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Article: Sleepless Frights; `Elm Street 3': Return to Nightmare Alley
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- The Washington Post
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- March 2, 1987
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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. Together the
films have grossed almost $55 million. Now comes "A Nightmare on Elm
Street 3: Dream ...