So it just came to my attention that A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors just turned 27 today. This movie is special to me for a few reasons, not only was it released during my birth year (1987) but it also happens to be my favorite Elm Street film, and one of the better horror films of the 80s which makes it one of the best horror films ever made.
Sure, none of that is extremely personal enough to warrant it to be truly "special." I can't exactly recall what my Elm Street timeline is, my first memory of watching a Freddy Krueger film was seeing the fifth one in the iconic series, The Dream Child, at the tender age of eight. After that, in fifth grade I remember trading videotapes with a good friend from school at the time, a few of which were Elm Street films taped off of Showtime or Cinemax. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and Dream Warriors were those films. I loved them all, each with their respected charms, but Dream Warriors was definitely the one that stood out to me at the time. The special effects were incredible, and among the best of the decade. The film marked the transitional phase between "Scary Freddy" and "Comic Freddy," implementing the strongest of both personality traits. Plus, his best one-liner can be found here: "Welcome to prime time, bitch!" I'm basically trying to say I love this film.
Anyways, happy birthday you filthy animal!
This is why Thailand is better than we are...
With that said, our poster was pretty damn cool too. I really miss hand-painted horror movie posters by the way.
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