Directed by Chuck Russell
Written by Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Frank Darabont and Chuck Russell
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Compared to A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, this movie is a lot more plot driven. Plus it features a theme song by Dokken. You cannot get more 80s than A Nightmare on Elm Street film with a Dokken theme. Maybe if you made a Noid animated series with a Rick Astly theme song, but that's pushing. Rick Astly would never do the theme song to an animated TV program.
Patricia Arquette stars as a teen who is thought to be going insane because of her intense nightmares. Obviously, these are being induced by Freddy Krueger. She is put into a mental institution by her mother, here she meets others who are having the same experience as her. The doctors skirt around the issue and look down on the kids instead of helping them (this is a very anti-doctor movie). Then a new doctor shows up, and it just happens that she is the girl from the first A Nightmare on Elmstreet movie. She tries to help the kids.
This movie is a little light on violence and heavy on plot, but there are a few really great scenes. The best death in the movie is when Freddy is using somebody's veins as puppet strings. It's so gross! There's also a really geeky kid, who becomes a wizard when they are together in the dream world. Overall, this was a pretty good film. I am a sucker for A Nightmare on Elm Street movies, so I enjoyed it.

7.5/10