- Theatrical26 Jun 1987
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors was released on 27 February 1987.
Audience reviews
2- A8/10
Andre Gonzales
4/17/2023
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!
- K7/10
kevin2019
10/10/2025
"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 fin…
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