Sleepless Frights; `Elm Street 3': Return to Nightmare Alley

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 2, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

Wes Craven's "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was a rarity-an imaginatively constructed, well-made and compellingly acted horror film. It had its share of truly special effects and gave the film world one of its more memorable apparitions, Freddy Krueger, he of the burned face, slouched hat, nasty disposition and, of course, razor-sharp steel version of Howard Hughes' fingernails. With Freudian precision, Freddy stepped out of a dream and pulled people into their own nightmares.

"A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy's Revenge" wasn't quite up to the mark, but for a sequel it wasn't bad. ...

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