A Nighmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Damn good sequel -- suffers from the usual shortcomings in characterization but has a more-than-adequate cast and some extremely weird imagery. Truth be told, this may have some of the most bizarre, outre stuff ever thrown into a mainstream movie; unforgettable images include the boy who gets literally tongue-tied over a pit of fire and the ex-junkie whose track marks start crying for smack. (Of course, there's also the dopey Wizard Master thing... guess you can't get everything right.) Co-written by a pre-fame Frank Darabont, who was also reponsible for another Chuck Russell project -- the impressively nasty remake of The Blob. How this man, quite unafraid to slaughter young kids in horror flicks, would end up directing the puddle of goop that was The Majestic is beyond me.
Grade: B
Damn good sequel -- suffers from the usual shortcomings in characterization but has a more-than-adequate cast and some extremely weird imagery. Truth be told, this may have some of the most bizarre, outre stuff ever thrown into a mainstream movie; unforgettable images include the boy who gets literally tongue-tied over a pit of fire and the ex-junkie whose track marks start crying for smack. (Of course, there's also the dopey Wizard Master thing... guess you can't get everything right.) Co-written by a pre-fame Frank Darabont, who was also reponsible for another Chuck Russell project -- the impressively nasty remake of The Blob. How this man, quite unafraid to slaughter young kids in horror flicks, would end up directing the puddle of goop that was The Majestic is beyond me.
Grade: B
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