The really rushed his scene. Always pissed me off that he "runs at the enemy" while shooting lighting because ... Lightning fingers is stronger up close?!?!?
rumor is that since the "nightmare on elmstreet 2 " premiere, rags has a gym membership and a private trainer. We will never know why, we only know he loves the 80s now
Unironically the best one. Basically all the gang's critiques about them not properly utilizing/exploring the core gimmick get addressed. IMHO without this one? There is no cult phenomenon surrounding the franchise. Period.
@elyrienvalkyr8167 Yeah, I think those are pretty funny, too. I'm surprised that Wolf got away with using that clip calling that kid a massive. (not typing it out in case my comment gets removed)
I hope you guys read comments. Because with the wizard kid they showed him playong d&d. Hes a nerd, so of course his power is a wizard, but he got cocky because of his power (partially because he can walk in his dreams) and he rushed freddy, but in d&d wizards are squishy, he should have known better, but he made a poor "role-playing" choice. Got a bad roll, and freddy physically over powered him. Actually a pretty good death for a d&d nerd.
As a kid with nightmares, this movie was weirdly empowering lol. I didn’t watch the other movies until I was much older, but I wore this one out on tape.
My interpretation of the ending of the first movie is that it was the mother’s dream. Nancy really managed to beat Freddy in her dream and he gave up on chasing her for a while because it got dangerous to approach her, but he took his frustration out of that by killing the mother. The ending scene with the car eating Nancy was a part of Nancy’s mom’s nightmare. At least that’s what I got, idk man these movies are fucking insane
Well after the first movie there was no promise of a sequel, so I just assumed freddy won in clasic 80's slasher movie fashion. They brought Nancy back for 3 just to try to inject some life into the franchise and it worked (though the actress was pretty weak). You really don't NEED an explaination about the ending of 1, it could have just been a regular nightmare (not real freddy) or he let her go so that later events could play out, or he was actually weakened by nancy and had to re-constitute himself. Any throwaway line would have worked, but consider that Nancy doesn't know why she's alive either (because she didn't try the tactic from the first movie with the kids in 3)
@@Troublechutor My headcanon of it being the mother's dream is entirely based on Nancy saying that her mother died, which to me makes the most sense if we assume the final scene was Freddy killing her. And yeah, no doubt it was entirely retconed on movie 3, but to me the 3rd movie deserves this level of good faith. The movie is the first in the trilogy that actually tries to have a script, so a retcon of the ending of the 1st movie that actually even works with what we knew is something I'm willing to give them
@@mordirit8727 Yeah, I never really cared to know the explanation.... I'm sure at some point I must have asked this question but mainly I was just happy that 3 was so good after the abortion that was 2... I just rolled with it. :)
Mauler- How is he coming back Well, you see, Mauler, a dog will be in the dream world and will piss fire on his grave therefore rewakining his soul. I'll leave it to the comments to tell if i'm joking or not
@@thereviewersblock7459 I'd go with Dream Master. Child's Play 3 was stupid but it was at least somewhat consistant with previous rules. The problem there was more just the circumstances "Huh, the thing on the crane is pouring blood everywhere. Well, better carry it over the bowl of boiling plastic we're about to make the dolls with"
Just want to let you guys know, the only movies that are canon to Wes Craven's story are 1, 3, New Nightmare and Freddy Vs Jason. Would be interesting to see how your feelings change based on this.
Those are also the only films worth a damn in the series lol. The first is give or take imo, but Dream Warriors and New Nightmare are easily tied for the best. And Freddy vs Jason is just wonderful stupid fun
Wait really? So does that mean 2 4, 5 and 6 don't count at all ? That doesn't make sense because you need 4, and 5 to know what happen to the characters in 3 and 6 you need to know what happens on elm street because freddy got them all. Well sorta because we don't know if freddy got the characters at the end of dream child and then wes craven new nightmare which it just it own thing that is not cannon and freddy vs jason explains why jason is back and freddy needs him. It doesn't make sense
Mauler very important thing to note, the final scare at the end of movie 1 was not part of Wes Cravens' script originally; it was originally supposed to end with Freddy's defeat but the studio forced him to add the last scare to ensure they could do a sequel( which was why he chose not to work on the 2nd film)
Honestly switch back and force between this and New Nightmare being my favorite in the franchise. I feel like this movie has the perfect balance between Freddy being a wisecracking goober and an actual scary, cruel threat to the characters. They really went all out with the dream sequences: the tendon puppet and snake Freddy being my personal favorites.
It still is interesting that this was Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Blob, Collateral, The Walking Dead and more) second ever movie where he was the primarily screenwriter. The guy goes on to be nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. This probably being the best of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies and certainly the better of all the sequels. Just goes to show quality writing goes a long way.
22:51 Hypnos is the greek god of sleep. (as opposed to Morpheus, god of dreams). So Hypnocil and Hypnosis are both named for them, not one after the other. Hypnocil is about as normal a name for a calm sleep drug as Morphine is for what it is.
I always thought that the wizard and knife girl lost because they were try hards Like their identities crumbled because they did not have a solid foundation and they were more preoccupied with their appearance I like to think that while imagination allowed the kid to beat his wheelchair amd walk he was insecure about his nerdy stuff so he couldn't beat freddy with it Like the solution would have instead been to try to kick freddy
Nancy is "still alive" because in the theatrical release of the first film (and the most commonly seen, back then), it has a generic happy ending (as pushed by the studio), in which Nancy just drives off in a non-Freddy car. Release of the original Wes Craven ending came later on. Nowadays it's kind of a toss-up on which one more people have seen.
That's actually backwards. Wes Craven pushed for an ending where Nancy defeats Freddy and moves on with her life which was thematically appropriate. Unfortunately that ending had a problem in that it was undisputedly conclusive. The producer wanted to have an ending that left the film open for sequels and pushed for the ending where Freddy picks up the kids in the car. Apparently Wes Craven's influence on the twist ending was the mother getting pulled through the door getting used, because it was the alternative they found most amusing compared to what he originally wanted.
That's crazy, I never knew about an alternative ending that was actually released. I only know of the confusing dark ending. (Which wasn't confusing to me, whole movie is meant to be questionable as to what happens and what doesn't, but it's not the best in its execution with that.)
Regardless, Nancy doesn't know why she's alive either because if she believed her strategy in the first movie worked, she would have tried it again in 3, but it never comes up. She doesn't believe she won, and doesn't know why she wasn't ultimately killed. Practically, the couldn't re-hash the first movie, or if they did it was edtited out. For the most part, 3 runs tight and is well edited so "world building" wasn't a high priority over just selling tickets and getting paid.
Yeah, no hate if you don’t like it, but I’ve heard very few people that didn’t like the 80s Blob. I don’t know how well it actually did financially but at least in horror circles, it’s considered pretty good.
Its crazy these were made a year ago, back then they thought the boxing match was Steven Williams most embarrasing moment. He'd accept having cancer to return to those halcyon days.
Ah yeah, this is where it gits gud. Hopefully this answers/explores some of the earlier questions the lads had (they really should've been addressed in the 2nd film) Edit: W for exploding birbs
Holy... now this is what i was kinda expecting with NoES. For the issues. Instead of the whole skeleton part, they could just have it so Freddie (realising what's happening in the real world) stops trolling and gets serious. I'm not sure if Freddie can be in multiple places at once (when the kids were split up) but if so, maybe have that be the reason why he kills the wizard boy, like wizard boy gets overconfident and gets too close to Freddie (as we see in his scene) and then Freddie gets in a desperate lucky swing injuring wizard boy which would shift the dream back into Freddie's control (i think it's fair to assume you'd panic after being stabbed in this situation). With the rest of the dream cast, i guess the mirror scene still happens and then fake dad shows up as Freddie's final move to at least take Nancy down with him.
I'm just sad the doctor that wanted to sedate all the kids didnt get in trouble for massively failing after she took over and kicked the other doctor out.
I'm old enough to have seen all these in the theater, one of my fav series when I was a kid. 1 was always dark and leaned into the nightmare feel... 3 was fun and they really ran with the visual effects and creative use of the kids being thought to have committed "suicide" (though the tv was just ... really?) 3 was better written and more of a popcorn flick. Great stuff.
Only semi relevant, but Dokken is awesome. Also, it's weird that their song "In My Dreams" wasn't used either instead of or in addition to "Into the Fire". "Dream Warriors" was written for the movie.
When I remember liking Nightmare on Elm Street it suddenly hit me that this was the first Elm Street movie I watched with my uncle(who allowed me to watch this stuff when I was younger because he was cool.). So revisiting it here, I can see why I liked it a lot. Not that I dislike the first film because it does do some things that I enjoy. But the third film very much felt like the concept at its best where the rules were established and you had some decent characters to bind everything. Learning that the same guy who wrote this did the Fly, Blob and many other good horror films makes a lot of sense. All in all, thank you EFAP. I may not always agree with you but this is definitely a film I plan to rewatch.
So, this was written by Shawshank Redemption guy ? This indeed explain why I also remember this to the best of Elm Street films. And I found it funny how many careers started with this series; Johnny Depp, Patricia Arquette, Frank Darabont and Laurence Fishburne... Ok, who would win in a fight; Morpheus or Freddy ? Can knowing Kung-fu save Morpheus from Freddy's exploding birds ? 😂
Actually it was written by Wes Craven, he just didn’t direct it like he did the first movie. The first movie ending also was not his idea, it was the studios, which is why he refused to come back for 2 because he hated the ending for 1 they pushed for. While he didn’t direct 3 he did write for it, wanting to fix and undue the damage that had been done, and they did a pretty good job I’d say. This movie did have 4 writers (which yeah one is the Shawshank guy) but Wes Craven was the head writer of my memory serves me.
This and the final one, New Nightmare, are the only ones I enjoy. New Nightmare is really good for the first 2/3 similar to this film, and I enjoy the meta aspects of it especially given how early it was made. All the rest of the Nightmare series is pretty awful though lol
I am disappoint. You covered the simpsons episode of nightmare, but not the dokken music video that tied into dream warriors. I hope we get bonus footage at christmas.
Hey, Rags, hopefully you see this. The reason Freddy torments kids for so long before finally killing them is because their fear makes him stronger. He's essentially feeding off of them
Tl;Dr power logic: Keep in mind Freddy is essentially a ghost. He generates fear from the children of his killers to get strong enough to actually kill them in their dreams (specifically, making their dreams effect the real world). Then he absorbs their souls for a permanent power boost. Once he gets enough of said permanent power boost, he can manifest in the real world without the dream (hence the silly skeleton scene). If he becomes *too* weak, he needs to rely on possession to do anything like in nightmare 2.
Also he will always be Larry Fishbourne to me. His first movie is when he was a kid called “A Hero Ain’t Nothin But A Sandwich”. He wanted to be a more serious actor so someone said Lawrence sounds better.
I think that if you remove the ending of the first one (which was allegedly added on due to executive meddling) then 1 and 3 flow fine. My headcanon was always that Nancy did "beat" Freddy by not being afraid of him but that it only works per person. She was out of Freddy's reach for years but seeing a new group of kids be targeted re-awoke her fear allowing him to finally get her in the end.
The fucking _balls_ on this movie to suddenly decide to make an actually decent horror story 3 movies into the franchise. I never understood it. Imagine if Sharknado 3 was suddenly a well executed character drama about people surviving a disaster, that’s the whiplash this one gives me
I wonder if the Wachowskis were inspired after seeing this movie? You could even rewatch it as Morpheus's origin story and the rules are broken when Freddy's skeleton reanimates because it's all happening inside the simulation. The Matrix sequels establish that monsters like ghosts, werewolves, and vampires exist as Exile programs, so Freddy could also be an Exile.
“I’ve been so busy chasing other people’s dreams that I forgot to chase mine”.
- Freddy Krueger
DREAM ON DREAM ON DREAM ON
@@realmofloredor Don’t let your dreams be dreams!
Freddy is David from Cyberpunk Edgerunners.
Truer words have never been spoken
That's deep.
"I am the Wizard Master"
Wizard runs into melee and dies.
Typical.
You're right
I didn't think about it that way while watching it
The really rushed his scene. Always pissed me off that he "runs at the enemy" while shooting lighting because ... Lightning fingers is stronger up close?!?!?
"Skill issue" - multiclass Gandalf
@@TroublechutorEndgane vibes of stupidity
He was too cringe, and knew he had to die of it
rumor is that since the "nightmare on elmstreet 2 " premiere, rags has a gym membership and a private trainer. We will never know why, we only know he loves the 80s now
Az has claimed qoute "it was great being gay in the 80's"
Leg warmers with little weenies on them
"The bastard son of a hundred maniacs" is a great line.
If J.J. Abrahms did it it would be 1000!
@@Zlumpy77jj would have Freddy summon all of them and they all have Freddy powers too
@@tkman2718 And have them do a Matrix Reloaded fight
@@tkman2718 "I am all the grapists!" "And I am all the mentally unwell!"
The power of one rapist, the power of two rapist .... the power of many...
35:00 the kid not having a belt is actually super accurate for them being in a mental ward
Yeah, I wasn’t exactly sure what point Rags was trying to make… I thought it was just him saying shit the way he occasionally does
@@mrdropkicker1 he had an ongoing thing with people not wearing belts for awhile, hadnt heard him mention it for awhile though
Wow, the budget for this was apparently $4.5m which would still only be $12.5m in CURRENT_YEAR. Those are some well-spent sheks.
Unironically the best one. Basically all the gang's critiques about them not properly utilizing/exploring the core gimmick get addressed.
IMHO without this one? There is no cult phenomenon surrounding the franchise. Period.
Hardcore agree
Good that this one addresses that.
It would've been a cult film if it was left at the first. It wouldn't have been a phenomenon though without the sequels.
@@tylerwagner1978
Yeah but it would've been a *genuine* cult film. The kind like 10 people have heard of.
@@ephraimwinslow It would've been discovered as time went on. There's many scary films from the 80s like that that horror fans discover and enjoy.
I liked it when the wheelchair kid said he was a grand wizard in his dreams.
He was the foremost member of the kool kids klub.
Legend has it, he was a massive fan of the Eastern symbol of peace. But maybe inverted.
It's Grand Dragon. You're thinking of Imperial Wizard
the rags "friend" edit part was hilarious!
Love the editing, Wolf. Especially with Rags and Larry Fishburn
The running joke of "EDITOR THE LIGHTS" and seeing wolf awkwardly hitting the pull chain is always great. Shame he didn't use it in this one
@elyrienvalkyr8167 Yeah, I think those are pretty funny, too. I'm surprised that Wolf got away with using that clip calling that kid a massive. (not typing it out in case my comment gets removed)
A lot of the practical effects still look great and the hold up today.
I hope you guys read comments. Because with the wizard kid they showed him playong d&d. Hes a nerd, so of course his power is a wizard, but he got cocky because of his power (partially because he can walk in his dreams) and he rushed freddy, but in d&d wizards are squishy, he should have known better, but he made a poor "role-playing" choice. Got a bad roll, and freddy physically over powered him.
Actually a pretty good death for a d&d nerd.
A wizard is no tank, a crippled should know better.
As a kid with nightmares, this movie was weirdly empowering lol. I didn’t watch the other movies until I was much older, but I wore this one out on tape.
i wonder how many people watching this don't know what a tape is and how it can be worn out
"Dreaming is distasteful... TO ME!"
Whoever was the editor on this one did a hell of a job. The hell benders clip had me dying. Fantastic work!
"I am the great wizard...."
*"FA**OT!!!!"*
🤣🤣🤣
Fear makes Freddy stronger so he likes to play with his prey.
My interpretation of the ending of the first movie is that it was the mother’s dream. Nancy really managed to beat Freddy in her dream and he gave up on chasing her for a while because it got dangerous to approach her, but he took his frustration out of that by killing the mother.
The ending scene with the car eating Nancy was a part of Nancy’s mom’s nightmare.
At least that’s what I got, idk man these movies are fucking insane
Well after the first movie there was no promise of a sequel, so I just assumed freddy won in clasic 80's slasher movie fashion. They brought Nancy back for 3 just to try to inject some life into the franchise and it worked (though the actress was pretty weak). You really don't NEED an explaination about the ending of 1, it could have just been a regular nightmare (not real freddy) or he let her go so that later events could play out, or he was actually weakened by nancy and had to re-constitute himself. Any throwaway line would have worked, but consider that Nancy doesn't know why she's alive either (because she didn't try the tactic from the first movie with the kids in 3)
@@Troublechutor My headcanon of it being the mother's dream is entirely based on Nancy saying that her mother died, which to me makes the most sense if we assume the final scene was Freddy killing her.
And yeah, no doubt it was entirely retconed on movie 3, but to me the 3rd movie deserves this level of good faith. The movie is the first in the trilogy that actually tries to have a script, so a retcon of the ending of the 1st movie that actually even works with what we knew is something I'm willing to give them
@@mordirit8727 Yeah, I never really cared to know the explanation.... I'm sure at some point I must have asked this question but mainly I was just happy that 3 was so good after the abortion that was 2... I just rolled with it. :)
This was actually the first Frank Darbont script that was produced. His next big film was the 1989 The blob remake. Which is a fantastic script.
Mauler- How is he coming back
Well, you see, Mauler, a dog will be in the dream world and will piss fire on his grave therefore rewakining his soul. I'll leave it to the comments to tell if i'm joking or not
Idk which one is worse for bringing a slasher back, Dream Master or Childs Play 3
@@thereviewersblock7459 I'd go with Dream Master. Child's Play 3 was stupid but it was at least somewhat consistant with previous rules. The problem there was more just the circumstances "Huh, the thing on the crane is pouring blood everywhere. Well, better carry it over the bowl of boiling plastic we're about to make the dolls with"
Oh my God I forgot about that holy s***
The editing is top notch here! A guest appearance from boogie was a delight as he teased rags to try and say something controversial.
Just want to let you guys know, the only movies that are canon to Wes Craven's story are 1, 3, New Nightmare and Freddy Vs Jason.
Would be interesting to see how your feelings change based on this.
Those are also the only films worth a damn in the series lol. The first is give or take imo, but Dream Warriors and New Nightmare are easily tied for the best. And Freddy vs Jason is just wonderful stupid fun
@@KrazzeeKanethe amount of time Freddy is hamming it up in FvJ is worth the price of admission alone!
@@KrazzeeKane totally agree; the rest just seemed rushed and silly. Too much "funny Freddy", too.
I kind of like 1, 3, 4, and 5 (as goofy and downright stupid as they get) as a continuing story.
Wait really? So does that mean 2 4, 5 and 6 don't count at all ? That doesn't make sense because you need 4, and 5 to know what happen to the characters in 3 and 6 you need to know what happens on elm street because freddy got them all. Well sorta because we don't know if freddy got the characters at the end of dream child and then wes craven new nightmare which it just it own thing that is not cannon and freddy vs jason explains why jason is back and freddy needs him. It doesn't make sense
Mauler very important thing to note, the final scare at the end of movie 1 was not part of Wes Cravens' script originally; it was originally supposed to end with Freddy's defeat but the studio forced him to add the last scare to ensure they could do a sequel( which was why he chose not to work on the 2nd film)
Honestly switch back and force between this and New Nightmare being my favorite in the franchise. I feel like this movie has the perfect balance between Freddy being a wisecracking goober and an actual scary, cruel threat to the characters. They really went all out with the dream sequences: the tendon puppet and snake Freddy being my personal favorites.
The Heroine death was ny favorite. To die knowing that everyone would blame you for your own death.
Love watching the young uns expecting 80s horror films to have lore and consistency.
I love how when Mauler threw the milk at rag's's's's's he spontaneously combusts.
Kristen flipping on the wall and jumping out the window when Freddy tried to catch her, all while screaming, was so fucking funny holy shit
It still is interesting that this was Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Blob, Collateral, The Walking Dead and more) second ever movie where he was the primarily screenwriter.
The guy goes on to be nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
This probably being the best of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies and certainly the better of all the sequels.
Just goes to show quality writing goes a long way.
Yeah. And it funny because his writing was able to make arguably the best nightmare of elm street movie.
OMG, this movie helped Morpheus realize he was in a simulation! Because there’s no way he would believe this universe could be real.
22:51 Hypnos is the greek god of sleep. (as opposed to Morpheus, god of dreams). So Hypnocil and Hypnosis are both named for them, not one after the other. Hypnocil is about as normal a name for a calm sleep drug as Morphine is for what it is.
8:26 Honestly, an outside perspective of these movies could make for a really great X-Files episode.
Mauler: “The power of a nine-millimeter, son of a bitch”
Me: This is a Lawrence (Larry) Fishburne movie, not a Samuel L. Jackson movie.
I would guess Fishburn is a .45 acp guy.
Sammy L. Jackson
Obviously. If it had been a Samuel L. Jackson movie the line would have been "The power of a nine-millimeter, mother ******!"
oh god i just realized this being a "9 movie series" means they are going to watch the reboot 😭
Don't know anything about the reboot. Is it bad?
@@johnherb-h8k yeah...its really bad.
@@johnherb-h8k ...quite...
I always thought that the wizard and knife girl lost because they were try hards
Like their identities crumbled because they did not have a solid foundation and they were more preoccupied with their appearance
I like to think that while imagination allowed the kid to beat his wheelchair amd walk he was insecure about his nerdy stuff so he couldn't beat freddy with it
Like the solution would have instead been to try to kick freddy
Nancy is "still alive" because in the theatrical release of the first film (and the most commonly seen, back then), it has a generic happy ending (as pushed by the studio), in which Nancy just drives off in a non-Freddy car. Release of the original Wes Craven ending came later on. Nowadays it's kind of a toss-up on which one more people have seen.
That's actually backwards. Wes Craven pushed for an ending where Nancy defeats Freddy and moves on with her life which was thematically appropriate. Unfortunately that ending had a problem in that it was undisputedly conclusive. The producer wanted to have an ending that left the film open for sequels and pushed for the ending where Freddy picks up the kids in the car. Apparently Wes Craven's influence on the twist ending was the mother getting pulled through the door getting used, because it was the alternative they found most amusing compared to what he originally wanted.
@@TheFirstSword Oh, my mistake. Thanks for the correction.
That's crazy, I never knew about an alternative ending that was actually released. I only know of the confusing dark ending. (Which wasn't confusing to me, whole movie is meant to be questionable as to what happens and what doesn't, but it's not the best in its execution with that.)
Regardless, Nancy doesn't know why she's alive either because if she believed her strategy in the first movie worked, she would have tried it again in 3, but it never comes up. She doesn't believe she won, and doesn't know why she wasn't ultimately killed. Practically, the couldn't re-hash the first movie, or if they did it was edtited out. For the most part, 3 runs tight and is well edited so "world building" wasn't a high priority over just selling tickets and getting paid.
Best film in the series, maybe because it was Frank Darabont's first credited screenplay. On the other hand, The Blob and The Fly II followed.
The 1980s Blob? Because that film is a hidden gem and quite terrifying.
@@Avarn388 Admittedly, it was MUCH better that The Fly II. And it starred the future Saw's Amanda.
Yeah, no hate if you don’t like it, but I’ve heard very few people that didn’t like the 80s Blob. I don’t know how well it actually did financially but at least in horror circles, it’s considered pretty good.
I love the 88 Blob. Kevin Dillon is great in that flick.
@@Avarn388 That scene in the hospital where that guy gets dissolved right in front of that girl (his gf?) still freaks me the fuck out.
Rag coward moment
Hello all my Friend-words ^.-.^
The theme song written for this one absolutely FUCKS.
The best one.
The Louis CK cuts had me rolling.
The Nun 7: Nun for You
"The darkest chapter in the Conjuring universe."
“Nun ya damn business”
Nun o' That
Nun too Holy
Its crazy these were made a year ago, back then they thought the boxing match was Steven Williams most embarrasing moment. He'd accept having cancer to return to those halcyon days.
Screw IMDB ratings.
Everyone thinks this is the best one, they finally figured out what this franchise is supposed to be in this one.
1, 3 and 4 are wonderful, Im kinda disappointed the guys are not liking them.
*Somehow, Freddy returned... and he wants your body.*
You really get that a lot more in Freddy vs Jason, where he possesses some stoner to tranq the crap out of Jason and put him to sleep.
Laurence 'Larry' Fishburne also played Cowboy Curtis on Pee-Wee's Playhouse
“Which one do you recommend?”
“Uh, the third one…”
Wait till you guys cover the Friday the 13th franchise. 🤣
Ah yeah, this is where it gits gud. Hopefully this answers/explores some of the earlier questions the lads had (they really should've been addressed in the 2nd film)
Edit: W for exploding birbs
Holy... now this is what i was kinda expecting with NoES.
For the issues. Instead of the whole skeleton part, they could just have it so Freddie (realising what's happening in the real world) stops trolling and gets serious. I'm not sure if Freddie can be in multiple places at once (when the kids were split up) but if so, maybe have that be the reason why he kills the wizard boy, like wizard boy gets overconfident and gets too close to Freddie (as we see in his scene) and then Freddie gets in a desperate lucky swing injuring wizard boy which would shift the dream back into Freddie's control (i think it's fair to assume you'd panic after being stabbed in this situation). With the rest of the dream cast, i guess the mirror scene still happens and then fake dad shows up as Freddie's final move to at least take Nancy down with him.
😂 "We end on 3!" "Heres more money "
I learned about this movie after listening to the Dokken song
W for more exploding birds!Also I didn’t realize Rags was THT lactose intolerant. I’d hate to se what cheese does to him.
He would become the bird
I'm just sad the doctor that wanted to sedate all the kids didnt get in trouble for massively failing after she took over and kicked the other doctor out.
I remember randomly doing a NOES marathon a few years ago, and distinctively thinking, “I like this was more than the first film”.
I'm old enough to have seen all these in the theater, one of my fav series when I was a kid. 1 was always dark and leaned into the nightmare feel... 3 was fun and they really ran with the visual effects and creative use of the kids being thought to have committed "suicide" (though the tv was just ... really?) 3 was better written and more of a popcorn flick. Great stuff.
The best thing to come out of this movie was the Dokken song
Wad waiting for this since the first one.
I'm glad they had good things to say about it
3:42: Oh hey, that’s from the Power Rangers 30th anniversary episode.
This aged better than I thought it would. The lamest title is the best one.
Nice that EFAP actually enjoyed it too.
"share the load" fucking got me
Pretty much every major criticism of why the 1st film sucked is addressed in this film. That is why this is the best
Only semi relevant, but Dokken is awesome. Also, it's weird that their song "In My Dreams" wasn't used either instead of or in addition to "Into the Fire". "Dream Warriors" was written for the movie.
Yes, Lawrence Fishburne use to go by Larry.
Must’ve seen the karate kid and liked Johnny
Didn't Wolf get the memo, that Mootal is the new Peepo?
I just looked up this movie out of curiosity: The woman who plays Doctor Simms (Priscilla Pointer), she’s still alive at 100 years old!!!
When I remember liking Nightmare on Elm Street it suddenly hit me that this was the first Elm Street movie I watched with my uncle(who allowed me to watch this stuff when I was younger because he was cool.). So revisiting it here, I can see why I liked it a lot. Not that I dislike the first film because it does do some things that I enjoy. But the third film very much felt like the concept at its best where the rules were established and you had some decent characters to bind everything. Learning that the same guy who wrote this did the Fly, Blob and many other good horror films makes a lot of sense. All in all, thank you EFAP. I may not always agree with you but this is definitely a film I plan to rewatch.
I'm so glad you guys enjoyed this one. Nightmare 3 is my favourite horror movie.
Most people remember of reference Dream Warriors when they think of Freddy.
same as Jason Vorhee's not getting the iconic mask until Pt 3.
Thanks for reminding Mauler Stein. 👍
Thanks, now i have Ɗoƙķeŋ stuck in my head. PS, i think a prop from the video for Dream Warriors track wound up in the Winter Beast movie.
The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise is a heartwarming story about a School janitor teaching kids to believe in their dreams.
EFAP Boyz n Tha Hood next? With Larry Fishburne
Or maybe they can do the Leprechaun series for next year's Halloween? Back 2 Tha Hood?
There was an exploding bird in one of the Amityville sequels!
Now I wanna hear them riff those.
@@PaceBreaker Add 'em to the list 😆
46:16 "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling."
So, this was written by Shawshank Redemption guy ? This indeed explain why I also remember this to the best of Elm Street films. And I found it funny how many careers started with this series; Johnny Depp, Patricia Arquette, Frank Darabont and Laurence Fishburne... Ok, who would win in a fight; Morpheus or Freddy ? Can knowing Kung-fu save Morpheus from Freddy's exploding birds ? 😂
Actually it was written by Wes Craven, he just didn’t direct it like he did the first movie. The first movie ending also was not his idea, it was the studios, which is why he refused to come back for 2 because he hated the ending for 1 they pushed for.
While he didn’t direct 3 he did write for it, wanting to fix and undue the damage that had been done, and they did a pretty good job I’d say.
This movie did have 4 writers (which yeah one is the Shawshank guy) but Wes Craven was the head writer of my memory serves me.
I’ll still take the first two over all others.
This was always the best in the series, and the only one rewatch.
This and the final one, New Nightmare, are the only ones I enjoy. New Nightmare is really good for the first 2/3 similar to this film, and I enjoy the meta aspects of it especially given how early it was made. All the rest of the Nightmare series is pretty awful though lol
I am disappoint. You covered the simpsons episode of nightmare, but not the dokken music video that tied into dream warriors. I hope we get bonus footage at christmas.
You expect these massives to know Dokken?
@@HyoureiKyouran They do now.
Rags not saying the n-word while watching A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is the only thing that brings me joy in life.
I NEED you guys to do Hellraiser!!!!
1-2 for the greatness and the 3rd for the quotes.
Hey, Rags, hopefully you see this. The reason Freddy torments kids for so long before finally killing them is because their fear makes him stronger. He's essentially feeding off of them
I am glad everyone enjoyed this film, its wonderful when everyone get's to be happy at the end, and better yet, also through out the film.
Tl;Dr power logic:
Keep in mind Freddy is essentially a ghost. He generates fear from the children of his killers to get strong enough to actually kill them in their dreams (specifically, making their dreams effect the real world). Then he absorbs their souls for a permanent power boost.
Once he gets enough of said permanent power boost, he can manifest in the real world without the dream (hence the silly skeleton scene). If he becomes *too* weak, he needs to rely on possession to do anything like in nightmare 2.
Loved this movie and your reactions were fantastic. The next one is pretty great too so eagerly await your reaction to it
He stole the Church Juice!
If you steal Holy Water from a Church, but then use it to sanctify a lost soul and pass it on to Heaven/Hell, do you come out even?
Also he will always be Larry Fishbourne to me. His first movie is when he was a kid called “A Hero Ain’t Nothin But A Sandwich”. He wanted to be a more serious actor so someone said Lawrence sounds better.
32:29 I was not expecting that and spit out my drink 🤣
Shoutout to Wolf for including my favourite Powerwolf song
I think that if you remove the ending of the first one (which was allegedly added on due to executive meddling) then 1 and 3 flow fine. My headcanon was always that Nancy did "beat" Freddy by not being afraid of him but that it only works per person. She was out of Freddy's reach for years but seeing a new group of kids be targeted re-awoke her fear allowing him to finally get her in the end.
This one was always my favorite as a kid.
Been enjoying these. Cheers team.
I died at the avengers theme with kazoos when tits were finally shown. Whoever edits these is amazing
MauLer forgot
A long man never forgets, he puts out videos precisely when he means to...
Or 45 minutes after the time he ment to lol
I thought You called MauLer a fa***t.
The fucking _balls_ on this movie to suddenly decide to make an actually decent horror story 3 movies into the franchise. I never understood it. Imagine if Sharknado 3 was suddenly a well executed character drama about people surviving a disaster, that’s the whiplash this one gives me
I miss nightmares. It was the only kind of dream I could lucid dream from.
I wonder if the Wachowskis were inspired after seeing this movie? You could even rewatch it as Morpheus's origin story and the rules are broken when Freddy's skeleton reanimates because it's all happening inside the simulation. The Matrix sequels establish that monsters like ghosts, werewolves, and vampires exist as Exile programs, so Freddy could also be an Exile.
This one was always my favorite.
This is the only entry in the series that I like.
This *is* considered to be the best one.
He's credited as Larry in Apocalypse Now too.
"Aaaah" I missed this one!
You fellas blasphemed by skipping the credits. Part 3 is regarded for having one of the most banging theme songs of any horror movie.
When John Saxon says, "it's really you", and Freddy's stop motion skeleton turns around, they play a little homage to the Terminator soundtrack.