A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Movie • 1987 • Horror
ReportIt's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with their dreams. Too bad Freddy's decided to herald his return by invading the kids' dreams and scaring them into committing suicide.
This movie contains 68 potentially triggering events.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Dreamdust1600
Not physically but but Kristen's mom is definitely emotionally abusive
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Not deliberately, but the psychiatric staff is trying to convince the teens that Freddy isn't real even though he totally is.
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Patricia Arquette's mother is very verbally and emotionally abusive towards her. Also, Freddy abuses all of the kids.
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Again, sort of. Freddy kills the former addict by injecting her against her will which would probably be very triggering for anyone with a former needle drug problem.
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Is there addiction?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
A former heroine addict is one of the characters. There is also an orderly who tries to talk her into breaking into a medicine supply room to get high who appears to be an addict himself.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Nancy's dad.
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Animal
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Is there a dead animal?
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hermitcrab
No animal corpses /exactly/, though I would still note a scene where Nancy comes across a rotting, cooked pig which comes to life for this category.
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Are there snakes?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Sort of. Freddy turns into sort of a snake-like creature and tries to eat one of the teens, but there is not a literal snake.
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Are there bugs?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
There is a fly towards the beginning.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Signal_Ehxx
a child dreams of an adult nurse taking him off somewhere with the intent of sexual acts. it is a freddy lure.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Signal_Ehxx
yes and EXTREMELY graphically. the act is not discribed in detail but it hits you like a ton of bricks.
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hermitcrab
I would add the scene in which an adult orderly makes advances on a teenage patient and tries to convince her to use drugs with him, and a scene where Freddy, appearing as a female nurse, attempts to seduce another teenage patient before ultimately kidnapping and torturing him.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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hermitcrab
A fair amount of cutting/slashing done by Freddy, including the part mentioned by another user where a character's wrist is cut, making it look self-inflicted. There is also a pretty gruesome scene in particular where a patient's arms and legs are sliced open and the tendons used as marionette strings.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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hermitcrab
A scene where Freddy holds a character by the throat for a bit and the character is clearly gasping and struggling. This does not go on for long enough to kill him.
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Is there decapitation?
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Signal_Ehxx
while the actual cut isnt shown on screen the head is for 15ish seconds very close up
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Scarybitch
Idk if it counts but one of the victims is killed by having her head crushed into the inside of a TV screen
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Is someone burned alive?
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hermitcrab
Not onscreen, though references are made to Freddy being burned to death.
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Is someone buried alive?
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hermitcrab
SPOILERS (kind of): There is a scene toward the end in which Freddy attempts to bury a character alive, but only ends up shoveling some dirt over him and leaving. The character survives.
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Is there amputation?
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hermitcrab
Yes, if you count a decapitated head, but no amputation of limbs that I recall.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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There are severe and graphic tendon injuries inflicted on a character but not the Achille's Tendon
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Is there a hanging?
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TaraYoung
Several bodies are seen hanging during a dream sequence.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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While there is no mutilation, Freddy’s fingers turn into syringes in one scene.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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fraisierdesbois
Kristen falls down the stairs while trying to escape from Freddy
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Does someone fall to their death?
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hermitcrab
The comment above is true of one scene, but for clarity I would add that there is an earlier scene in which a character very much dies after falling from a high place.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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hermitcrab
A scene where Nancy stabs Freddy in the eye.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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TaraYoung
Several teenagers are killed throughout.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Dreamdust1600
There is a scene were an adult nurse seduces a teenage boy (probably around 14 or 15 years old)
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Definitely yes.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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hermitcrab
I would say no, but there is a scene in which a tricycle is shown melting, which could be related.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Mehperson...
Kind of. Freddy keeps one of the teens hostage but he survives.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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hermitcrab
Also the ghost of a nun that appears to a character, and Freddy pretending to be the ghost of a character's family member.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Slynx
The injection marks on the arm turn into pulsating holes.
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Are there mannequins?
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Signal_Ehxx
no mannequins but handmade marionettes that may trigger a similar type of fear
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Gross
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Is someone eaten?
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Signal_Ehxx
someone is nearly swallowed whole by a snake/eel like freddy head
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Does someone spit?
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Signal_Ehxx
no, but there is a very small amount of drool from the faces in freddy's chest in the very later half of the movie during one scare.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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SiRenfield
It continues the franchise trend of the Springwood Police being very ineffective, and while not necessarily a “bad guy” Nancy’s father is presented as a very flawed person.
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Is there incarceration?
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fraisierdesbois
No, but there's involuntary commitment
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
Freddy kills a girl by turning his finger knives into syringes.
"Let's get high" indeed, Freddy...
"Let's get high" indeed, Freddy...
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Most of the movie takes place in one.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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TaraYoung
The majority of the movie takes place inside a hospital.
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Mental Health
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duckinalagoon
A girl is controlled by Freddy and wakes up to her self harming. The wound is shown. This occurs early in the movie.
Quite a few references to self harming during the film.
Quite a few references to self harming during the film.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Metta
spoilers - while its not on screen, there's a story told about a woman who works at a mental institute is left alone with the patients and repeatedly sexually assaulted by them. the story is very much the standard "violent and dangerous mentally ill people" ableism.
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Spoiler:
A character dies from jumping off a building because Freddy forced him to. He didn't want to but his death is still ruled as a suicide by the people around him.
A character dies from jumping off a building because Freddy forced him to. He didn't want to but his death is still ruled as a suicide by the people around him.
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Is there misophonia?
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Signal_Ehxx
freddy's claws scraping are overwhelmingly loud and high pitched in this one, though i will say it only happens in one scene this time
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Cryptid_Crow
Body HORROR is not body DYSMORPHIA. Body dysmorphia, often tied in with disordered eating or working out, centers around intrusive thoughts and distress surrounding a perceived bodily flaw (i.e. size of thighs, stomach, muscle mass, etc.) that is not perceivable by others. Google the definition of things that you don't know. I see this conflated with body horror far too much on this website.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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There's a scene where the kids are trapped in a room while the walls are closing in on them. They don't get crushed but it might trigger claustrophobia
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MicahRuiz
(Spoiler) A character is killed by Freddy and it is perceived by the staff as a suicide. The scene is very graphic and bloody. The character “jumps” from the top of a building.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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OJAndToothpaste
Both Lisa and her father are very clearly shaken up by their experiences from the first film. Additionally, most of the patients have some form of traumatic past.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
YES. There is a metronome with a beam of very bright concentrated light shining at it in the middle, so every time the pendulum swings through it, it flashes very brightly (to hypnotize people). I have strobe sensitivity and had to cover my eyes to get through those scenes. It was very difficult for me.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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hermitcrab
In addition, I would argue a lot of the behavior of the doctors and orderlies toward the patients is pretty invalidating in a way many will find reminiscent of real-life ableism in mental institutions, whether or not it counts as such within the film itself.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
He survives!!!!
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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SiRenfield
Mind you this later revealed to be a dream/trap by Freddy ,but still a teen boy fantasizes about having intercourse with an older female nurse
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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An adult woman is shown completely naked except for a thong
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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TaraYoung
A boy and a nurse make out. Her b*****s are shown.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
I'm not sure why people are saying no. It ends with the funeral of a beloved character, and other characters also die in the finale, as well.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Characters are menaced by junkyard cars possessed by Freddy, but are not ultimately hit by them.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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hermitcrab
Both.
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