Details: Released theatrically February 27, 1987 Rated R.

Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette, Robert Englund, Ken Sagoes, Rodney Eastman, Jennifer Rubin, Bradley Gregg, Ira Heiden, Laurence Fishburne, Penelope Sudrow, John Saxon

Director: Chuck Russell

Writers: Wes Craven & Bruce Wagner. Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Frank Darabont, Chuck Russell (Story)

Production Team: Produced by Robert Shaye. Co-Produced by Sara Risher. Executive Produced by Wes Craven & Stephen Diener. Associate Produced by Steve Thompson & Niki Marvin. Line-Produced by Rachel Talaly

Music: Angelo Badalamenti

Songtracks by: Dokken - "Dream Warriors", "Into the Fire"

 


 

We Can't Forget about Nancy Now!

It's almost like part 2 never happened! The story centers a puzzling epidemic of teenagers attempting suicide on Elm Street in Springwood. One of the troubled teens named Kristen Parker (Patricia Arquette) has her wrist slit by Krueger and her parents automatically send her to the Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital for special treatment. Dr. Neil Gordan (Craig Wasson) is perplexed by a motley crew of teenagers and their overwhelming fear if what seems to be a shared nightmare. No one has come up with any answers, but when Dr. Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp), the only survivor of an earlier epidemic of suicides, joins the staff, things begin to change. She has experienced Krueger in the first flick and learned not to fear him. She knows about the kids at the hospital being tormented by Krueger and finds a way to stop him. She saves Kristen from being eaten by Krueger by stabbing him in the eye with a piece of glass. Krueger remembers Nancy but can't believe it himself. There are group therapy sessions but none of them are going well. Nancy tries to tell the other people that work at the hospital that their dreams really will kill the clients there but no one believes her. She even talks to her father Donald (John Saxon) about this issue but he's convinced that Krueger is dead and Donald has became an alcoholic since that deadly incident. However, Nancy convinces Neil to help her on the case as some of the clients are being slayed already. Most of the other workers are just convinced that the vicitims tooks their lives but Neil starts to believe Nancy's story. One of the clients named Joey (Rodney Eastman) is put in a coma by Krueger. Joey is a prisoner in Krueger's boiler room which is a plan for all the kids and Nancy to sleep and find him so he can slay them all (Especially Nancy). They all dream and the kids turn into characters that they wished they were and separate to track Krueger down. Meanwhile, Lt. Donald Sampson and his friend Neil try to bury Freddy's remains at a junkyard. Kruegers Skeleton comes to life and kills Donald while the people dream try to put an end to him as most of the kids now are dead. Nancy gets killed as well but Krueger is put away and Joey is rescued for part 3. His boiler room is also shut down.