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 beforehand
and has learned not to fear him.
She knows about the kids at the hospital
being tormented by Krueger and finds a
way to stop him as they are the last of
the Elm Street children.
She
saves Kristen from being nearly being
eaten by Krueger by stabbing him in the
eye with a piece of glass. Krueger
remembers Nancy but can't believe it
himself.
Then
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.
Eventually
she gathers people together to try and
fight Krueger back but what Nancy doesn't
realise is since he took almost all of
the kids souls on Elm Street is that he
is more powerful than ever and hard to be
conquered.
Oh boy it's as if
the film left off after the first one and
ignores the last sequel.
It's truly a great teen slasher flick
with great effects and a bigger budget
too along with some dark comedy of
Krueger making jokes while doing them
away since the late 80's was a time for
comedy to be blended with horror
I think anyone who enjoys teen party
flicks will thoroughly enjoy this one.
Yessss!!!! Heather
Langenkamp is back playing Nancy as
she's full grown now and still does great
I found actress Patricia Arquette
to be very amazing in her role as the
disturbed teen who can't lose her fear
over Krueger. She's also marvellous at
being as tough as nails too with her
character.
Someone
who totally stood out in the film was Jennifer
Rubin as I liked her tough attitude
in the flick and does a dynamite
performance especially during the dream
sequences.
Ken Sagoes is another person
who's talent I admired as he was tough as
well and shows alot of courage and making
it look good too.
Supporting actress Priscilla Pointer makes
a great bitch playing the head doctor of
the institution and you'd just want to
kill her cause of her nasty attitude and
she does it well. It's no doubt she's
done alot of acting gigs.
John Saxon is back too as Langenkanmp's
father and now he performs as a basket
case. He shows good acting at portraying
a drunken officer at a bar. Too bad his
role wasn't as big as in the first film.
Nan Martin really portrays
terrifically as Krueger's dead mother
returning as a spirit and performs her
role nicely as you'd want someone like
her by your side when there's danger.
Stacie Alden
plays a lustful nurse and takes off her
top and exposes her breasts in a dream
sequence
Kristen's wrist is
slit
Phillip Anderson's arms and legs are cut
open with barb wire used as a puppet
In a dream Kristen's mothers head is
ripped off.
Donald is stabbed in the chest by a sharp
object
Freddy bloodily stabs Nancy with his
glove
Chuck Russell delivers
in this film as he shows a terrific
opening with Patricia
Arquette's character creating the
Thompson's house out of popsickle sticks
and then later on showing a water tap
turning into Krueger's blades and
slashing her wrist as you least expect
that when she's awake.
He directed Arquette
terrifically during a scene when the
paramedics try to sedate her in the ward
when she got intense and temperamental
and along comes Langenkamp as
she knows what she's going through. Ahhh
yesss perfect timing.
He directed Ken Sagoes perfectly
as well when he gets temperamental at the
group therapy session too. Not only that,
Langenkamp does well explaining who
this killer is in their dreams as Russell
made his direction for that one very
memorable for the viewers that watched
the movie.
But what gets really exciting is when the
cast has a group dream to try and rescue
one of the patients from Freddy's grasp.
The one that grabbed me the most was his
work on Rubin and Englund
as former junkie in her dream sequence
being beautiful and bad and Krueger
battling together as she had switch
blades as I was almost convinced she
could've gotten the best of him but of
course he fed into her weakness which was
her former addiction that killed her
(oops spolier there).
The boiler room was cool looking too and Arquette
shows her martian arts in it too.
There was great work in the junkyard with
John Saxon and Craig Wasson battling
Freddy's corpse which were skeleton bones
and it's certainly an attention grabber.
The last scene was another grabber too
but again let's not spoil it.
Composer Angelo
Badalamenti does a very nice score
with the creepy tones and there's even
some music from the first film too used
in this one.
There is neat punding sounds too used in Arquette's
dream sequence which sounds really
cool.
We have a perfect
soundtrack by 80's hair metal band Dokken
with their hits "Into the Fire"
which was played shortly after the
beginning of this film when Arquette's
character turns on her ghetto blaster.
The title song "Dream Warriors"
was played during the closing credits
which is awesome too along with a bitchin
video.
Little
Girl: Freddy's home.
Kristen
Parker: Five, six, grab a crucifix.
Seven, eight, better stay up late. Nine,
ten, never... never...
Nancy Thompson: Never sleep again.
Where did you learn that rhyme?
Kristen
Parker: The man in my dreams... he's
real, isn't he?
Nancy Thompson: He's real.
Roland
Kincaid: Phillip, wake up... Have a
nice stroll, asshole.
Phillip
Anderson: Hi. Welcome to the snake
pit.
Dr.
Elizabeth Simms: I'm not going to
take any more of this. How much longer
are you going to go on blaming your
dreams for your own weaknesses?
Roland Kincaid: Lady, how much
longer you gonna keep blowin' smoke up
our ass?
Dr. Neil Gordon: That's enough,
Kincaid!
Simms: There will be no repeat
occurrences of last night's events. From
now on your doors will be locked during
sleeping hours. We'll start a policy of
evening sedation for everybody.
Kincaid: [Jumping out of his
seat] The fuck you will! Anybody
tries drugs on me gets his ass kicked!
Simms: Well, you just bought
yourself a night in the quite room,
Mister. Now sit down!
Kincaid: Fuck you! You sit down!
Kristen
Parker: He's turning us against each
other so we will be weak.
Kincaid: Bullshit.
Nancy Thompson: No, she's right.
Max:
[walks in the TV room] Girl what
are you doing?
Jennifer Caulfield: Watching TV.
Max: I can see that. Why don't you
read a book? You watch too much damn TV!
Jennifer Caulfield: Research.
Max: [sarcastically] Oh,
you gonna be a big TV star.
Jennifer Caulfield: Wait and see!
Max: [about to turn off the TV]
Well, if Simms catches you up here she is
gonna chew my ass...
Jennifer Caulfield: [interrupting
Max] ... I gotta stay up, Max!
Max: Jennifer...
Jennifer Caulfield: I can't handle
the nightmare. Not after Phillip.
Max: All right, but I never saw
you.
Jennifer Caulfield: Thanks, Max.
[in
Jennifer's dream]
Dick Cavett: Can I ask you a
question?
Zsa Zsa Gabor: Why certainly.
[Dick Cavett turns into Freddy Krueger]
Freddy Krueger: Who gives a fuck
what you think?
Freddy
Krueger: This is it, Jennifer: your
big break in TV.
Jennifer Caulfield: [screams]
Freddy Krueger: Welcome to prime
time, bitch.
Sister
Mary Helena/Amanda Krueger: [talking
to Neil] Only one thing can save the
children now. The unquiet spirit must be
laid to rest...
Nancy Thompson: [walking up to
Neil] Neil? What are you doing up
here?
Dr. Neil Gordon: Oh, I was just
talking to...
[turns around and Mary Helena is gone]
Nancy Thompson: To who?
Marcie:
[after exposing her breasts to Joey]
Do you like my body?
Freddy:
What's the matter Joey? Getting tongue
tied?
William
'Will' Stanton: In my dreams I can
stand. My legs are strong. In my dreams I
am the Wizard Master.
Taryn:
In my dreams I'm beautiful.
[flicks open two switchblades]
Taryn: And bad!
Nancy
[Staring at Joey in a coma] Let him go
you bastard!
Freddy's bloody writing on Joey's
chest saying Come and get him bitch
Nancy: Oh my god!
[while
fighting with Dr. Simms]
Kristen Parker: You stupid bitch,
you're killing us... YOU'RE KILLING US.
Nancy
Thompson: It's now or never. I'm not
gonna kid you, this is as dangerous as it
gets. If you die in this dream it's for
real. Nobody has to go in that doesn't
want to.
William
'Will' Stanton: I'm in.
Taryn White: Me, too.
Roland Kincaid: Let's go kick the
motherfucker's ass all over dreamland.
[Taryn
finds herself in a back alley
face-to-face with Freddy]
Freddy Krueger: Welcome home,
Taryn. Look familiar?
Taryn White: Okay, asshole. Let's
dance!
Freddy
Krueger: Taryn... Taryn...
Taryn White: What?
Freddy Krueger: Why - uh - why
should we fight? We're old friends, you
and I. Remember?
[heroin needles form on fingertips]
Freddy Krueger: Let's get high.
Freddy
Krueger: Will, you look tired. Have a
seat.
Will Stanton: No thanks. I'm fine
just the way I am.
Freddy Krueger: For now, maybe...
but when you wake up... It's back... in
the saddle... again.
William
'Will' Stanton: In the name of
Lowrek, Prince of Elves... demon, begone.
[zaps at Krueger with magical beams
while running toward him]
Freddy Krueger: Ahh.
[grabs Stanton and halts zapping]
Freddy Krueger: Sorry, kid. I
don't believe in fairy tales.
Kincaid:
[shouting] Yo, Freddy! Where you
hiding at, you burnt-faced pussy? You
think your hot shit with the little mute
kid, don't ya? Well let me see you come
get a piece of me! Krueger! Pussy! Yeah,
I knew he was a little chicken.
Freddy
Krueger: Joey... look. All the little
PIGGIES come home.
Nancy Thompson: Let him go,
Krueger.
Freddy Krueger: Your wish... is my
command.
Lt.
Donald Thompson: I killed you once
before, you son of a bitch.
Nancy
Thompson: He's strong; he's never
been this strong.
Freddy Krueger: Yes... The souls
of the children give me strength.
|
